We’re still in an age where people want to build roots, buy roots, but not plant roots inside. This doesn’t even sound rational to most, who think their roots are in the past.
Stop to wonder…
Not analyze, not conclude, not calculate, not plan, not defend, not prepare. But actually wonder.
This world is full of illusions. It is an illusion. But illusion doesn’t mean “it doesn’t exist.”
Like looking out your window after sunrise… you see the trees, the birds, the houses, the sun between the clouds with all the reds, oranges, and yellows you can think of. And then you become aware of little particles dancing in the space you thought was empty. A beautiful dance that captures your attention. Space is alive. You thought it was empty.
Illusion means you have to figure out what’s there, how things relate, what symbols mean, the purpose of it all—and your participation in it.
It’s temporary. Like dreams are. Absolutely real while you’re in them. Solid, as this world seems to be. Natural laws that seem indestructible, yet they are local.
No one tells us this in school:
- that there is an inner life, different from the outer life
- that unless we get to know the inner life, the outer life won’t make sense
- that you are not the dancer but the dance
And it’s not just that we weren’t told, because our teachers didn’t know themselves. It’s that the space got filled with information we assumed was true. We don’t realize as adults that unlearning is a necessity. But what needs to be unlearned?
We learned addition, accumulation. We don’t value subtraction—turning affirmations into questions. We did know that once. Naturally. Before we were told to “be good,” “pay attention,” and obey rules.
