Communication

 I am sitting outside in my garden. I don't move nor speak nor sing. I listen. There is a tree and a rooftop that is particularly popular with birds. They sit there in the mornings and evenings, and sing. Every
time a bird sings, you can be sure that no matter how far the mate is, it will always reply. I sit motionlessly and carefully listen not to miss a reply. The bird that is close to me sings beautifully and after a second or two there is a faint reply from a distant far. This routine can continue for a long time and very often their songs grow more and more elaborate.

Face To Face, Wageningen, 2020

My morning meditation, living in that moment when a bird sings brought me to a conclusion. I know, you will say, "Ewa! You are not supposed to think when you meditate!" And yet! My most productive thinking is done while trying to meditate. The nothingness turns into philosophy. I think that is MY purpose of meditation. But going back to my thoughts about birds. They never leave things unspoken. They never ignore their mates call or question or warning. Why do we, humans do that? We ignore, we don't answer or hide what needs to be said? We as humans, the thinking kind, do it because we can. Heartlessly, we dismiss answering questions, calls, warnings, pleas of another human being because we like to exercise that power! Communication is power. And not communicating is even a greater power that we use to gag, imprison and destroy our mates. We can use communication, share it or withhold it.

Of all the animals on the planet we have a variety of ways of communication. We have eye contact, body language, writing, speaking, etc. etc., You know the rest. We, the humans, use it the least honestly. This is just little something to think about.

Stand face to face! Open your lines! Communicate! Especially now, that we have been confined to our homes, rooms, beds because of the restrictions! Use communication to start something good! To end what's poisonous! To create miracles! To Fix what has been broken! To entertain family and friends! To communicate! To COMMUNICATE! Or to do all these things at once!