One Great Ecology

One great ecology:

from the subtlest level of whatever desire gives first cause for particles to swirl as our existence, all the way to earth itself and every life-form, mountain range, stream and ocean - it's an ecology of one thing only, self-supporting, the presence of our true and pure being. We could call this God, Brahman, the ultimate reality of existence. But really it's just mystery, unknowable, and we can only surrender ourselves as being aspects of this one great ecology. 

in this light we are part of a living system, essential in our role of breath and being, and that we find ourselves conscious, aware, brings us added pleasure to our role. We are able to know ourselves as belonging to this one great ecology, serving in various ways that expands our sense of individual happiness, and thus the entire universe gains from our appreciation of simply being alive and in service to each other. Perhaps that's the only true and certain point of life...

to be of service to the world.

this isn't meant to imply that we must all dedicated our lives to noble deeds and jobs of higher purpose - although that certainly remains an option to those who feel called to do so. But I believe that our greatest service is at the localized level of being, that our happiness is essential to the world, and further, that it gives cause for the universe to expand itself in pleasure. This isn't the fleeting happiness of gaining fortune and favors, or owning things that give us fleeting satisfaction - no, this is the sincere and simple happiness of knowing that we belong within such a beautiful world, that just by being alive and drawing breath we serve as a universal expression of momentary experiences, that we are the universe knowing ourselves through our individual ways and stories. 

one great ecology of beingness. 

of course this is only speculation, a morning's worth of words playing from my mind and fingers, typing out these words as quickly as they're given. I'm in search of poetry and not at all concerned with the factual expression of the universe. But it makes me smile to write this, it feels as if a subtle truth has been spoken after all - and in some deep and certain way, I feel that perhaps I've been of some service in my writing and the joy I felt this morning, 

and that the universe right now...shares my smile of pleasure. 

~

Peace, Eric