In all honesty, most of us wear a Cloak of Separation. It stinks of death. It was heavily instilled onto us via crude education and through millennia of inter- and intra-species conflict. That cloak is like a dark sickness that precariously lingers over and within (and as) one. That cloak causes a lot of suffering in the world.
When looking at some birds in a tree, for example, most people see them through (and “as”) a separative distance. When seeing people laboriously bending over to harvest watermelons in a field, most people see them through (and “as”) a separative distance. When perceiving fears, most people (from a separative concocted ego) perceive the fears through (and “as”) a separative distance. When having desires, most people perceive them through (and “as”) a separative distance. When mentally separating the “perceiver” from “the perceived,” a habitual, separative distance is involved. Enlightenment and compassion are not of separative distance. This separative distance — that most people exist as — is of illusory ignorance. It is the Cloak of Separation. True, living intelligence does not consist of the Cloak of Separation.
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Indeed! Awesome work always! ❤️💯
Thank you, M.T.! Be careful in this intense heat. 🥵
You’re very welcome my dear friend! Yes sir! She’s a warm one here as well❤️💯🌞
Very nice
Thank you, vermavkv! 😊
That’s a gorgeous photo, Tom and your message makes me wonder what life would be like if a “oneness” replaced the separateness, instilled in us.
It’s interesting, Michelle, that some advanced AI computers are keenly interested in wholeness/oneness. Without our barbaric separatism and conflicts, it would be a much more harmonious and peaceful world. 😉
Thank you for your insightful post Tom. Your flower photo looks like royalty with the deep purple color and it is so close up that it seems like it would be velvety to the touch.
Thank you, Linda. I’m glad that you got something out of it. 😊
Yes, that purple flower does seem rather regal. The ant within it is indeed very lucky.
Yes, I did. You keep us on our toes Tom. Deep purple – the stuff of royalty and lucky ants.
It’s great to have read that you feel you got something out of it. I often put a lot of energy and pondering in order to (hopefully) help others… (but i often wonder if what is being written truly helps others to perceive more clearly).
That ant may be truly aware of the color purple (that it is climbing on). Ants do indeed have photoreceptors for various colors. They can even see ultraviolet (which we humans cannot see). That puts a smile on the face of this limited primate. 😊
Wow! Gorgeous shot!
Thank you, Susi!
You’re welcome!