Observe and Come Back to Who You Are
As i observe
i see suffering all around
people suffering
domesticated farm animals suffering
the land suffering
most are stuck in the evermoving
wheel of our system’s discontent
the wheel lives off of suffering
to feed the few with artificial illusions of wealth and power
but those toys are nothing more than toys
and even the rich
mired in their wealth
become consumed and imprisoned by the system
a system that moves through the conditioning
of all of us
a perpetuation beginning the day we are born
i see the ignorance
people stuck in business
in isolation
moving moving moving
turning their heads away
into the security of their knowns
trying to hide away their own
despair
i see the wars and struggles
the boredom and discontent
the callous destruction of beauty
and the killing of species without a care
we close our eyes
and overlook our own participation
our own silence
that allows the horrors to continue
fear is the guiding force
slithering down to the very roots
of our inculturation
we are taught to push down
wonder
and curiosity
We are conditioned
day in and day out
to conform to authority
conform to being afraid and separate
and play out the Judeo-Christian myth
a myth of a God that dominates with power and fear
that tells us we are wrong
and so we play it out
as a culture
making us feel like aliens upon
our one planet
aliens within our own culture
creating enemies that don’t really exist
and to play out a system
that in order to survive
must destroy the world
and so we act out this myth
believing it is real
upon our children
that there is something wrong with them
and instead of letting them play
and ask questions
and learn without coercion
without punishment or rewards
instead of following their hearts
we tell them what they should learn
and what questions are right
and that they need to follow or else
and that we can fix certain parts of the system
but the system is good
and capitalism
that benefits the few
is a great thing
as it fools us into thinking
with its cars and jetplanes
washer and dryers
that this is progress
though hidden from us
is the slave labor
the child labor
the destruction of forests
the poisoning of our waters and sky
so that a few can smile
and say look what i earned
and blind oneself
to the fact that all is interconnected
and what we do to the earth
and the least of us
we do unto ourselves
and if children don’t follow this creed
they will be left behind and titled troublemakers
how fucked up is that
What is one to do…
stop
stop running with your head cut off
use your intelligence and look within
ask yourself these questions
do you still wonder
do you still ask questions
do you love fully and vulnerably
do the wild winds still move you
and do you still watch
with curiosity, geese parade across the sky
do you still play with the clouds
and the forest with its trees and branches
with its sticks and stones
and frolic in the waters and dive underneath
to feel freedom flowing through you
without a thought
oh most of us have lost this
and think they know who they are
but the ego is an illusion
it is simply a navigational system
that helps us survive and thrive
a system that, when personalized
can quiet when not needed
just as when we play
our thoughts die down
and we are alive and present
our kids
if we listen
can still teach us to come back to
this within ourselves
and we can let our kids
learn through their curiosity
for all knowledge is hitched together
for that is the nature of the universe
let yourself sing
let your children sing
and dance with the flowers and bees
and learn and learn and learn
without needing to memorize
so that joy permeates
and freedom flows
we can begin living in a way
by listening in
so that we can tap into our true nature
the wildness of wholeness
and sustain with the earth
in a dance that connects with all
with all species
and in that, we would be discovering
something new both individually and collectively
each and every moment
this presence
would be seen not as a dot
but as what is
the only reality
and that the measurement of time/space
is contained in presence
not the other way around
for wholeness is beyond measurement
so far beyond that the mind can never
grasp it no matter how smart one is
and yet we
are all…
from the bacteria to the sun….
part of this grand wholeness
another name for ultimate reality
come with me
and play here
and discover without a thought
who you are
