An optical illusion

Actuality

What is actual is actual only for one time and only for one space.

~T. S. Eliot

Some days, I find myself behaving a certain way with people. I smile my pre-determined smile. Tell a pre-determined joke after I walk out of the house in my pre-determined armor. And when I greet people I, in turn, expect a pre-determined response, which I usually get. I don’t think I am the only person who sometimes lives this way: mindlessly. Buddha said: be therefore mindful. Even the name, “Buddha”, means one who is awake. When I allow myself to wander about without intention, I feel my third eye close. Disconnection. Loneliness. Unsatisfied. It is only when trying to savor the honesty of every moment, that my third eyes opens. That I feel connected to life, apart of reality.

Namasté