Friday, February 27, 2026
A rip current is a strong, localized, and narrow channel that moves directly away from the shore by cutting through the lines of breaking waves, like a river flowing out to sea.
I just didn’t understand this narrow channel. Every step was planted in what seems like a field of landmines. Every miracle was woven into a misunderstanding of fear. Every good gift was embedded into the fibers of what seemed like disorder. There is no loss or gain. Not in this realm anyway, but in the realm of Truth, there is no “me,” no autonomous free agent piloting the body. Time to lose it.
The random, sinister, and chaotic view of the universe is convincing, to a point. Then…whoosh…organization, clarity, order, serenity, and bliss. Smack dab in the center of a whirlwind lies order. Sanity within the insane population. The rip tide.
You’ll find this narrow passage whilst engrossed in your journey of surface. Rip currents are strongest and faster next to the surface. A narrow passage opens and pulls. You can swim parallel to the beach, or you can let it take you. Never to be seen or heard from again.
This channel goes against vast currents of common convention. At first, I tried to swim against it. Then, I tried to swim parallel, merely to find the emptiness return if I followed the common currents. The next time it tugged, I let it take me.
Silence. Darkness. Engulfing. Surrounding. Surrendering.
Let it take you. Allow the pull of the vast oceanic depths – not current events, not NPR, not current thought, not conventional practice.
Let the rip current lull you into the ocean of unconditional love. Immune to convention.
Never to be seen or heard from again. R.I.P. individual, swept into the rip current of Truth.
Don’t resist. Let it take you.