are you sure?

can you be absolutely certain

it's a tree?

how do you know

it's a tree?

who told you?

somebody told you that

and at some point you accepted it--

you believed

"it's a tree--basically just another kind of "body"

can you be absolutely certain

it's not joy?

it's not love?

it's not spirit?

can you be absolutely certain

that you have any idea at all

what it really is?

that perhaps there is more to it

than you have ever perceived,

comprehended

or been open to?

can you really lump

all these billions of "trees"

into just one word?

how do you react when you believe the thought

it's a tree?

i completely ignore it

minimize it

i don't ask

i don't even look

it becomes irrelevant/separate

from all other issues

concepts

of myself

i completely miss it

it's just a thing--

a few twigs and crumbly leaves

my experience is diminished

something in my life is missing

because

i have taken the life out of this living energyspirit

and simply put it in the dictionary

it becomes a model;

it may as well be plastic

or painted scenery

i am not present

i am not awake to this life

"it"

basically has nothing to do with me

there are no feelings

interaction

no wonder

what do i get for holding on to the belief it's a tree?

a false sense of "education"

knowledge

intelligence

the truth is

i get the opposite

i have no knowledge of this tree

i have never met it

and i have no interest in it

NO LOVE for it

because

i think

i already know

now

is the tree "boring"

this amazing creation

this mystery

this happening

this mirror reflection of myself

is

completely

overlooked

because

i

am

"right" that it is a tree....

what do i fear would happen without

the belief

it's a tree?

i would know nothing

about anything

now

is the world wide wide wide open!

to be

experienced!!!!

Hi!!!

i don't know anything!

what amazing wonder

is everywhere!

wholly open

infinity

expands

now...

depth

richness

soul

aliveness

there are no words to describe this

there is nothing else

this

is nothing i have ever been taught

nothing

but

direct

experience

no separation

just opening and opening

and opening

and

letting

in

everything......

oh oh oh oh.......

wow.........!