If the part is a representation of the whole, and each life form is, in a sense, a holon of God, then the orders of magnitude and classifications of life schemes are, in essence, meaningless. One effect of this is that it doesn’t matter whether someone has squashed a jumping spider or committed crimes against humanity. The magnitude of the “crime” is the same.
Killing off of life forms is inevitable, like when we careen down the highway and mash corn moths in our car grills, or when we drown a bacterium in our spit while chewing leaf lettuce. This isn’t an excuse to go off and spray a crowd with bullets. Though the act may be meaningless in an ultimate sense, it still interferes with the narrative here in this world. Here, on this level of existence, actions have consequences.
When I walk out the front door in the morning, the stakes are either everything or they’re nothing. I have a feeling that nothing that I do here ultimately matters. That may be an affront to my ego, to my sense of importance, but it helps to remember not to take myself or anything else all that damned seriously.
© 2022 by Michael C. Just
Mike’s novel, The Dirt: The Journey of a Mystic Cowboy, is available in softcover or eBook formats through Amazon.
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Mike’s other titles, including The Crippy, The Mind Altar, and Canyon Calls, are available through this website or through Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B002
Four of his short stories have recently been published online:
Lies, Ltd. has been published by The Mystery Tribune @ Lies, Ltd.: Literary Short Fiction by Michael C. Just (mysterytribune.com)
The Obligate Carnivore has been published by the Scarlet Leaf Review @ Category: MICHAEL JUST – SCARLET LEAF REVIEW
I See You, Too has been published by the 96th of October @ I See You, Too – 96th of October
Offload, a short story about a man who can heal any disease, is now live and can be read at The Worlds Within at Offload – The Worlds Within