babies and dogs

is what i’m trying to saysitting in the cafewith the trees and the peopleand the sky and the morning and everything and the micro-mycelium undergroundconnecting it alland the trees and the peopleand the sky and the cloudswe’re all connectedand the smallest organism of allis tying it all together is what i’m trying to saysomething like that and the cars in the streetrunning around free exhausting poisongas into the air we breatheand the trees trying to bio-mediateeverythingthat’s what i see and that’s what i want to write about without saying too muchopen my mind to the several layersof reality open my heart to thefeeling of beingalivetime and a planet and stuffwalking around in a bodyoh boy i could get technical aboutit like malcolm shandrakemerlin milkshakemerlin sheldrake there it iswriting about it in his book which i’m reading right now ‘Entangled Life’but i’d rather just rave onfree associatefeel the muse the muse and be amusedha !!listen to the song of lifeeverything is singing the bonk of the paddleballersi mean the pickleballersthe squeals of the babiesthe murmur of human conversationslightly too distant to be distinctthe words coming into my mindand being transcribed withmy pilot G-2 (10) blue ink penonto my caliber compositionnotebook with parallel lines it’s just everything is everywherei’ve said this beforebut it’s still true it’s something to write aboutjump up and down and dance about explore the dirt under the tree about like the two year old nearbyhe wrenches off his right shoeruns his toes thru the gravelputs the strap in his mouthchews on ithe’s an experiencing machineall circuits on looking aroundsmacking the rock with hishand to see if it’s solidyep taking off on a one shoe expedition - he gets about 20feet before he turns aroundpeeps squeals runs back to his tree and his comfortable momwaiting there with one shoei mean it’s all happening but we miss it cause we’reso encapsulated in our egoand our mental concepts and ourmetal cars and out houses of commerce get up on your bike and ride outthat’s what i dogo to the cafe and hang outtalk to the dogslet them smell you if they don’t bite they’re an experiencing machine tooover stimulated and eager to go this lady is holding on tothe reins like a wild horsebucking and pullingeager spontaneousturned onlike a two year old the two year olds and the dogsthey have a compactseparate and completei can only imaginewhat they feel This diatribe was delivered to you knowing that the invisible world of fungal spores and microbial organisms is really the basis of all that we see and are. The entire biosphere on planet earth is built by these tiny entities, like grains of sand on the beach. We don’t see them so we don’t recognize them, we don’t recognize them so we don’t think about them, we don’t think about them so we don’t appreciate them. Plants could not exist without the fungal networks interacting with them in the soil. Hair like little threads running everywhere. These were the first roots when the first plants migrated out of the oceans and onto the land. Microbes have colonized our bodies and live symbiotically with our own cells. Trillions of them. Viruses ‘infect’ bacteria but instead of harming them they help rearrange its DNA and make them more adaptable. Trees communicate with each other and with the sky above by releasing volatile chemicals that waft thru the air and cause rain drops to form or inform other trees of danger to come. The breeze comes and makes the branches sway and the leaves dance - this helps the tree grow stronger and the gas exchange (photosynthesis) happen more easily. Rotting logs feed mushrooms. Rotting animals feed vultures and worms. Cow dung feeds the dung beetle. These are just a few examples off the top of my head - a complete list would go on and on forever almost, incalculable. “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” is how we’ve inscribed it in our moral code. The foundation of evolution from amoebas to elephants, we now know, is not survival of the fittest but a cute little trick called endosymbiosis - larger cells incorporating smaller cells into themselves and utilizing their special features instead of devouring them. Capitalism has skewed our understanding of how life works. That’s a great misfortune. The ancient people understood the principle of reciprocity because they lived in communion with nature not in domination of it; they witnessed it every day. Our wealth has made us poor. We have forgotten the most important things and remembered all the trivia. We know how to kill but we have forgotten how to live. We drive our cars around and go places really fast but never quite arrive. We smash the butterflies and the small unfortunate animals without even slowing down. We’ve lost our way with explanations and directives and elections and directions. podcast music from this classic album :: * all pictures taken without permission * * music lifted too You can support my work by becoming a free or paid subscriber or by leaving a tip. All my posts are free, and paid subscribers (thank you!) allow me to keep it this way. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rohn.substack.com/subscribe