Sunshine Skyways

Perhaps, I am like a swirl in a river that is composed of millions of swirls. Yet, my ego mind dissolves the river and instead creates/imagines each swirl to be an independent body of water. The imagined independent body of water, in turn, is imagined to be interacting with other and different bodies of water. Together, the collection of imagined separate bodies and interactions make up my reality, which my ego mind translates into the reality of concrete facts, not imaginations. At the same time, my ego mind imagines my self to be better than all others, giving my imagined independent existence more importance, although I am just a swirl among millions of swirls and all are the same, all are of and in unity with the river.

I've been reading a number of Buddhist books. What draws me to Buddhism and Taoism is that they are not judgmental. What also draws me to Buddhism is its practical teachings that have helped me become aware of continuous psychodramas that I create and cast myself in. Those psychodramas can be one's reality and only reality. By developing a greater awareness (or mindfulness), I am not getting sucked into authoring and casting myself in those psychodramas. Also, I believe that greater awareness (or mindfulness) is a path to greater love and compassion. Above is a painting that I recently finished that reflects these thoughts.