More Truly Seen

More truly seen:

and more truly seen — I am an ecology of ongoing measure, without sure borders, and laid out to the benefit of others. I am a host for infinite microbes that share me as a trait, an intricate trade of respiratory function with every tree, and more so I bring attention to the world, capacity, an awareness of my place within it all. I am less a participant as am life in pure participation with itself.

more truly seen,

I am.

this is no transcendence of any great importance, no vital shift conscious evolution — it’s simply a return to the selflessness of true living, belonging to life as an aware function. Every bit at home within and as the world. There is no place else that I belong.

it’s the simplicity of being.

what I am is life; and through this I am truly endless — from this point of my existence I am traced to primordial origins, particles found present to the very moment of expansion. I am the present moment of the big bang, ongoing still. Atoms that swirl for every aspect of my being will one day lend themselves to other forms. As an ecosystem, I am infinite.

and through it all I am also less important than once believed — none of this is my doing, no conscious choice to make myself belong. It just happened and continues so, unfolding in the same easy manner as every other aspect found. I am part of this happening, an event of personality and self importance, unique in my expression. As if a flower that found itself aware. For me this is all the more miraculous, the briefness of my bloom against the backdrop of eternity.

what a gift

just to be alive,

aware,

if only for an instant.

~

Peace,
Eric