Submitted by truthbeknown on January 12, 2008 - 7:48pm.
How far we've come can only be answered subjectively. My truth is not your truth states Ram Das. Since I am only a small potato in the World House, I need to look inward. I do not really know the geometry of society. I am "part of" the embroidery. I am experiencing my life based on my thoughts...many which were handed down to me. I experience my environment differently than you. How can I judge?
I need to keep looking inside of me. Turning inward requires great strength. Taking the labels off of people: my brother, my sister, my mother, my father. My boss, my friend, my dog.
What about all the "neutral people," black, white or red, we encounter in our everyday lives? Do we really notice the person who cashes our check at the bank? How about the person standing in line behind us at the grocer?
Most of the time, we are too busy wrapped up in "The I, The Me and The My." We tend to look at people outside our little families as blocks of wood.
How have we done? We need to keep growing the seeds of wisdom. Turning inward, letting go of past and future, I act in the now. What I do in this very moment creates the next moment for me...for the world.
How Far W'eve Come is Subjective
How far we've come can only be answered subjectively. My truth is not your truth states Ram Das. Since I am only a small potato in the World House, I need to look inward. I do not really know the geometry of society. I am "part of" the embroidery. I am experiencing my life based on my thoughts...many which were handed down to me. I experience my environment differently than you. How can I judge?
I need to keep looking inside of me. Turning inward requires great strength. Taking the labels off of people: my brother, my sister, my mother, my father. My boss, my friend, my dog.
What about all the "neutral people," black, white or red, we encounter in our everyday lives? Do we really notice the person who cashes our check at the bank? How about the person standing in line behind us at the grocer?
Most of the time, we are too busy wrapped up in "The I, The Me and The My." We tend to look at people outside our little families as blocks of wood.
How have we done? We need to keep growing the seeds of wisdom. Turning inward, letting go of past and future, I act in the now. What I do in this very moment creates the next moment for me...for the world.