YOU/ME
Open your window and let in the breeze come in. Just let it come in…
You are there. Really. Take a moment to check. Take a deep breath, feel your body sitting in your chair, and remember that you are there. As you.
A universe made of up space and galaxies. Galaxies made up of space and solar systems.
You are a person, you know that. You are also a mammal, an animal. You are a living things. You can feel right now your breathing and your heart beating. Your body is relatively warm. Feel that.
Solar systems made up of space and suns. Suns made up of space and gas.
You are a body sitting there. That body was created by your parents. Then it grew as you ate nutriments and drank liquids. The body processes these and excretes them. Plants carry the energy from the sun. We eat these plants and our body transfers the energy to us. The heat of the sun stored in our food. Food goes in and out. Heat goes in and out. Water goes in and out. Air goes in and out. We are breathing still.
Gas made up of space and molecules. Molecules made up of space and atoms.
You are also a name, a person. You have a role and job. You are a family member. You are the child of two parents who created you. Maybe you have siblings or even children as well. You are a friend to some, and there are others who have not yet met you. You have a place in the social bounds of the world.
Atoms made up of space and particles. Particles made up of space and energy.
How did you get there, where did you just come from. Where will you go after? What did you today? What are you doing tomorrow. What’s happening right now? Who made your clothes? Who build this house? How long will it stand? Where did the pieces come from and where are they going when destroyed?
Energy made up of space and conditions. Conditions made up of space and forces.
You are also thoughts, you are thinking right now, aren’t you? These words are in your head, aren’t they? Your eyes are processing these letters and words, and your brain translates them into language that you understand. You also carry the forces and impulses from your school education, which taught you to read these very letters.
Forces made up of space and movement. Movement made of up space and time.
You are also a moment in time. You are here now. You weren’t here 100 years ago and you won’t be here in 100 more years. You, only right now, are sitting right there, and reading this. Just now, as it is. Now is a passing moment, soon you will be finished and you will move on to the next things. You will stand up and you will walk somewhere, and this will be gone. Where will it go? Into the hole of the past.
Time made up of space and relationship. Relationship made up of space and comparison.
We have emotions. We feel happy, we relax, we feel at peace. We feel anger. We feel fear. We hear something andwe think we are in danger. The stomach tightens. The heart quickens. The palms sweat. The body reacts to the perception. The perception is from the idea of me, danger, pain, life, death, help, save. We feel our stomach tight, we think about danger. Body reaction plus thought equals emotion. Emotion is in pieces. The pieces are the emotion. A group is made of parts. Without the parts there is no group.
Comparison made up of space and duality. Duality made up of space and mind.
We see, we hear, we feel, we know. I am this, I am that. I am not this, I am not that. The apple is not me, it is an apple. But when I eat the apple, the apple is me. The apple is from the tree. The tree from the seed. The seed from the tree. I am the apple, I am the tree. I am this, I am not that. Am I not this? Am I not that?
Mind made up space and universe. Universe is made up of space and mind.
I am this, this is me, I am that, that is me.
What I am, I am not. What’s not me, that’s me too.
I am all, I am not. Not is me, not not too.
Something, nothing. Nothing, something.
Breathe in, Breathe out. Breathing in, Breathing out.
In, Out, In, Out
Let’s go. Let go. Let’s go. Let go. Let’s go. Let go.
-brother hue chuyen
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