Chirp

Chirp
by Scott Bradley

“But human speech...You take it to be different than the chirping of baby birds. But is there really any difference between them?”
~ Zhuangzi, Chap. 2; Brook Zyporyn, translation ~

We are able to look upon Nature as we perceive it around us and accept it as it is without the imposition of the judgment of right and wrong. To do likewise with regard to the human experience is to accord with Nature fully and to be liberated from this obstruction which limits our experience of Reality. To discriminate between right and wrong is to separate ourselves from Nature and ourselves. For most, this is largely a positive value, but for those who would experience harmony with Reality in its totality, this dualistic belief can only stand in the way.

Whatever the implications of self-awareness and free-will, they do not in any way transcend the fundamental unity of Reality. All that humanity does is as much an expression of Reality as the chirping of baby birds. To realize this is to be freed from the tyranny of guilt and blame that necessarily separates us from others and even our own selves. Understanding that our lives are, as they are, an expression of Reality, we can let go in trust into the up-welling of the life we are beyond all cognitive control. Letting life live itself, free of the of the blockage of discrimination, we discover that life itself fulfills our conflicted hunger for ‘betterment’ more surely than anything we could ever have managed.

You can check out Scott's writings on Zhuangzi here.