July 14 Daily Entry -- "spirits"

Perhaps what some people call spirits is just the quality of things. And perhaps they have unseen qualities.

Yesterday I sat by the water. It bubbled and misted and flowed. It was cooling and it did something to the air. It created a soundscape that cover the sound of cars and people.

Today I sat among the trees. They were large, heavy, rooted. The created a feeling of stability. They provided shade and shelter, and did something else to the air

Their towering natural cathedral made people hushed and reverent.

I sat there, once again allowing myself to expand. Letting my particles and awareness drift outward.

The trees are all one network. They communicate with each other through their leaves and roots. They share nutrients. They are connected. They are all one being

We are the same. We are all one being. A macro-organism. You can see it at sporting events, rallies, tragedies. We have emergent properties.

That woman sitting and reading, she is a part of me. The man on his phone is part of me. The child running is part of me, as is the parent chasing.

And in a larger sense, the trees and the water are part of me. The communicate with me, and I with them. They impact me, and I them.

I hope they are all happy and well. In a sense it must be true that we are all one spirit.