I see things, but it's not what you're thinking. I see the connections
between all of us. I'm not insane and I'm not alone but some days, it
feels like it. Our society has become a mockery of our truth. None of
us are who we think we are, myself included. We're so wrapped up in
lies the truth doesn't matter any more. We live and breathe a life of
pure illusion, created by those who profit from our ignorance.
None of us are special. We are all part
of the whole. We are, in essence, “The Borg” but we are missing
the hive mind mentality.
We are fighting for our individuality
with every step we take. Perhaps that's why the concept scares us so
much in a tale of fiction. Our brains are separate and independent
and yet, they are designed to work as parts of a well oiled machine.
That machine is nature.
Koko said it best. “I am nature.”
Yes, we are all nature. Those who laugh
at nature lovers are laughing at themselves. We are one energy in
different bodies.
While some might see this concept as
frightening. (Or yours truly as some kind of fanatic.) I see it as
comforting. It gives me peace. I like knowing that we are all
connected. I like knowing that there is more to this life than our
society tells us there is. Because in my opinion, our society has
produced the most widely accepted, most warped mess of tangled lies
that ever were pulled over anyone's eyes.
I like feeling the connection to living
beings, to plants, to the stars, the moon and other planets. I like
reaching out my hands and feeling a part of something vast and
wonderful and amazing.
Pure connectivity is at once both the
most beautiful, most precious feeling one can attain and the most
frightening of all realizations. True awareness is a realization.
It's seeing life for what is is, stripped clean of everything we
previously thought to be true. It's admitting that we have it all
wrong. It's seeing ourselves and everyone and everything around us as
simply existing in unison, with no judgment passed. It's being able
to sort the truth from the lies.
And in order to see it, one must let go
of everything first.
The first thing to let go of is
possession of other beings. Truly, we can never possess anyone, human
or otherwise. We can never let go of the web that binds us, and yet
we do not belong to each other. We are each other. That's why
we have so much trouble finding ourselves. Because we are not
individuals. We are one. One energy. One spirit. One love.
My friends, I love you. I understand
you, I respect your right to believe as “you” wish, although that
“you and I as separate beings” nonsense in itself is another lie
we have been told. Anyway, as much as I respect “you” in order to
truly be at peace, all of us must let go of conventional religion.
Religion was created by man to explain things we don't understand.
Things that frighten us. Things that we find hard to accept because
we do not see reason in them. But it's not our truth.
And pardon the wandering thought, but
can you see, that's a “power” humans have exclusively? Reasoning,
that is. Other animals are catching up to us in that respect, though.
Unfortunately for them, because our “powers” of reasoning, or the
search for deeper meaning actually causes us great frustration. We
have to have an answer for everything. And because there is no answer
to why we exist other than a simple state of being, we find ourselves
on a lifelong search with no end result.
The truth is that there is no answer to
why we are here. Or at least there is not what we see as an answer.
Because our truth, our purpose is simply to be and to experience. And
even that realization is not an answer. You see, our purpose has
nothing to do with being an individual or finding ourselves.
It's about finding the whole and
connecting with the humbling fact that we are not special as
individuals but as a great web of life energy, each living being,
entity, flora or fauna having their own function within the whole.
It's all so beautiful. I wish everyone could see it.
So we have come to a point where
because we are hell bent on finding and defining the individuals we
mistakenly believe ourselves to be, the whole system is suffering. Do
you see? We spend our whole lives searching for something that isn't
there, entirely missing the fact that we are all one beautiful,
astounding, interconnected energy.
And until we start acting as if we are
merely a small piece of something greater and amazingly intricate, as
long as we keep separating and labeling ourselves, we will never be
in touch with the truth. As long as we continue to conform to an
unhealthy false reality, we will never be truly functional.
But we all do have to conform in
order to survive, don't we? Of course.
But, what is at the bottom of that
truth? The truth is, we're conforming to the wrong thing. Every one
of us. Every second, every minute, every hour for our entire lives.
We are conforming to a self created, false society, that in some ways
mimics the very thing we're searching for. It's a grand illusion that
keeps us from our true purpose, which is to simply be and be a part
of a greater energy.
We get up every morning and go to jobs
we were never intended to do. We aspire to “see the world” when
we haven't even learned to see ourselves for who we really are. We
cling to our creature comforts rather than experiencing life in the
raw, the way it was meant to be lived, as most natural beings do.
Why? I don't know. I'm not special. I do life the same way as
everyone else.
But I do see things. I see the
connections and it gives me comfort to know they are there. Sometimes
it scares the heck out of me. But I see life for what it is. I see
that there really is no “I.” There is individual thought but
that's only there so that we may bring different facets of thinking
to strengthen our greater whole.
And yet, as comforting as this is, “I”
shy away from it. Because “I” am one of those unfortunate souls
who, although they see the connections clearly, can't quite see
themselves conforming to anything. Maybe that's because “I” also
see too clearly what conforming to the wrong thing has done to damage
everything we are and everything we were meant to be. So all forms of
connection frighten me a little.
Yes, it makes me a little frightened to
accept that I am simply a part of the whole after all. Maybe that's
because all our lives we are told that having high “self” esteem
is vital to our mental health when the truth is that self esteem is
only as important as it is in relation to the energy and health of
the whole natural universe.
In other words, I see that we are only
important as individuals in that we do our individual part to keep
the entire web of natural energy healthy. Because when one part
malfunctions, the entire system is compromised. Yes, all of nature
depends on individuality and yet, because of our connection to each
other, to our collective energy, we are not truly individuals.
It doesn't sound like I'm at peace with
this, does it? And yet, “I” truly am. Because there's something
else I see. And that something else is that reality and imperfection
is inevitable and will inevitably win out over false perfection every
time. It gives me hope to know that I am not alone. Ever. It gives me
hope to see that more and more people are realizing how beautiful the
truth is, compared to the lies that have been handed to us.
I'm also glad that somewhere down the
line in the generations before me, there must have been enough truth
passed along to lead me in the right direction as well. To allow me
to see what has been right in front of me all along. To show me that
I am a part of something greater than myself. Something so beautiful
that I can't even begin to describe it with mere words.
Just do this for me, if you will. Reach
up to the sky, to the stars. Reach out to the earth as well. Take off
your shoes and feel the energy flowing from the ground beneath you.
Feel it pulsing into and from every pore of your body. What you feel
is your connection to all things natural. It's the most peace you can
ever experience. Because it is your truth and mine.
Now take that peace, that connection,
that inner feeling of knowing and satisfaction and imagine using it
to create a world where everyone knows and respects their role.
Except that, it's not about anything we create. It's not about what
or who created us.
It's simply about being and accepting
our own pure truth.
All of us.
Every being and life form, flora or
fauna.
Together.
You're welcome.
