I was reflecting on whether reality can ever be perceived in full unity while living in this body — not as the grotesque, separating film of the mind, but as a truly interconnected, continuously flowing and ever-forming field of energy.
I was watching an apple tree asleep in its winter rest, its fallen leaves lying beneath it. Are those leaves still part of the tree? How long is the apple tree still the apple tree? Do the fallen fruits, the leaves, the pieces of bark that peel away still belong to it? If not — to whom do they belong?
When a wasp feeds on fruit still hanging on the branch, or a slug feeds on fallen fruit — is that nourishment still part of the tree? When I spoon apple compote onto my plate in winter — does it still belong to the apple tree? Or is it like the caterpillar and the butterfly — sharing the same DNA, yet through metamorphosis becoming entirely different expressions of being?
What if the mind did not separate what it sees? Then to whom — or to what — would all that we perceive belong?
Our guarded thoughts. Our spoken and unspoken words. Our careless glances. The waves created by our emotions. Our unanswered questions. Unfulfilled desires. Unlived dreams. Unfinished matters. And every breath we exhale — who does its quality belong to?
If all of this influences our environment — and if within Wholeness everything is interconnected — then does responsibility for it belong to everyone?
And if the true answer is yes — the real question becomes: what do we do then?
With love,
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