Imagine using a computer when it’s not connected to the internet. You have access to only the local files saved on the hard disk. The amount of information that can be accessed is very limited. Now, compare this to when you are online. You are connected to the internet and you now have access to the world’s information.
When you are offline, your problem-solving capabilities are limited to local storage. It can be quite challenging to solve new and bigger problems. When you are online, the same problems seem easy to solve because you now have access to almost infinite information.
You must be thinking: where am I going with this analogy? All of this must seem extremely obvious to you. Obviously, being connected to the internet is going to make things easier to manage.
What we don’t notice is that all of us are connected to a cosmic internet. It is the same source that beats our heart, heals our cuts, converts food into fuel, and pretty much runs our life. It is the same place that gives us access to insights, gut feelings, or new ideas that cannot come from our personal databank of knowledge.
It is the same source that enables us to learn how to walk, talk, and use our hands and legs. This cosmic internet is always on and always accessible to each and every human being. It’s just that we disconnect ourselves from it by excessive thinking. Instead of using this cosmic internet to access infinite intelligence, we try to live our life “offline,” thinking that our tiny brain is enough to solve problems.
But just like how the sun is always present and is sometimes hidden by clouds, this cosmic internet is ever-present. It shows up when our thinking settles in the form of intuition, a gut feeling, or an insight. It gives us a fresh new thought that allows us to see life in a way that we had never seen before.
The only thing that’s stopping us from staying “online” is our own thinking. Once we let our thinking settle and we become calm, it becomes much easier to access the data coming from the cosmic internet.