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Two Points

eric mccarty
2 min readJul 15, 2022

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Two Points — Headless Now — Prose Poem — Moca McCarty Photo

Two points:

what exists between two points of anything is simply life, another aspect of its appearance — and we are inseparable from its experience, belonging fully and only to the moment it occurs. In this respect life isn’t really a journey at all, there’s no set and final destination to be reached. Everything is right now, our story complete, and with no purpose nor meaning other than what we ourselves provide. Our dharma, our true path, is to just be alive, aware, and appreciative that it’s so.

in reality, there are no two points between anything.

only life.

happening on its own.

this is really our freedom, knowing that there is no real journey, but only transformation, events seamlessly unfolding, and that we are immersed within their larger currents. Each moment than is our true beginning, infinite in its potential, and we are capable to flourish exactly where we are. Our dharma is always and only right now. What exist between two points of anything is an illusion of a journey, with no real distance to be found or ever measured.

everything is right now.

of course we set goals, and assign ourselves a purpose, that’s just the game we play. We work hard to achieve things, satisfying our ambitions and then we move on to another set agenda. In this way we feel in…

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eric mccarty
eric mccarty

Written by eric mccarty

Writer, prose poetry, meditation teacher and lifetime student

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