The Presence of Gingko

an Entosophy Interview

Entosophy
An Interview with the Gingko Tree
Received by Amanda Nicole
South Carolina Botanical Gardens
7.19.2023

Q: What is your view of Ultimate Reality?

i have been since the beginning
i have seen it all
i have seen you
there is nothing new
there is nothing old
there is simply Now
Ultimate Reality is Now
there is no Before or After
i stand Outside of Time
there is only Now
The Now
there is only Presence
let’s sit here for a moment
in the Presence of each other

[ we do ]

you can feel it, can’t you?
(and resist it)
that when we sink into Presence
we become the Now
The Nothing
The All
we collapse
disappear
merge
into the One
which isn’t Anything either
i suppose you say
Void
Origin Point
Source Light
but you know
you know
it goes even further than that
don’t be afraid
let’s sit here together again
in Presence
and feel it

[ we do ]

in the Presence
it all fades
there is no Good or Bad
Light or Dark
not even Love, really
we move past Love
to the I AM
you will always be
there always is
the I AM

in that place
you experience it as
Peace
Stillness
Beauty
Light

All is well
that is Ultimate Reality:
All is well

we could linger here but
next question

Q: What Ethics flow from this view of reality?

there is nothing to do but Be
nothing is
more right
more good
more so
than to Be

if you could become still
if you could slow down enough
to Be
to be Present
to Be Presence
you would know
you would know
what to do
and you would likely do
Nothing
you would likely do nothing
but simply Be

from that place of
Being in Presence
you will know what to do
you will know what actions to take
and what actions not to take
as you might imagine:
all that can emerge from this place is
Peace
all that can emerge from this place is
Purpose
it is not rash
it does not react
it simply knows
and so it does
and so it is

do you
see
feel
notice
how in the Presence
there are no more questions
there is only Knowing
until there becomes only
Being

stop
sit with me again
experience it

[ we do ]

can you even imagine
the sort of human
you would become if
you sat daily
in this Presence
with me?

you would be beautiful
your face would glow
it would glow like
the Face of God
because it is that face
it is the Face of God

in the Presence
your True Essence is revealed

Q:  What Embodied Expressions -- or, Policies -- flow from these Ethics?

these ethics ask you to rest
they require a pause
they mandate patience
you would think before you
take action
even more:
you would still your mind
quiet your spirit
and sit in the Presence
there you would return
to yourself
and then know
what to do

Pure Policy
(if there was to be any policy at all)
would emerge from this time
spent Outside of Time
in the Presence
from that place
you would emerge with a wisdom
far greater than the wisdom
you have now
and this wisdom would understand that
policies are not the answer
Presence is

in the Presence:
everyone knows
and is known
and together knows
from the Place of Presence
you would begin
to move as One
diverse
multi-colored
fractal
repeating
unique
sovereign
but One

perhaps you could begin
with a policy of Presence

Q: What challenges do you anticipate?

there is no profit to be made here
there is no capitalism in the Presence
i’m sorry
i know that will upset some of you
perhaps you would take a moment
and notice
and then
let that feeling pass
pass into the Presence

if everyone is Present
the policymakers are gone
and then what?
what will you do without them?
you will rule yourselves
you will stop looking without
and you will start looking within
and then
you will know
and you will be

here’s the challenge:
you do not yet trust yourselves
trust you can enter the Presence
trust it is Real
trust it is safe and good

remember?
you were afraid to lose yourself in it
to disappear
everyone is
but becoming One
and then Nothing
is necessary if you are to emerge
and understand and know

to live
you must die
and everyone is afraid of dying
but there is nothing to fear
because they are the same
they are one
to live
to die
both exist within the Presence

you are and will always be you
do not worry
you will not cease to exist
that’s what all this is:

an attempt to keep existing
a relentless effort not to die
that is the challenge:

the Fear of Death
Annihilation
Nothingness

but everything becomes
Nothing
only to become
Something
which becomes
Everything
and you are always Present

you are safe
you are not going anywhere
you are Here:
in that place within yourself
if you visited it more often
you would feel more at home there

Q:  What is the Ideal Society?

[ before i receive the words, my eyes fill with tears ]

You
You are the Ideal Society
Right Here
Right Now
inside you
you hold the Ideal
you are the Ideal
and when you allow yourself
to sit with me

sink
open
melt
merge
become
The Presence
you are the Ideal Now

if only we could hold
embody
capture
that moment
you will! you will!
it is inevitable!
it is what you are here for!

amanda [ spoken in the most gentle voice ]
You are The Ideal
you feel it, don’t you?
in your chest
in your heart
it is right there
right there

now
what if everyone felt it
knew it
believed it
became it
what if . ..
what if . . .
that would be Ideal

Q:  Do you have any final thoughts?

right now
i simply want to sit
in Presence with you

[ so we do ]

that’s enough words for now

[ there is a long silence and then i hear: ]

this is every moment you ever have and ever will live