Monday, 31 January 2011

a Moment for Wisdom…

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DAILY WISDOM:

“The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there.”

Yasutani Roshi

Personal Wisdom:

How and where do you succumb to the delusion of separation?

For you, who is your Other?

What are the circumstances when/where you separate from the Other?

Societal Wisdom:

What is the purpose of a “nation”?

If we cure the “fundamental delusion”, will nations exist? What will replace them?

If we cure the “fundamental delusion”, what purpose will the military serve?

a Moment with Sharif…

This fundamental delusion – that we are separate – is the essential, root cause of all of our illness, both societal and personal.

Since I devoted a good portion of “Creating a World That Works for All” to this concept, I won’t say much more here. However, it is interesting that we use the apparent images of our eyes to reinforce the delusion of separation.

As the argument goes: if we are all connected to each other, why can’t I SEE the connections?  After all, “I” am sitting in my tiny studio/office, writing this on Sunday night, “you” are reading it miles away, on Monday morning. Isn’t that “proof” of our separation?

To which I say: Jump five feet into the air… and stay there for a few minutes. You cannot. Invisible bonds connect you to the Earth.  Those bonds are there, WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IN THEM OR NOT. Your separation from the Earth is a delusion. Similarly
powerful yet invisible bonds connect each human, each living Being, into a network of mutuality. Our eyes are great, but are not the final arbiters of Reality. Sometimes we have to close them in order to SEE.

Peace,

Sharif

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Sharif Abdullah photo: Lisa Norton

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