Here's what I notice
shows up
when I
relate
to all of it as "that": I'm in here (so to
speak)
and everything else is out there. But it's more than that
actually: it's that everything else is out there where I'm not.
Then what I notice
shows up
when I
relate
to all of it as "this", is: before I can
relate
to all of it as "this", I first have to
get
myself
out-here,
where all of it is, or it could be
said
I first have to
get
myself
out-here
where I am all of it (the latter is another
conversation
for another occasion).
Shifting
our
relationship
with all of it from "that" to "this" through an
act of speech,
secondarily alters where we
stand
in
relation
to all of it. Primarily it
transforms
our
relationship
with all of it - which is to
say
primarily it
transforms
our
relationship
with
Life itself.
But it's even more than that actually. Take, for example, the
simpleappropriateness of all this - which is to
say
take, for example, the appropriateness of anything and everything that
shows up
as "this" (which could be all of it, yes?). I
ask:
isn't the fact that it
shows up
at all, just
the universe
providing it for us to take
action
on, or at least strongly suggesting to us what to
choose
to take
action
on?
This occurs for me as the calling from
Life itself,
as well as a stark reminder of how very
simple
life and living really is ("how very
simple
life and living really is" ... very
simple,
that is, without all our
self-made
difficulties and unnecessary complexities we both unintentionally and
intentionally
add to our lives and to living). What
the universe
is strongly suggesting to me to
choose
taking
action
on, is the occurring
world,
is
the showing,
is this. That's it, and that's all. There are no hidden
meanings.