"You cannot speak of ocean to a well-frog,—the creature of a narrower sphere. You cannot speak of ice to a summer insect,—the creature of a season. You cannot speak of Tao to a pedagogue: his scope is too restricted. But now that you have emerged from your narrow sphere and have seen the great ocean, you know your own insignificance, and I can speak to you of great principles. . ." - The Spirit of the Ocean to the Spirit of the River - Chuang Tzu - 369 - 286 BC.
We have classified ourselves as Homo Sapien Sapien which translates to wise wise man. But what makes us so wise? Is it our ability to create technology that allows our bodies to deteriorate because we no longer have to do physical labor? Is it our ability to create food production techniques that can poison the masses through inferior quality and genetically modified organisms? Is it our ability to funnel money to war machines so that we can force our wisdom onto other people regardless of their wisdom? Or is it our ability to recognize these things? Maybe it is all of the above. Maybe it is none of the above.
If you live in a cage all of your life, what do you know outside the boundaries of your cage? If you are fed lies all of your life, how can you digest the Truth? As "wise beings", we must look beyond what we know and what we are taught. There is a much greater wisdom that exists beyond ourselves. We strive to become better in everything we do, but how much better do we become when what we accomplish does not benefit anyone but ourselves or a few select? We have lost touch with reality. The reality is that we are all here together, we are all from One and everything we do, effects everyone and everything in some way.
Our vanity is our biggest enemy. We personify everything that we view as good and demonize that which we deem to be bad. We put up fronts based on what we think others view us as. We discard that which we know to be good because of our fears for being outcast.
Imagine a child born into a world of beauty. The child has no want for anything because all that is needed is provided. The child knows not of disease, poverty, famine or war. The child knows no lies. The child learns of the world simply by being in the world. The world nourishes the child's body and spirit. The child is one with the One.
Every child is born into a world of beauty. Greedy men who wish to oppress the masses, though, try to make it so that we cannot see the Truth. Because of this, the child hungers for nourishment and shelter. The child suffers from disease, poverty, famine and war. The child is fed lies daily and that becomes the child's perception of reality. What the child learns of the world is what the child is allowed to learn of the world. The Greedy and all their minions bombard the child and inhibit the growth of the body and spirit. Yet, the child still strives to be one with the One.
When one person dies, the whole world does not mourn. When one person suffers, the whole world does not worry. When one person eats, the whole world is not nourished. When one person thinks, the whole world is not enlightened. How significant are we then as one person?
We cannot be alone if we are to be as one. If we think of our individual worlds as the only ones that exist, then we can never have one world. When we broaden our view of reality and come from behind the veil of lies woven for us, we will begin to see as one.
Stare past your fences and trees and look to the Heavens. See where your place is. Stare at the horizon into the distant water. See where your place is. Gaze upon family and friends. See where your place is. Open your mind to all that Is. See where you could be.
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