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One massive assumption we make while living this separate life is to
assume we are over here and all that is over there.
Being separate, or at least living like you are, is lonely and
difficult. The alternative is to notice some assumptions and ways of
seeing the world which perhaps are a bit more real.
What do I mean? Well, for starters have a look around and try and find
something in the world that you perceive which is not in your
awareness.
Pretty silly statement but if you look and notice that your world and
the objects in it including other people are experienced within your
perception, then it might
change the way you think of yourself and your world.
We assume we are separate and exclusive and the world is happening
completely outside of us.
The habit of pretending that there really is a tree over there and it
is very green and tall will be automatic and beyond your conscious
control in each moment.
A baby wouldn't look at the tree and call it a tree and green and tall.
A baby might not think anything. A baby probably just notices and
doesn't make the distinction of me here and tree over there separate.
However, learning these labels and sounds doesn't change what is
actually there. The labels don't make it a tall, green tree. It just is
as it is.
What use is this? What use is it to challenge the notion that you are
separate?
Well for starters it is the truth. The truth doesn't need to be of any
use, it doesn't care, it just is. Sort of like saying what use is
it to be aware of gravity.
Secondly, seeing the world in this way brings a unity where you and the
tree are together.
Sure when you stand and look it still appears as if that tree is over
there and it certainly seems to hold a location that is different to
you, but you can let it be what it is before it is labeled tree.
Likewise, other human beings are just as they are in each moment.
Whenever you label someone, judge them or mentally hold them in some
way other than as another conscious being, aren't you the one adding
all that extra stuff to them?
What if you looked at the body and the life that moves the body and saw
fundamentally that is all that is there? You might find a together-ness
that you have never felt before. You might find you feel part of
something bigger and more awesome than you originally thought.
Sit alone and watch any life form. In the past I would wish seagulls
would go away, now I sit and watch and just let them be seagulls. Flies
are just being flies, cockroaches are just being cockroaches.
Although, that doesn't mean you won't protect your survival needs
around them by defending your food, water, shelter or body but apart
from that you can work to drop the extra stuff you place on top of just
noticing them
More importantly for us is to learn to do this with others.
This is more difficult as the pull to be a me and you be a you is
strong when we are interacting.
Practice seeing the Being and be curious about their experience as
you listen. See if you can see how much you are assuming when you look
out your eyes at the world.
With people you know well you will drop into an assumption about them
based on how they have been for you in the past.
With people you don't know you will drop into an assumption about them
based on your prejudices and projections.
Let go, surrender, notice that they exist within your experience and
let them be them.
We have a strong tendency to hold ourselves as separate and exclusive.
Seeing the world play out within and watching from the space you create
will make you and others feel connected and part of the whole event of
life.
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