We are all "one"

Whatever we think of, wherever we are, no matter our allegiances, at base we are all "one". Thinking of just the latest disasters - Morocco and Libya - or the various Religions and Creeds, even our various shades of colour. At base, first thought, fundamental assumption - we are all "one". Of infinite variety, but "one".

Once that thought is firmly in place, then we can perhaps see the beautiful diversification of humanity without negative judgements. We can also extend our mind/hearts to embrace all sentient beings.

As one joker once said:- You can divide the world into two kinds of people - those that divide the world into two kinds of people and those who don't.

And such will it always be. What comes to.one will come to all. "And all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well."

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exchrist · 31-35

I am so onboard ive actually demonstrated this principle of oneness generically electro chemically and emotionally. Had studies triple blind conducted to test if it isbtrue. Genetically we all have the samevancestors only environment can explai sour differences. Electro chemically out life force the energy produced by or body at all times I s almost always within 100 to 200 watts. There is anoticable connection between ppl that know each other and/or their relatives. Pininaelly. So yes we as a species are one.

SW-User

@exchrist So.e of the "popular science" books I have read and dipped into are quite fascinating on the inter-being aspect of reality.

SW-User

Thomas Merton:-

True communication on the deepest level is more than a simple sharing of ideas, conceptual knowledge, or formulated truth. The kind of communication that is necessary at this level must also be “communion”: beyond the level of words, a communion in authentic experience which is shared not only on a “preverbal” level but also on a “postverbal” level......... And the deepest level of communication is not communication, but communion. It is wordless. it is beyond words, and it is beyond speech, and it is beyond concept. Not that we discover a new unity. We discover an older unity. My dear brothers and sisters we are already one. But we imagine that we are not. And what we have to recover is our original unity. What we have to be is what we are.

JollyRoger · 70-79, M

I nominate you as the Secretary-General of the United Nations!

SW-User

@JollyRoger I'm not looking for promotion!

But seriously, I do see and find that T. S.Eliot was right in his words from Little Gidding in "Four Quartets:-

A condition of complete simplicity
Costing not less than everything.

It is not soft soap. But Faith allows you to look deeper and deeper into the obvious sufferings of our world, the extent of its evil.

JollyRoger · 70-79, M

@SW-User OK.... If you don't want to be on the 'world stage' then how about simply accepting "The Philosopher of the Month" award..... It comes with a dozen hugs.

Graylight · 51-55, F

Wow, I'm the only other person I know who uses your last phrase.

LowBorn

Sentimental nonsense.

SW-User

@LowBorn We are what we understand.

SW-User

The alternatives.

Non -religious :- We are all individuals. We are born alone, we die alone. We try to make connections but ultimately it will never be enough.

Religious:- There are - definitively - believers and unbelievers. The lost and the saved. An eternal heaven and an eternal hell. And never the twain shall meet.

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