Expressions of Life

Expressions of Life:

the core message, in most everything I write, is that we’re expressions of life, an aspect of worth and charm, but in no way separate and living apart from the source. It’s here that I feel a distinction must be made, with the source being life itself, not a far off heaven of our creation, simply here and right now, that each moment we appear from mystery. This is the basics of reality and anything else is speculation and story — we know only our aliveness, that we’re aware, having a certain sense of being present. Our stories help inform us of the world, yet aren’t absolute in any true value. They’re always upgraded for a better understanding of the world and even greater achievements in science and technology.

but stories still, through every telling.

here’s the important factor, the key words above are that we’re expressions of life — though it often seems that we take our place with more self importance and less humility than deserved. Somehow we’ve gained the belief that we are masters of the world’s domain, not aspects of life, but of greater value than anything else. This is the idea of being a self, a separate identity of our own apart from any other aspect of life. With this we no longer feel nor believe ourselves as an expression of life, unique in present beauty and merit. We now measure our worth by accumulation of status…