Beyond the Cage

Today something happened.  I saw a troubled face at the bus stop and for a brief instant our thoughts  interconnected. 
I felt her burdens to be mine, only borne by a different body, an unfamiliar face.
Some thing happened inside me. That clearly pointed out that looks are of no, or at least not much consequence.
All the power lies with our all pervasive omnipresent consciousness.
If only we are aware and seek with our souls we can reach into, access and connect with the auras of one another.  And then simply realize that there's no real difference at all between us. 
Compassion, love and understanding  are  just as easy as that. Realizing our inherent inescapable sameness, that is only separated by a mere inconsequential shell.
So you're not feeding the hungry or clothing the poor, you're just taking care of a soul starvation that is ubiquitous and that you've felt as intensely as the one you feed.
Those clothes you put on her back cover an innate nakedness you feel as deeply as the raggedy Ann you're covering up.
There's no generosity no alms that you can give that's not fulfilling you on as many levels as the recipient. 
Ultimately there's no giver and no receiver. Oneness flows through the universe and we only hear and feel and see it in distant echo soundings when we close our eyes to external differences. 
The mind extends universally beyond the embodied human cage.

(c) Amrita Valan 2015