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Hello Miraculous One,
These days I’m blessed to be living in a place surrounded by the lushness of nature; tropical plants, ocean views and breezes with bird songs and surf are my everyday background sounds. It’s a unique situation and I know how richly blessed I am.
The other night, as I was grooving to some music at Kukuau Studios (a fun, funky, little music venue in Hilo). I stopped moving to the beat and looked around the room at everyone else who had come out this rainy night to enjoy some music and dance. The medley of diverse people brought a smile to my face and tenderness to my heart.
It’s always a holy moment when I stop and let the extraordinary miracle of another being sink into my awareness. But here’s what moved me during that Kukuau moment … NATURE!
WE are nature. We ARE nature. You. Me. Everyone in that room. Everyone. We are as stunning and extraordinary as all those things I mentioned in my first paragraph. And I was hit by how I’ve separated “nature” from “humanity”.
I looked around that hot, crowded music studio and soaked in this part of nature . Wow! What an extraordinary expression of nature I was surrounded by! These miracles of earth, air, fire, water and magic that we human being are. Not separated from “nature” but an intricate part of it. A beautiful part of it.
I’m awestruck when I view another person through the eyes that appreciates the colors of a sunset or the uniqueness of a blossoming orchid; when I listen to the sound of a voice with the delight given to a bird song; when I enjoy the temperature and texture of someone’s skin or hair with the same appreciation I feel when my feet are tickled by grass or massaged by a walk on sand.
One of Hafiz’s poems starts with the line …
Start seeing everything as God,
Today I’m changing that to
Start seeing everyONE as God
I see you.
With love,
Sharon |
