From the Big Bang to Ballet in a Few Steps

Last weekend we visited family and went to my granddaughters’ ballet recital (they are 4 and 6). The ages of the students in the recital ranged from 3 years old to about 18 years old. What I found most interesting was that each child’s personality shone through her dance routine and costume. Being familiar with ballet from my own experience and having had season subscriptions to the Boston Ballet in the past, I know that each dancer has his or her own way of expressing the artistry of the music, story, and choreography, but these elements are woven together into the overall performance. With little kids though, it’s different. Being that their brains are not fully developed, they haven’t yet learned how to inhibit their behavior, thoughts and feelings, so the result is a composite of pure innocence and individuality.

As we mature from young childhood to prepubescence to adolescence and adulthood, we learn how to suppress our thoughts and feelings into controlled and socially appropriate behaviors. Now of course, this is not a bad thing, we all can’t go around saying and doing whatever we like with no ramifications, but in this process, we subvert part of who we really are. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if there was some way to retain our individuality without compromising self-expression and creativity? Even for those of us who do not necessarily consider ourselves “artists”? That intrinsic part of our personality is always there, it just gets stomped on by life, resulting in suppression, frustration, anxiety and ultimately, depression. You’ve all heard or read about that stuff on the “inner child” within each of us? That idea sort of gets to the point (but not really) implying that we need to “release the child” from within. If that kid is released, where does he or she go? Back home to mom and dad? I don’t think so.

It makes more sense to conceptualize the process of human development like that of The Big Bang (no pun intended). Current cosmological theories accept the origin of the universe coming from a point of singularity, in which after some initial infusion of “energy” (aka God) the universe began to expand and continues to do so and will continue to do so for at least millions and millions of years. Wow! Way more than we humans can fathom! Human life starts in a similar way: conception takes place when a point of cellular singularity is infused with energy that completes the genetics to begin a period of division and expansion that creates a new life. That creative energy is with us (and the universe) for our entire lives and is the basis for not only physical, but spiritual and emotional growth. The trouble begins when we become out of balance by not paying attention to all aspects of our own lives. We let the daily routines, responsibilities and problems overtake our lives, especially when we believe that these things happen because they’re not supposed to happen.

The reality is that life is a series of cycles in which there are easy and difficult times for most of us and these cycles will occur whether we want them to or not. As we move through the space-time continuum along with the universe, we still have the same life energy that we had at conception: that is what makes each of us unique and is what the term personality really means. And like a “nano” universe unto ourselves, we can use that energy to stay vibrant and continue to expand, rather than let it collapse onto itself. That is why it is so important to re-create ourselves through some type of recreation. That life energy we all seek and crave is within ourselves just for the searching. Don’t be afraid of looking for it: it’s there, right under your frontal lobes.

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   Corina Forsha says:

   July 30, 2010 at 7:00 am

   I trust you also it certainly seeing help lot of people.

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   Dr. Virginia says:

   June 6, 2010 at 7:49 pm

   Thanks!

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