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To the degree that we see our world as the struggle of tribe versus tribe, we see the social fabric unraveled, shunning those with whom we don't vibe. Locked in unresolvable conflict, of class or of race or of creed, each tribe has identified its convict, and its end justifies every deed. To the degree that we see our world for the common ground we share, we see the social fabric unfurled, bridging gaps about which we don't care. Locked in undeniable unity, for our sameness outweighs our disputes, each tribe is merely an identity that makes us forget our true roots. [Source: Stable Diffusion] Published on Steemit

Always pay attention to what you are doing with your whole body. Always pay attention to what you are doing, with your whole body. No one escapes the effects of one's actions; all reap as each sows. Causes are to effects as spirit is to matter; time links each to its other. Consciousness is continuity of experience; experience is awareness ourself. [Image source for all of the above: Stable Diffusion 2.1] Published on Steemit

It's easy to apologize when you find your mistake, the thing you wish not to repeat. You have then shined light on darkness. You have learned and become separate from it. You have understood your actions' impacts on others. An apology signifies that you've learned your lesson. An apology is also a prompting for forgiveness. An apology is an act of reconsolidation. Forgiveness is easy without a self. Answering a sincere apology, it creates compassion.

The ancient inner child resides in DNA and is love. Consciousness is a 3D projection of the higher-dimensional self, currently underperforming. Innate is the body's intelligence of instinct, sensory wisdom of the inner child, unable to speak, for now. The corporeal self is but one part, projected into 4D reality, different every life. Another part stands separate for a purpose, protective and watchful but silent, until you ask for guidance. The remainder remains on the other side of the veil; cheering your victories and sharing your pain, the ancient inner child is always watching. The records of all that happens in every life, memories and experience and wisdom, live in the whales and dolphins. They are moments saved in the planet's crystalline grid, echoing horrors but amplifying compassion, replaying details preserved in context. They reside in the cave of creation, hidden safely within the planet, whose magnetic grid, whose matter, and whos...

Truth is strange as fiction. The best parts of fiction are true. Fiction serves as a vehicle for truth. Truth becomes stranger than fiction. But it's also undeniably familiar. Like we've known it all along. The creator in each of us is The Creator. Creativity is divinity.

Labels are imaginary boundaries. They don't exist, but they determine how we see and treat them. When we name something, we make it separate in our minds. We forget this separation is imaginary. When we name things uniquely, we see them as unique. When we use the same name to describe many, we see them as the same.

"Mono" means one, alone, single. "Stereo" means solid, three-dimensional. One gives rise to two. Two gives rise to three. To truly experience depth, we require at least two perspectives. The conflict between the left and right eyes and ears creates the experience of perceiving three dimensions. "Type" means "a category of people having common characteristics." "Characteristic" means "a feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify it." These are mutually defining words; each gives rise to the other. What exactly is a "stereotype"? "A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing." Notice "image" and "idea." Notice the word "oversimplified." Notice the word "fixed," as in "solid." "Solid" as in "unchanging," which people ...

A period of time is both a length and a cycle. An iteration is the both the same and different. Every line is part of a larger curve. Every curve spirals along a line. The soul desires to be like the spirit. The son desires to be like the father. Order and chaos are reproduced. Chaos and order reproduce.

If you find you don't agree with a single word from someone's mouth, you haven't yet begun to see from that person's perspective. If you find you agree with every single word from someone's mouth, you haven't yet found the edges of that person's perspective. Knowing one truth does not make another untrue, since all truths are actually features or silhouettes of truth.

Every perspective is true, if you know what you're looking at. Every word makes sense, if you know what is meant. You can find y, if you know x. If you know the equation. If you know y, you can find x. If you know the words, you can make sense of the meaning. If you know truth from every perspective, you can find it in everything.

The seed begets the tree which yields fruit. The truth begets understanding which yields perspective. Is there more than one truth then? Must we worry about which seed we plant? If the seed is indeed truth, then there is only one seed. The seed leads to fruit, but we must eat the fruit to find the seed within. Fruit does not last long. It is best consumed between ripeness and freshness. A fruit that goes uneaten spoils. Perspectives are temporal. They are best used between comprehension and novelty. A perspective that goes unused invites corruption. The only decision to make is which fruits to eat. Don't eat rotten fruit.

As we accumulate and assimilate more and more perspectives, we tend to let go of and forget less useful, more distorted perspectives. Empathy is the ability to identify and make use of others' perspectives. To practice empathy, practice looking at things from diverse perspectives at once. Don't look at the perspective, because then you will be inclined to judge it. Use the perspective to interpret, then translate the interpretation.

The soul is the illusion of identity. The imaginary boundary between self and not-self. The soul is the physical expression of spirit, and is the accumulated experiences of the mind. Spirit shapes the soul when the soul heeds it, and is the accumulated experiences of all of humanity. Spirit transcends space and time, but soul clings to the past and future.

Denial reveals an interesting truth. Adopting a new perspective can pose such a daunting task that one's rational mind surrenders by choosing ignorance. However, one need not engage the chaos as an enemy if one realizes that a change in perspective is not a sudden leap into battle. It can instead be a dance between the spirit and the soul, wherein the soul patiently revisits past perspectives, and the spirit illuminates old shadows therein.

Everything is true from a perspective. Some perspectives are more accurate than others. But perspectives are not truth, and truth is not perspective. Truth is singular. It appears as many truths, which manifest as everything, from matter to love. Its many appearances are received and understood by means of perspective. No perspective is truth. Perspective is like a single ray of light reflecting truth. We may learn more and more of truth by exploring many perspectives, while evaluating their accuracy according to the heart, and holding that no perspective is a perfect image of truth, yet rejecting no perspective entirely, since even the most distorted ray of light is a signal by which to gain information and then understanding. We develop our understanding of truth by painting a picture of truth from the many perspectives we encounter throughout our lives. These images are imperfect and incomplete, but while our eyes are open, we improve them as long as we curate them with care...