It is the act of loving which divided
lover from beloved. “I love,” said the lover,
and suddenly there was an I opposed
to the other. And the lover looked out
through this I, perceiving this other
yet knowing perceiver and perceived were one,
and said, “I/you love you/me.” In an ecstatic orgy,
I and the other danced out a mating ritual,
singing, “I/you am/are you/me.” Thus was infinity
born. But the other grew dizzy
of the dancing and sought separation
from such close contact with the one. There was
a struggle between them until, escaping
the only way possible, the other withdrew
into itself, denying the one. And the one
became an unfathomable phantom to the other, growing
distant from creation while being that self-same
creation. And that creation, the other, was lost
within itself, birthing faster than the capability
of definition, portioning and proportioning in an effort
to fill infinity and thus bury the one, the lover.
The myriad creation multiplied at such a magnitude
it would seem, to an objective observer, that all would fly
to pieces at the slightest disruption. But the objective
cannot perceive the subjective, and it is the most
subjective of perceptions which holds all diverse
elements of the creation together. It is the act
of loving which transforms lover and beloved from two
into one.
This
is the legend of God and the creation--genesis, a legend of birth and of
the
expanding relationship between consciousness and its
environment. It is a love poem. And, on our level, it is a
story
of ignorance and greed.
For the backward mirror image of love, as it is reflected
into our world, is the
progenitor of ignorance and greed.
Viewing yourself as separate is an ignorance
giving birth to
patriotism--which is a greed.
Viewing anything else as separate is an ignorance
leading to
envy and desire--which are greed.
indifference.
Love
And indifference
is
spelled
is a state
backwards
of complete
separation.
So
energy is formed which coalesces into atoms, the attraction
and repulsion of whose combined fragments usher in the basis of matter.
And
matter takes distinct form, physically differential, yet tied together--each
differentiated physical being a combination of elements, parts, organs,
dwelling
in or through its environment as an
element, part, organ.
Furthermore,
comes a psychological extension in the perception of distinction, which
paves the way for all forms of physical
manipulation
from food gathering and hunting,
to work and warfare;
from earthquakes and forest fires,
to mating and art.
Through ignorance do we live our mindless lives
of passions and desires: drawing upon
the discernment of perception to conclude that every tree
and every stone are stone and tree distinct
(ignoring that all share equally
in one).
We
plant
and domesticate
and conceptualize
and construct a world
--separating from the world of our origins--
in which we come to dwell isolated,
where we can form
myths
customs
cultures,
sliding farther and farther apart, until we can abuse
everything and everyone,
justifying all through the survival instinct and the evolution of the
monetary system. How control over perception of our world was given
to
madison avenue, as money bought power out of the hands of the landed
few
--so far we stepped
from our origins,
leaving our
world, ourselves,
at the mercy of those
who are ignorant of the need for mercy.
Ignorant and
greedy.
It
is through recognition that ignorance is neutralized,
overcome be recognition of itself as ignorance
and recognition of that which has been ignored.
Comprehending, we will judge
more fairly that which is perceived,
learning to be sparing with our ignorance,
using it only as required for physical existence,
thus taking command over ignorance to render
life sweeter to the taste.
Open the
path way.
It is
through
recognition
that
a
path
way
is
opened,
leading into direct communication
with that which has been ignored.
As recognition
cancels ignorance,
so love
will filter greed,
and
when we recall how to clear our eyes and breath freely
we will find ourselves living in a new world
--new every moment--
vital and beautiful, a world to which ignorance renders us
color blind.
And when we can
equally share
of
both worlds
then
will we have stepped
into
another epoch,
which will take us beyond the conception
of any who live in this world today.
Thus
must we step if we are to prevent ignorance and greed from being the doom
of ourselves and our world. Yet,
because those we leave in charge
are the minions of ignorance and greed, we are left
floundering
due to an apparent lack of will power, unable even to pull
ourselves out of the morass
--much less take the necessary steps.
So
the impetus must begin within,
an awakening of our souls
which shall then find
itself expressed in consciousness,
as we subconsciously
seek to force ourselves
to become conscious of our
ignorance.
There is a question mark becoming
imposed within our deepest selves
as throughout the world round us,
a question mark which stands in utter
opposition to that which ignorance tells us;
our fate, and the fate of the world,
will be determined by us solely on the
basis of how we address this question mark
?
If we would open
our eyes,
we would see.