Importance

Importance: 

it seems we give ourselves greater importance than really deserved, and at the very same time dismiss the true and central role of our essential nature. We believe ourselves to be larger than the sum of parts and fail to see how seamless the world actually is, that there are no parts separate from the whole, but that it's all simply, and always, one grand expression of universal proportions. We are of equal importance to every other aspect of the world, privileged with cleverness, yet forgetful of our nature. 

it's vital to remember. 

a Native American proverb reminds us that no tree has branches so foolish as to fight amongst themselves, and indeed, it's now well documented that the entire forest is a cooperation of one event, each tree being a singular expression of a shared being called a forest. No branch will fight for privilege of sun at the expense of the well being of its roots. What we see as a collection of separate parts labeled trees is in actuality a living process of earth, sky, ocean in production of a vital function. There is no forest apart from this connection, only an ecosystem of distinct appearance, but always belonging to the whole. 

this is the art of reductive vision, seeing the vitality of essence displayed in all of its appearances, beyond materialism to the very foundation of what's shared between singular expressions. It's not removed from science but includes its information, that each branch of science tells a portion of this story, and that the complete story is never fully told, but simply lived, experienced. With this we surrender ourselves of importance, letting go of the need to argue our beliefs into true existence. What's real and true - is, and requires nothing more than living. This surrender is without effort, happening of its own accord once we see how the world flows in seamless order. Really, it more of a remembering, the earth still holds our roots deep in this belonging, our branches know their reach is equal to the sky. What we remember is that there is no individual self apart from this expression, we are unique, distinct as any tree within a forest, yet root deep in our belonging. 

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Peace, Eric