it's my true ecology - I am not a system on my own, independent, and free of concern for all that serves to support me. There is only one environment, entwined, intimate to the very necessity of life. Nothing can be removed from this without damage to the whole.
my true ecology is simply belonging.
life is made of infinite aspects, each expressed uniquely, and all of them serving something larger than itself alone. I find myself no different, an aspect of the world, somehow gifted with awareness, but still bone deep in this belonging.
I am part of something larger.
this is how I serve - of all things I am breath, sharing of my own gift of inspiration, a return contribution of life for every tree and plant to flourish too. No breath is simply taken, there is always the release of what's so freely given, and with this I give my very essence. I breathe to keep the world alive, and plants are vital to this role. Trees have their own respiration, to take what's given and produce all that's needed to grow strong. We are equal in our trade.
seen deeply, this can only be known as one system, from trees in their support of breath, to my own small offer. Everything is connected in such a way, infinite variety, and not a single aspect without importance. My true ecology is life, an aspect touched against existence in the largest sense of all - it's all one great belonging in service to itself.
my ecology is home.
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Peace,
Eric
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