We need to look deeply at things in order to see. When a swimmer enjoys the clear water of a river, he or she should also be able to be the river. If we want to continue to enjoy our rivers — to swim in them, walk beside them, even drink their water — we have to meditate on being the river. If we cannot feel the rivers, the mountains, the air, the animals, and other people from within their own perspective, the rivers will die and we will lose our chance for peace.