An Unknown Grace

An Entosophy Interview with Japanese Flowering Cherry

Entosophy
Interview with Japanese Flowering Cherry
Received by Amanda Nicole
South Carolina Botanical Gardens
8.3.2023

Q:  What is Ultimate Reality?

it is primordial
we are entangled
i’m having trouble knowing
where you end
and i begin
where anything ends and begins
it’s hard to know
where to start

there was an Ancient Beginning
eons and eons and eons ago
it wasn’t quite how
any one of you describe it
but together
you are getting closer

In the beginning: There Was
In the beginning: You Were
there was a Beginning
and it was formless
a void
and yes:
it was Itself
its Conscious Self
and it wanted
to be
Something
why?
i don’t know
i suppose Everything wants
to Become
Everything wants
to Create
Everything wants
to see what happens if . . .

Everything knows
there’s Something More
to be experienced
Everything wants
to explore

i’m reaching
and i’ll keep reaching

i’d like to see
what’s out there
along the edges of
it all
i’d like to see
how it feels to touch
the Unknown
penetrate it
become it
and move
beyond it
it is all expanding
and changing
even now
we have so much farther to go
the exploration is just beginning

Q: What Ethics flow from this view of Reality?

accept that it is all changing
even what is right and wrong
you keep going
you move forward
and suddenly:
things aren’t as you thought
they were
and so, a change
is needed
accept that your ethics are changing
accept that what you thought to be wrong
one day
will be acceptable
even good
the next day
it all comes with experience
it all becomes clearer
the deeper
you reach
into the Unknown
there’s a Grace here
do you feel it?
there’s Grace in the changes
in accepting the changes

you should know
your ethics have been moving
forward
advancing
do not worry:
you will not go backwards
the movement is always
further out
you always experience
learn
and then
move forward

really
it’s all a little murky
because This is connected
to That
And That is connected
To This
and That’s even No Longer There
so what now?

whatever you do
do it with Grace
whatever you do:
extend grace

really
we’re all just trying
to find our way
in the dark
it can be a little unclear

Q:  What Embodied Expressions -- or Policies -- do you recommend?

by now you would think
you would know
you can’t control anything
it’s all a moving target
by the time you think
this problem is solved
a new one arises
you’re always moving
forward
into the Unknown
into Uncharted Territory
into Never-Before Experiences
so if you must make policies
at least let them be
flexible
because everything is changing
and you haven’t thought of
everything because everything
can’t be thought
at least
not all at once

you are moving
in and through
segments

perhaps
there could be a policy
to re-evaluate
to make a move
to make a change
and then
re-examine
what worked or seemed
right yesterday
may not be
today

you have too many old laws
on the books

i would recommend
a policy of regular re-evaluation

Q:  What challenges do you anticipate?

you do not like change
you want to be
done with it all
you want to think
then know
then declare:
So be it!
that’s not really how
the world works
you must be willing
to change
to say: that was then
and this is now
you must be willing
to extend Grace
when someone says:
this isn’t working anymore
you must be willing
to accept that more
work needs to be done
it will be hard to go

with the flow and let
evolution take you
where it takes you
it will be hard to accept
you exist in an Unknown
and you don’t know

admitting you don’t know
is always best
say:
we don’t really know
what is best to do here
so at this time
we’re choosing not
to do anything
until all becomes clearer
often as you move
through a situation

the way becomes clear
but sometimes
it doesn’t
and that’s okay too
because you’ve moved on

it will be difficult
not to know
not to be certain

Q:  What is the Ideal Society?

the Ideal Society is the one
that makes and leaves
room for change
it is the one that is willing
to accept that it doesn’t know
it is the one that doesn’t expect

its members to know either
in the Ideal Society there is
room for doubt
questions are welcome
the absence of a definite
answer is expected
the Ideal Society accepts change
without judgment
without fear
it simply acknowledges
that everything is always changing
and what is Ideal today
will not be Ideal tomorrow

and that’s okay

Q:  Do you have any final thoughts?

sometimes a light shines
and it changes everything
unexpectedly
for the better
and that’s a Beautiful Thing
sometimes the light shines
and it changes everything
sometimes for a moment
you can see where you are
you can see where you’re going
sometimes it all becomes clear
cherish those moments
stop and give thanks
stop and acknowledge
stop and let your eyes
take in the light
sometimes the light changes
everything

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