not all there

hugging you, he said, 

is like hugging a hologram.

not all there.

she blinked,

and disappeared.

essence

the essence of life shall never be known by a human being
as long as that person seeks to observe life like viewer and object.
the absolutely essential nature of life can only be comprehended
by merging fully with the flow of life, so that one is utterly a part of it.
--365 tao, day 208