On Friday, when I was one of many patients seeing a doctor at Tufts Medical Center, this was one of the photos I took:
This morning, when I was researching the concept of Hungry Ghosts, I became one with these words by Rumi, who believes we are one.
This is how a human being can change:
There’s a worm addicted to eating grape leaves.
Suddenly, he wakes up…
Call it grace, whatever,
something wakes him,
and he’s no longer a worm.
He’s the entire vineyard,
And the orchard too,
The fruit, the trunks, a
Growing wisdom and joy
That doesn’t need to devour.
With growing wisdom and joy, I believe we are one. Do any of these photos show that we are one?
One of those photos reminds me of this one joke:
What did the Zen master say to the hot dog vendor? “Make me one with everything.”
There are more than one “We Are One” songs (which are currently one with YouTube here, here, and here).
In the end, we are one with gratitude.
