We talk about oneness. What does it mean? How can we understand it? Everything is made of energy. We are energy. At an ego level we separate everything. We reduce everything to its smallest denominator. We parse and parcel everything. And there is nothing wrong with this. It has been our mission to explore separateness.
At a soul {the energy that activates the physical} level we know we are all connected and ultimately One. We all derive from the same energy; the same Source. Source is Vastness. It is Unconditional Love. We have given it many names; Allah, God, Shiva, Great Spirit etc. It matters not what we call it, for all is one.
It is easiest to think of our real selves as Soul. That is the unit of energy in which we project our bodies for this illusion. We use the word illusion not to mean it is not real to us, but to make clear it is as real as a movie we all decided to produce and direct together. As our creation we can modify it and change its direction with our thoughts.
In order to create a more comfortable illusion {paradise} we need to appreciate our Oneness. We created the idea of separateness. It is not real. We never became disconnected. It just seemed like it because we attached and limited our consciousness to our bodies. In fact, every thought, idea, deed, wish, feeling etc. affects the whole.
When we say love is everything. We acknowledge, at a soul level, we know we are love and can create only with love. What we have made in our present world is love pushed through the cookie cutter of our ego separation. The love is difficult to see through the pain, despair, anger and other fear generated factors.
If we want Paradise, we need to acknowledge our Oneness. We need to realize that everything we think and feel; every idea we hold onto affects everything else. Again we get back to the only thing there is, Love. What would our world look like, if all was Love?
We are one with everything! Our bodies are obviously one with the Earth. They are made of the same stuff. However, our spirits are one with the Earth, too. Everything is energy. Everything is activated by energy [soul]. When we come to grips with the idea that the Earth is a living being, with a Soul like us, we will amend our relationship with her dramatically. We will be aghast at how we treated a Mother who nurtured us and taken care of us so lovingly.
It wasn't too many generations ago when we were aware of our oneness with the Earth. Certainly most native cultures knew. Pagans of the pre-christian era seemed to understand. Peasants, the world over, seemed to know. We gradually lost our connection as we depended more and more on technology that separated us. More to the point, those wanting domination used religion to demonize nature and alienate us from our roots. Folks who know their oneness with Nature are hard to dominate.
Most of us have a deep longing to feel a greater connection with Earth. This was expressed in the 1970s with the back to the Earth movement. When Jamie and I responded to this urge to be modern homesteaders we did not know it was a movement. It was only after we moved and engaged in subsistence farming that we discovered it was a huge movement and there were several magazines dedicated to helping this group form new lifestyles.
There is a much bigger and stronger movement occurring right now. It is the longing to experience Oneness. It is the wish to end all divisiveness. It is the wish to live with Peace, Joy and Love. We can do it.
Love and Peace, Gregg
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