It seems like:

               I am female and you are other

               I am black and you are not

               I am middle-aged and you have passed it by or not yet arrived

               I am an American and you are not allowed to be

               I own two cars and you don’t own any

               I have 19 years of formal education and you have none

               I am separate from you

Seems is a powerful word

Main Entry: seem
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: appear; give the impression
Synonyms: assume, be suggestive of, convey the impression, create the impression, give the feeling of, give the idea of, have the appearance of, have the aspects of, have the earmarks of, have the features of, have the qualities of, hint, imply, insinuate, intimate, look, look as if, look like, look to be, make a show of, pretend, resemble, show, show every sign of, sound, sound like, strike one as being, suggest
Antonyms: be real [i]

So what is real?

Are we male and female or are we yin and yang?

Am I black or is the Human Genome Project correct

DNA studies do not indicate that separate classifiable subspecies (races) exist within modern humans. While different genes for physical traits such as skin and hair color can be identified between individuals, no consistent patterns of genes across the human genome exist to distinguish one race from another. There also is no genetic basis for divisions of human ethnicity.[ii]

 Does time exist or are we creating each moment?

What does that mean about our age?

Does carving the biosphere with imaginary lines really mean anything?

How would we treat the planet if we were all one nation?

               Would we have wars?

               Would we have the Olympics?

               Would we be preparing for the World Cup?

What does it mean to “be real?”

               Does it mean truth?

               Does it mean transparency?

               Does it mean full disclosure?

 When we drop what seems is reality left behind?

 In this moment reality seems like my expectations of privilege, ownership & consumption keeps the seems and seemings of separateness alive and perpetuates scarcity and suffering.

[i] Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2010 by the Philip Lief Group.

[ii] http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/minorities.shtml