Say some thing

[Jake Knoll]

I used to think I was a very self centered person, but I can't find anything to say that won't educate others in the way I would like to be treated. I suppose If I was self centered that I would begin talking about some thing that required no participation from others to sustain. If I try to say some thing about a tree, it is like looking at a tree and trying to describe it to an alien from outer space, using no reference points not mutually considered. Kind of like trying to sketch a tree just by looking at it and not by memory of what a tree is supposed to look like. I tried to describe my sister the other day and I could not do it without referring to my feelings in some way. All I could think of was some random images floating around in my memory. I could not piece them together without my feelings, so I did not. In the end I found that my sister did not exist, only a person I recognized to be my sister because she looked like the person in the images located in my memories. This whole ordeal left my mouth dry.

[Sandra Lee Yamamoto]

Self-forgetfulness assists us in finding what is true, being aligned with it and staying in the now moment.