I wake to find strong sunlight pouring through the window. As always, the moment I open my eyes, my bladder makes its demands — so I go straight to the bathroom to honor its appeal (at least as one part of my body), then return to stand at the windowsill, shirt off (I always sleep shirtless — sleeping slightly cold is good for the body, I hear. It’s true, sleep cold. For those involuntarily sleeping too cold, I understand). I look at the sun. There it is — converting hydrogen into helium without pause, releasing tremendous energy, 4.5 billion years without rest. And suddenly I feel this, freshly, on my eyes, my face, my body. Heat. Warmth. Ah — is it right to walk under this strong UV today? Will the morning sun help synthesize Vitamin D? Will it accelerate my cellular aging? How much? I don’t know.

I wash up as always and head out a little earlier today. Laptop and a few books in my backpack. I step out naturally.

The fast route — bus, turn right. The walking route — turn left. I decide: walking 30 more minutes right now will serve me better over the next 50 years. I step left.

Looking at a few trees along the way, a single word from yesterday suddenly spreads through my body. Greatness. Greatness. Simply greatness. Everything I see. Everything I hear. My body. My situation. Every thought. Every movement of the world that is not me. Every cycle. The greatness of all things — as one, everything is greatness, simply great.

Then what I felt on the walk home yesterday comes back. My eyes and ears cannot see the world as it truly is. I trace the reason — as long as there is even one bias in my heart, not even a single thing can be perceived without distortion. My eyes. My ears. They cannot move perfectly.

To truly see and hear with both eyes and both ears — dissolve every bias in what is seen. Dissolve every bias in what is heard. Then you will gain the freedom of using your eyes and ears fully.

This is simply how I feel.

The eternal dissolution of greatness and all sensory bias. Becoming one with that — this is one of today’s to-do list items. Any others? Not really, for now. Ah — one more. Move as I move, and observe. Speak as I speak, and observe.