One Great Ecology

One great ecology:

from the subtlest level of whatever desire gives first cause for particles to swirl as our existence, all the way to earth itself and every life-form, mountain range, stream and ocean — it’s an ecology of one thing only, self-supporting, the presence of our true and pure being. We could call this God, Brahman, the ultimate reality of existence. But really it’s just mystery, unknowable, and we can only surrender ourselves as being aspects of this one great ecology.

in this light we are part of a living system, essential in our role of breath and being, and that we find ourselves conscious, aware, brings us added pleasure to our role. We are able to know ourselves as belonging to this one great ecology, serving in various ways that expands our sense of individual happiness, and thus the entire universe gains from our appreciation of simply being alive and in service to each other. Perhaps that’s the only true and certain point of life…

to be of service to the world.

this isn’t meant to imply that we must all dedicated our lives to noble deeds and jobs of higher purpose — although that certainly remains an option to those who feel called to do so. But I believe that our greatest service is at the localized level of being, that our happiness is essential to the world, and further, that it gives cause for the universe to…