A Shared Existence

 

A shared existence:

more than anything - it seems a shared existence, that any claim of my true distinction is lost in mingled breath and molecules exchanged between us. This is life in all it's varied space and form, seamless, whole. At no point do I find myself removed from this, an impossibility of existing on my own - I am an equal part of this exchange, breathing in our common air, some essence of myself given in return. Life has a rhythm, subtle, and my sense of being is found in response. I am a keynote in this song. 

this is a bit difference than a claim of oneness, of my own center within existence - I have no sense of being any true source, that the world extends through my awareness. But I am aware, and all that's found is simply part of this belonging, an even flow of just one thing. Nothing needs to be added to this, no belief that it's anything more than what's found. 

just aware. 

shared, and in this I see myself as both process and outcome, as breath itself in motion and resulting life - this only seems as separate events, and yet it all comes plainly as one existence. I am shared, as well I am accumulation of all that's given, somehow a continuation of it all. So I can only find myself grateful, and perhaps this is the true gift of being aware, that I see myself as this sharing, knowing of my inter-dependence, and that every aspect of the world is essential for my existence. In this way my every breath is an offered prayer of thank you - that I am, and that we share this all, together. 

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Peace, Eric