Equal Exchange:
it's all light equal exchange, the commodity of our existence - plants draw energy from the sun and store this through root and leaf, which is then offered for consumption. Directly or in more circular ways we are sustained by plants, given breath and in return exhale our own gift in offering. Everything is touched deep and through by light.
it's what we are.
the Baal Shem Tov, eighteenth century Jewish mystic, claimed that God hid the divine light of creation within the Zohar This holy book literally touched by the bedrock of reality, and to open it in contemplation would absorb us in its sunlit reach. Early philosophers held the sun in central esteem, focal of our existence, and not wrong in their beliefs.
light is everything.
we forget our place in this exchange, an ecosystem upset by belief of separation. It's all of delicate balance, our dependence on light through plants, warmth, and the breath we offer in return. Now, things aren't so equal in exchange. We've taken far more than what's been given, and the intensity of light burns to cinder what once sustained us.
our planet is burning.
light is the key, to offer more for its absorption, giving our breath as fuel for the flourish of plants and other life to thrive. It's our return to balance.
a more equal exchange.
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Peace, Eric
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