Kinship

Contemporary physics tells us that reality is entanglement. I don’t understand the details of a lot of what they say but I am fascinated by it. Einstein in his day called it “spooky action at a distance” for lack of a better description.

Buddhism tells us that relationship and its connectedness is existence and separation is a delusion. It also says that we are but the mirror image of one another.

Both viewpoints are worthy of contemplation.

The great Naturalist and essayist, Loren Eisley, often spoke of the extremely rare, and beyond precious, unexpected moments in reference to encounters in Nature — those moments when the wall between us and other creatures is completely gone, all barriers down. Each one of those very rare instants is exceptional in its own way and unrepeatable. They are gifts, treasures beyond measure.

I experienced one of those extraordinary moments at the Nature Center early one morning on my regular walk. This poem tells the story, reveals the event.

I wish for you connectedness and the intimacy that happens only when barricades don’t exist.

©Lou Liberty 

Kinship