WHOLENESS

Perhaps the ultimate wisdom is
To see the whole
In every part,
And each part in the Whole......
To see the universe in a grain of sand,
And each grain of sand in its place
In the Grand scheme of things......

To eye the "I" in you,
And to see the We in Me.

How many "me's" are there?
The "me" that is writing this, the "me" that is tired, the "me" that is father to my children, the "me" that shows movies.........
There are thousands of "me",
Each with differing priorities, values, attitudes and faces...
And there are none,
Because these "me's" are ephemeral spectres;
They come and go.

What is
Is that there is One --
The One that contains All,
That is totality of all experience (human and in-human).

In this Whole-ness lies our power --
The power to be patient,
The power to heal and be healed,
The power to master (not control) our own destiny,
The power to make a difference by Being the difference.

Paradoxically, I get to sense this Whole-ness -
This "no-me" -
When I'm successfully forgiving and unconditionally loving
All the "me's" that "I" thinks it is.

This state of unconditional open-ness
Leads eventually to a place
Where all that is left for me to do
Is surrender,
Let go,
And just be all that I am.

In this final resting place
A new life begins.