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The Fox and the Ant

  • Alberto Terrer
  • Aug 28, 2023
  • 3 min read

When a fox sees a rabbit and rushes after it, at that moment she thinks she must grab it, tear it apart and devour it.


Why?


Because it is dominated by Individual Perception.


This means that his mind has constructed a Reality in which he depends on himself. And, that everyone else is not him.


Therefore, everyone else is a potential enemy or potential prey.


But, if that fox returns to the den and 3 baby foxes are waiting for him there, he will take care of them, nurse them and protect them from all danger.


Why?


Because with them she applies Collective Perception.


This means that her mind has constructed a Reality in which they depend on Her. That fox and her children are One. And, the rest are not Her and her little ones. They are not part of that Oneness.


She extends her concept of Self to the little foxes. That is why She protects and cares for them.


For They are She. They are Me.


She is taking care of herself, because she has extended her Self to them.


Collective Perception is exactly this. Extending the Self to others.


What happens is that the fox does not extend the Self beyond the foxes. If she did so to, for example, the rabbit she intended to prey on, she would never harm it.


On the contrary, she would protect and care for it as she does for the little ones. That is, like herself.


At that moment, the rabbit would be an extension of her Self.


Thus, according to the Perception that dominates us with some individuals (Individual or Collective), we will attack or protect them.


But, the important thing is that the extension of the Self has a limit where it stops.


Let's think of an anthill.


Ants apply Collective Perception towards their fellow ants. In fact, they are totally peaceful and supportive of each other.


But every morning, I see incredibly cruel wars between neighboring anthills. You only have to look down to the ground to witness these conflicts.


The day before I saw a line of ants gathering food to resist the winter, but now I see a war to the death, without understanding why.


There is food for all.


There is no shortage. There is no danger of starvation.


Why does an ant behave in such a peaceful way with the ants in its nest, while trying to destroy the ants in the neighboring nest?


This is because they apply Collective Perception towards the ants of their ant hill.


But, only towards them.


For the rest of the world they still apply Individual Perception.


Well, this is true for all existing groupings of living beings.


According to the dominant Perception, two living beings will live in peace or in war.


No one chooses which Perception to apply. You cannot decide whether you want to Individually or Collectively Perceive another individual.


It just happens.


But it happens as a consequence of a cause.


It is not something that is set in stone and immutable. It is not a rule of the world.


It is only the result of chance.


Depending on the conditions, you will apply one type of Perception, or the opposite.


That is why I wish to create the Perfect Environment, the Garden of Eden.


In short, it is about achieving that in a place (we can call it the New Eden or Paradise), the Collective Perception of all for all is applied.


That is why the Wolf will sleep next to the Lamb (as the prophet Isaiah says).


There, the ants of one anthill will not attack the ants of another anthill.


Because the concept of anthill is only an idea to refer to the total number of ants included in the Collective Perception.


In that Environment, all the ants will be the same anthill.


But not only that. For them, all beings in that Environment will be the anthill.


For the wolf, all beings will be its pack.


For the fox, all beings will be her family.


All beings will perceive themselves collectively.


All beings will extend their Self to include all other beings.


All will be the same Self.


It is the Oneness.


But what will happen to those who are left out of Eden?


Will they not remain outside this Collective Perception?


Eden is only the first step. That Collective Perception must expand from there to the rest of existence.


The Self will encompass us all.


How will this happen? If we achieve this first objective, the Perfect Environment, the rest will practically come by itself.

 
 
 

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