In the sea, the biggest predator is not the one born there. It is the one that comes and goes as they please, wreaking havoc to the ecosystem and causing distress. It is the human. One of the few mammals to aggress the water. But of the natural sea creatures, there is the shark. The animal born swimming. Well some. There are classifications of sharks and each classification brings new life into the world in a different manner.
Viviparity- The eggs hatch inside the female's body and the babies are fed by a placenta which transfers nourishment from the mother to the babies (via an umbilical cord which is connected to the baby shark behind the between the pectoral fins). The placenta helps transfer nutrients and oxygen from the mother's bloodstream and transfers waste products from the baby to the mother for elimination. Viviparous sharks give birth to live young. The number of pups in a litter ranges from 2-20 or more.
Oviparity- These sharks deposit eggs in the ocean which will hatch later if they are not eaten by predators. The eggs are not guarded by either parent. Shark eggs (sometimes called "mermaid's purses") are covered by a tough, leathery membrane. Their shape ranges from pouch-like to screw-shaped. Some eggs have tendrils that attach the egg to objects on the sea bed. The egg has a yolk that feeds the embryo, very much like a chicken egg.
Aplacental Viviparity (Ovoviviparous)- In these animals, the eggs hatch and the babies develop inside the female's body but there is no placenta to nourish the pups. The pups eat any unfertilized eggs and each other (they are oviphagous). Very few pups in a litter survive until birth due to this form of sibling cannibalism.
In the case of the viviparity sharks, the mother gives birth to her young as she swims through the ocean and the born pick up pace as they come out. They swim as they sleep. In all cases, regardless of their birthing parameters, the shark survives on whatever is deemed necessary for their personal survival. Some given more of a chance than others. But when the beginning of life starts so deliberately, where no one slows down but dives into the functions of life without hesitation, it is no wonder that such creatures dominate their environment at all times. They do not know what it means to rest because the beginning of life required energy and they simply learn to manage as they get older. The shark is a remarkable creature. But I often wonder if the shark ever experiences burnout. If the shark ever reaches a point where they simply don’t want to keep swimming or feeding or in its current body of water. A level of consciousness that plagues humans, two great predators that exist in different terrain, but the similarities beg to question how deep that goes. We all must do what we must to survive.
Have you ever shifted your perspective from cultivating a life to letting life guide you? For a type A, control freak, it’s the scariest thing in the world. Although anyone who has ever tried to maintain so much control will tell you of the depression following life’s happen-chance. Some consequences simply arise from acknowledgment of other’s existence and their decisions. But let me argue for the peace derived from following your instincts. For the first time in months, I have had restful sleep, a peaceful mind, intuitive appreciation for myself and the people around me. Now it’s not an absolute relinquishment of control, else that can drift into a pitfall of “letting life happen” and not ever showing up for what happens. I’ve made many posts about the importance of cultivating energy toward something that you want. But the intention behind that cultivation is a more important than the energy you cultivate. You can cultivate an energy of peace but if the intention starts at a negative center rather than on the derivative of achieving your own peace, it’s not going to be peaceful where you arrive. Think about a time in which you asked for peace and then someone close to you leaves your life and you feel better… this can be a two way street without self-reflection. Sometimes someone leaves your life and you presume it is the person who was causing you grief so you reach a heightened happiness immediately on the departure. But sometimes, you leaving their life was the best for them because you brought them no true good and you find yourself back into the same funk. The intention was to arrive at peace but not within. Rather hoping that altering your external environment was the solution to solve whatever dismay plagued you. When the intention is achieving inner peace, your external environment will adjust itself accordingly, but the peace you arrive at is usually unshakeable.
Peace for me has been guided. It’s been waking up without the extended grogginess of having to put on the facade that other people have grown accustomed to. The ability to be proud of my work and actually dive back into things that I’m always putting on the back burner. Focus and inspiration to go after what I want without fear of judgment, rebellion, or misunderstanding. Peace for me allows me to swim and feed independent of my wake but with the aggression to survive and exist as nature allows me to. This is a peace I have not had in a long time and one that is guiding me to be quite resilient in my efforts to go to all the depths in my head. As a Pisces, I like to live in that dream state in my head where everything maps out the way I picture it because it is a much happier and manageable playground than reality. But being raised by a Scorpio, I have always had to balance that fantasy with reality which has always driven me to bring my dreams to life. Most people compliment the manner in which I move or the things that I accomplish as if they just happen but often I have been creating the outcome in my head for a long time. Things naturally fall out of my control, usually in a greater magnitude than I ever think myself capable of dealing with, but when I’m at peace, navigating that space becomes a lot easier to project my desires into a non-fiction narrative. I am at peace and undisturbed and not in the mood to sacrifice my version of reality to create a sustainable one for anyone else.
When your peace is delivered, it is like all those relationships you lost yourself in. On the brink of losing the relationship, you find yourself. And you are so unwavering to let go of the version of you that has risen out of the crumbles. But there are three types of peace in which we can operate from:
Peace that comes naturally. Where we simply do the things that bring about our survival as instinct and without second thought to any other manner of operation.
Peace that is nurtured. Where we are left unguarded to the whims of the world but given the necessities to survive.
Peace that feeds. Where it’s not true peace but rather the need to feed on others for one’s own survival. Peace that is predatory at infancy and ritualistic at fruition.
Where do you get your peace?
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