03-28-2022, 09:41 AM
In meditations recently, I am starting to see that the narratives, back stories, context, labels, identities ... all of the stories -- and all of the characters in these stories -- that I tell myself (and that I am told) to attempt to make sense of life, all of these stories/characters also serve to separate me from everything about me. I am left with a "me" and "not me." And so I'm chipping away at that arbitrary perimeter I have constructed about me.
And, I am also starting to see that we are all creators of this multi-faceted illusion. Though we've all likely read this often, it has taken me a while for it to start to soak in. We are, collectively, the Creator and the Creation (and even these are labels, or roles). To me, this means that each and every one of us literally create -- moment by moment and choice by choice -- this reality we find ourselves in.
And, when I look about me at each and every one of us, I see a slightly different version or expression of me, or flavor of me (so to speak). And, there I want to simply love all versions of me, or us. It doesn't truly matter how we came to be who we each are (in terms of acceptance) ... the collection of our experiences that combine to bring us to this present moment. I feel this urge to just accept all as it is. I also feel this urge to just love all of us, exactly as we are. (Here, the designations "me" and "us" and "you" seem to have little meaning.) We are just one big "pot" of seemingly separate consciousnesses and energies.
And when I see all of us together, with little to no distinct boundaries, I can much more easily see all as family, more than siblings ... can't quite find a word to describe it ... family comes closest. And when a part of me/us is hurting, or angry, or scared, or bellicose, I feel no urge to discover why nor do I feel an urge to "fix" or remedy any specific thing. I simply feel the urge to love all that I see about me as a part of me ... with tenderness and acceptance of how each presents in any given moment.
These sensations mostly occur within meditation and silence. So, let me come back down to Earth.
It's one thing to have these notions in the quiet moments when I sit alone. Alas, then I step out into life, and these notions seem to slip away as I'm drawn back into the narrative, the stories, the characters that we all are. Ahhh ...
So, I challenge myself, as I walk through life, to see all about me as my family, my beloved family, who is creating - alongside me - this reality.
And, I am also starting to see that we are all creators of this multi-faceted illusion. Though we've all likely read this often, it has taken me a while for it to start to soak in. We are, collectively, the Creator and the Creation (and even these are labels, or roles). To me, this means that each and every one of us literally create -- moment by moment and choice by choice -- this reality we find ourselves in.
And, when I look about me at each and every one of us, I see a slightly different version or expression of me, or flavor of me (so to speak). And, there I want to simply love all versions of me, or us. It doesn't truly matter how we came to be who we each are (in terms of acceptance) ... the collection of our experiences that combine to bring us to this present moment. I feel this urge to just accept all as it is. I also feel this urge to just love all of us, exactly as we are. (Here, the designations "me" and "us" and "you" seem to have little meaning.) We are just one big "pot" of seemingly separate consciousnesses and energies.
And when I see all of us together, with little to no distinct boundaries, I can much more easily see all as family, more than siblings ... can't quite find a word to describe it ... family comes closest. And when a part of me/us is hurting, or angry, or scared, or bellicose, I feel no urge to discover why nor do I feel an urge to "fix" or remedy any specific thing. I simply feel the urge to love all that I see about me as a part of me ... with tenderness and acceptance of how each presents in any given moment.
These sensations mostly occur within meditation and silence. So, let me come back down to Earth.
It's one thing to have these notions in the quiet moments when I sit alone. Alas, then I step out into life, and these notions seem to slip away as I'm drawn back into the narrative, the stories, the characters that we all are. Ahhh ...
So, I challenge myself, as I walk through life, to see all about me as my family, my beloved family, who is creating - alongside me - this reality.
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