It's called Anima mundi - the world soul. It's why we run. Once it was believed that in the depth of being there were no distinctions. We were an intricate part of a larger whole - connected, vital and inseparable in meaning. There was no place where the world left off and we began. Only a continuous flow of existence. One soul.
Once we believed - but now our faith is often soulless. We've lost contact with the world. We believe in the material over immaterial, accumulation over sharing and distinctions over wholeness. It's time for us to return, to find our place within the web of all things.
And so we run. Running again connects to us to earth and air. Each step becomes prayerful remembrance of origin and every breath a celebration of given life. We belong again. The world has reclaimed the lost part of its soul.
It's why we run.
Peace,
Eric
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