The Great Unfolding Cosmos

You are not separate from this world, but intricately woven into its vast tapestry. Your skin is not a barrier, but a permeable membrane linking you to all that surrounds you. The air you breathe, the ground you walk upon, the life teeming around you - it is all part of your greater body and being. You contain multitudes within your physical form, just as the universe holds incomprehensible vastness.

In moments of stillness and presence, you can sense this profound interconnection. The boundaries between yourself and others soften, revealing the underlying unity. You are not isolated, but share an intimacy with all existence. This realization can awaken a sacred relationship with life itself.

Though society often obscures this truth with its demands and distractions, the magic and sacredness of the ordinary is always available if you open yourself to it. Let the loss of the familiar strip away your alienation, allowing you to rediscover the beauty and complexity that is continuous with your deepest self.

You are a perception of this living, intelligent earth - a vast being dreaming the world into existence moment by moment. As you let go of separateness, you can embrace your role as part of the great unfolding cosmos. In this time of uncertainty, may you find strength and support in the timeless wisdom of your intrinsic unity with all that is.

(adopted from: Paul Shepard, The Subversive Science; Thich Nhat Hanh, Earth Gathas; Joan Halifax, The Fruitful Darkness)