The Shilvian Spiral

"While we are sitting in meditation, we are simply exploring humanity,

[materials, and all things in existence] in the form of ourselves."

~Pema Chödrön, Awakening Loving-Kindness

Moku-Sou!

*Eyes fade, lay down the active thoughts, breathe...

All things fade to black as I deconstruct myself that I may reconstruct myself,

All I am there but am no longer distinguishable amongst all there is around me.

*breathe...

There is a whirl of the particles in my place.

They spin in a circle about my origin.

After the first cycle, they whir more vigorously.

Arcanely, they take up more space now as if they've multiplied.

I am more than just me now,

I can see more clearly.

My path is greater now; the arc creates ripples in space with each pass,

My memories of recent and of days long past bobble amid the waves.

*breathe...

I know that it's not just me now,

I can feel more clearly.

The world is not as straight as it once seemed; it now appears voluted,

The great arc of the earth is in sight as I move gracefully about it.

*Breathe...

What's this feeling? A point within a point within a point?

Where am I? The center or about a center?

I found myself back with my thoughts,

I was waiting back in the arc.

A single quanta of light to represent myself,

And that lonely speck contains everything.

*breathe...

That's where I am; the critical point of everything while circling the center at the same time.

That's where I'll be incarnated.

Mokusou Yame!

e.g. (for community)

We can start simply by looking at where we live, before that, the fact that we live somewhere. [but before I digress,]

The place we live can be considered a community. It fit's the previously ascribed definition as a place where a collaborative of people communicate. At home* that looks a certain way.

e.g.
       waking up in the morning and talking about your dreams over a mouthful of toothpaste foam.
       a sibling or other family member coming into your room when you're quietly enjoying a book
       venting after  a long day at work ( I don't suggest doing this too often because it ends up sounding like you complaining (I've been on the receiving side of hes a lot (as well as the delivering side( it's not too fun on the receiving side)))
       a long non-awkward pause at the dinner table when the participating people decided that the time for talking is over and it's time to munch some foodies**

As we well know and can document, as we all could do if we felt like it, We are all part of some sort of community or another.

e.g.
classroom community
book community
scholar community
sports community
style community
music community
work community

Community is a couple of things in particular then, what is shared amongst a group and how the message was conveyed.

*home, not where the heart is but where you live when you're not in school
**foodies, a term for food often used when the person accepts food into their life as a personal emotional act ( this is a "Shilvian"*** definition)
***Shilvian, of and/or relating to Shilvio which is the idea of Myself (yeah, I went there (deep stuff))