Everything Belongs

Everything belongs: 

that everything belongs, and all without exceptions - of course the mind immediately rebels at this suggestion, as surely such atrocious acts as murder and warfare, mistreatment of others, along with a host of serious concerns that plague our world, surely they don't belong here? Yet they do, sadly so in my opinion, and I have a deep desire to see these conditions change. That I care belongs as well, compassion is part of this, empathy, and every action that I take to alleviate the pain of others, everything belongs, at least for the moment of its appearance. 

this is hard to accept at first hearing, or even for a longer time after, as there is a wish for exceptions, a denial that what a moment holds could possibly be so painful, or filled by such misery or sorrow. There's  a refusal to believe this and we often look away or pretend that life is blissful at its very essence. But the truth is that life contains every possibility, suffering is included with the bliss, and we are blessed with awareness of this, an innate ability to hold our suffering in the same hands that we extend to others for their aid and comfort. Through this awareness, all things come to be accepted as they are right now, even our wish for things to change, even our denial...

everything belongs.

without exception.

and this is by virtue of appearance, it's that simple, what appears is reality, and this includes our deeply held illusions, the ghost of memories, and most fragile of beliefs. It's reality until we're able to see with clarity that life is motion, ever changing, and that what appears now is not ultimately how things will always be. Everything belongs because life is always changing, presently in motion, and every possibility at once in play. With this insight we gift the world with action, spontaneous, without choice, but simply the path our heart has taken. 

compassion, care. 

reality. 

everything belongs/ 

~

Peace, Eric