| "Little Fly, thy summer's play. My thoughtless hand | | | | experience what I believe to be true. I know that |
| has brushed away. Am not I a fly like thee? Or | | | | there are many deaths associated with flies in |
| art not thou a man like me? For I dance and sing, | | | | third world nations, and around the world. It has |
| till some blind hand shall brush my wing. If thought | | | | been documented that these pests carry life |
| is life and strength and breath, and the want of | | | | threatening diseases. But who is creating the |
| thought is death, then am I a happy fly, if I live, | | | | disease? The fly or me? |
| or if I die. | | | | Blake mentions the imagination as being a real |
| William Blake was born in 1757. He was a British | | | | part of my existence. Perhaps if I thought about |
| poet, visionary, painter and print maker. His work | | | | the fly in a different way, the fear and threat of |
| was not recognized during his life time, but he is | | | | it, may no longer be threatening. Peaceful |
| considered to be one of the 100 greatest Britons, | | | | existence with all life is possible if I believe there is |
| by a BBC poll conducted in 2002. His philosophical | | | | no separation between us, only contrast in |
| creativeness is inspiring and revealing. As Blake | | | | diversity. I can co-exist in a productive state with |
| said; " The imagination is not a state, it is the | | | | flies, bees, snakes, you name it, if I understand |
| Human existence itself." | | | | that we are all consciousness connected in the |
| It is not easy to consider myself a fly. As Blake | | | | web of consciousness, that is connected to All |
| points out, I spend most of my time around | | | | There Is, Love. This means I can live without fear |
| them trying get rid of them, or kill them. The fly | | | | if I allow myself that innate ability to feel the love |
| has no resemblance to me, it only represents | | | | in all life forms. |
| fear and sickness in my mind. I have been taught | | | | Fear makes my world a different place. It |
| that it is a creature that can harm me. It does | | | | separates me from who I am. I project that |
| portray the separation I feel with the life forms | | | | separation on other life forms in order to survive, |
| that co-exist in my world. It seems I fear nature | | | | because I fear the illusion of death. I have the |
| in many ways because I allow myself that belief. I | | | | free will to choose. Fear or love are my choices. |
| accept what has been taught over the years and | | | | In love, flies are lovable. In love, I am a fly. |