wonder

To be aware of the extended world while remaining in a state of meditation about the self's relation to the world makes the phenomenal experience one of wonder. The self begins again to rediscover itself hidden in the depth of its own soul. It looks upon the world of phenomena with curiosity. This curiosity brings to the fore of life-living, an inner expression of authenticity - as the self reflects on the world through the gaze of philosophical perspective. The All encompasses everything except the freedom of its own will and consciousness to be. As the world of the mind separates itself from the extended world, thought sees itself clearly as an artist expressing its world-life-view. This is the beginning of the present-ness of experience through its own meditation.

We are by nature confined in the dual worlds of the mind and body. What unifies the two in the present is the will to express itself in the form of authentic being. Consciousness manifests itself as the extended body and its world of thought unifying itself in the grand narrative we call life-nature. How the self experiences the world is like a single drop of water flowing in the stream of life. To see momentarily the river as it is and to realize that through extension the self has a specific place in this process is to come face to face with the All. In a momentary epiphany it sees its own creaturely-ness in nature as it contemplates its will to be. The is-ness of the moment reveals the artistic will expressing its wonder.