*** image by artist Olafur Eliasson. Berlin. ***
*** www.random-international.com/doubleeye/ ***


born into blindness
into this world, cast from be-ing
all that is,
into a reality of polarity,
duality, seeing
observer and observed

these little blinds
(much like the blinds you see in many windows)
manifestations within this 3 dimensional world
and necessary to its existence
and mine...


if i chose to
i could close the blinds completely
seeing only the blinds
and nothing beyond

yet eye am compelled
by the nature of my humanity
to peer through these blinds

were eye to open all the blinds at once
i would be dazzled
consumed
by the brilliance
of
p u r e b e i n g

so i pull back the layers
bit by bit
blind by blind
gazing into that
all-embracing loving lightness

through my actions,
my meritorious and painful deeds
each step of growth i take..

as i create works of beauty
and art
as i exemplify
human passion
curiousity
courage...

through these actions
eye acknowledge this
inherent
divinity
and eye open the blinds
action by action

o n e b y o n e

and as eye gather with others
and we share this brightness
through the windows of our souls
we open many blinds at once
eye and eye basking in celebration
of our mutual recognition
of each
other's
divine nature

namasté

i
and
eye

eye
the observer
eye and i
the observer and the observed

within this duality
the two are one
for neither could exist
without the other
the observed cannot exist
without the observer...
the reverse also being true.

within this union
interdependence
necessity for being
is evidence
for the existence of the paradox
of a single total oneness of being,
experienced only through duality.

that which is
this
human
experience