I belong in this world. I am here as a human with a physical body and a consciousness and an ability to contemplate my existence and presence.
While I am part of a larger universe and we are all made of star stuff and are essentially one and the same being, all moving towards an eternal circle of life, recycling and being reborn as rearranged atoms and molecules with a life form powered by a soul, we are still parts. And we must take care of these individual parts in order to take care of the whole. So if I want to change the world, I have to change myself. If I want to heal the world, I have to heal myself. Knowing that taking care of myself is a part of contributing to the universe helps me understand my own importance. I am no more or less important than anything else in this universe. I am the universe and 'I' am nothing. But I exist as an "I" and I live and experience as an "I" but also as we and us, and the point is to nurture the soul through all these multiple ways of experiencing and existing.
That is why, my body is a temple but it is also a machine that can serve. My mind is a creator and site of exchange of ideas. My soul is the residence of my unique light but also a link in the chain that unites us all. Hence, I will take care of my body by bathing, cleaning, being hygienic, eating fresh healthy food, exercising and relaxing. I will nourish my mind by thinking, reading, learning, talking, writing, listening, painting, singing, observing and experiencing. I will nourish my soul by feeling, loving, trusting and being. I am a part and I am a whole. It is ambiguous and the more I think about it the more illogical it seems but it is the truth and truth and logic are not one and the same. I am a part and I am a whole. And the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Which is why, I will nourish the whole by loving, listening, learning, creating, and teaching the parts around me and uniting the forces of energy that flows between all of us and all things in this universe. It is to a common home we all belong. We are the home. And I am at home. Peace is how we can keep our home clean and love is how we can make it sparkle. You are me and I am you. 'You' are nothing and 'I' am nothing because we are all the same being. But you and I exist as you and I, but it is in our nature to unite, to come together and be, as one, and as a part, in Balance. A balance between being I and we. A core of nothingness surrounded a blanket of I, and swirls of we all around it, creates a perfect spiral of soulful harmony. One that is beautiful, and radiant. Like you and I. Because we are the universe.
While I am part of a larger universe and we are all made of star stuff and are essentially one and the same being, all moving towards an eternal circle of life, recycling and being reborn as rearranged atoms and molecules with a life form powered by a soul, we are still parts. And we must take care of these individual parts in order to take care of the whole. So if I want to change the world, I have to change myself. If I want to heal the world, I have to heal myself. Knowing that taking care of myself is a part of contributing to the universe helps me understand my own importance. I am no more or less important than anything else in this universe. I am the universe and 'I' am nothing. But I exist as an "I" and I live and experience as an "I" but also as we and us, and the point is to nurture the soul through all these multiple ways of experiencing and existing.
That is why, my body is a temple but it is also a machine that can serve. My mind is a creator and site of exchange of ideas. My soul is the residence of my unique light but also a link in the chain that unites us all. Hence, I will take care of my body by bathing, cleaning, being hygienic, eating fresh healthy food, exercising and relaxing. I will nourish my mind by thinking, reading, learning, talking, writing, listening, painting, singing, observing and experiencing. I will nourish my soul by feeling, loving, trusting and being. I am a part and I am a whole. It is ambiguous and the more I think about it the more illogical it seems but it is the truth and truth and logic are not one and the same. I am a part and I am a whole. And the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Which is why, I will nourish the whole by loving, listening, learning, creating, and teaching the parts around me and uniting the forces of energy that flows between all of us and all things in this universe. It is to a common home we all belong. We are the home. And I am at home. Peace is how we can keep our home clean and love is how we can make it sparkle. You are me and I am you. 'You' are nothing and 'I' am nothing because we are all the same being. But you and I exist as you and I, but it is in our nature to unite, to come together and be, as one, and as a part, in Balance. A balance between being I and we. A core of nothingness surrounded a blanket of I, and swirls of we all around it, creates a perfect spiral of soulful harmony. One that is beautiful, and radiant. Like you and I. Because we are the universe.
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