Most people experience reality as a collection of separate things. We have become enchanted with word/thoughts to such an extent that we have forgotten to experience reality as it is, we have been taught to ignore it. If I am walking with a friend, I may physically point to a tree and my friend will experience a similar reality for a moment, but if I am talking with a friend later, I could say oh! We saw the most magnificent tree today! But no matter how much I tell her about it, I could never convey the color, light, leaves in the wind, the hills beyond, the feeling of my feet on the path, the rumbling in my stomach, the touch of the breeze on my face, etc. I could write volumes about a single moment and it could never convey the experience. So language is a paltry tool we use for communication. I could sing or dance the tree, I could paint a picture. Even a photograph would not contain the experience, as life itself, reality itself cannot be contained! And yet that is what we are trying to do with word/thought. Trying to catch life! Why? Are we frightened to see that life is living itself? That there is no separate individual who can control it? It is so simple to see that when we see a flower, we Know it, yet when we try to describe it, it seems complicated! Thinking is not the problem, as thoughts are part of the amazing display! But when they are believed and held onto as reality, it is very painful, as it separates us apart from the timeless flow of being.
Posted on: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 02:05:48 +0000
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