The sun is your friend, src of all life. The moon guides the tides that cleanse & nourish us. Earth is our mother. We are her offspring & we share w her a common birth & death; we live as she lives, from sunlight & rain; we die as she dies, into the ground from which we were born
Whenever you look at the bright yellow sun, remember only the yellow, only the brightness, and not the pain;
Whenever you gaze at the full moon, remember;
Whenever you look at the golden finger of God's light, remember;
Whenever you gaze upon the waters of life streaming down from the mountains, remember;
Whenever you see the hundreds and hundreds of stars in the sky, remember;
Whenever you hear the sound of your own heart beating inside your chest, remember;
Whenever you feel the soft smooth skin of your own child, remember;
Whenever you sit down with your family at the end of the day and share the day's events with each other, remember;
Whenever you feel the presence of your friends nearby, remember;
Whenever you kiss the lips of one who truly loves you, remember;
Whenever you feel the thunderbolt of passion pounding in your breast, remember;
Whenever you hear the voice of one who speaks to your soul, remember;
Remember, this your true nature. In its bright light, you will see there is no one here but yourself.
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The world as you experience it through your senses is not an accurate rendition of the world, but a subjective representation of reality – a *hallucination* – filtered and constructed by your brain.
This hallucination, and the way that your brain constructs it, is optimized for survival in a very specific environment – the African savanna, tens of thousands of years ago. It is not optimized for the modern human living in a modern environment.
Since the environment has changed so much, your brain isn't always very useful anymore. It's like a stone-age tool in the modern world. And this makes your brain very susceptible to manipulation, exploitation, and hacking.
I argue for a drawing of the body that includes all beings — humans, plants, animals, and bacteria. This also means thinking about the *being of being*. It means acknowledging that everything that *is*, comes into being through both our bodies and not only ours.
To think of the drawing of the body is to acknowledge that everything is entangled in relations with humans and with nonhumans.
This understanding of the body is not just about human bodies, but also about animal bodies, plant bodies, and even alien bodies.