~~Woody Allen
And, of course, there’s the Dalai Lama’s reply to what kind of hot dog he wanted in NYC: “Make me One with everything.”
So, what should we understand about "Oneness"?
There is a common thread of unity that runs through the teachings of the great thinkers. Seldom will you find a respected teacher who teaches duality when it comes to our approach to the Divine.
It’s hard to escape duality here on this lovely blue-green planet with its seemingly built-in dual modes of heat-cold, night-day, good-evil, male-female, pain-pleasure, health-illness, and birth-death. Duality is all-pervasive; it is present in everything around us.
St. Germain says:
Jesus says (through St. Paul):
It’s hard to escape duality here on this lovely blue-green planet with its seemingly built-in dual modes of heat-cold, night-day, good-evil, male-female, pain-pleasure, health-illness, and birth-death. Duality is all-pervasive; it is present in everything around us.
But it’s the split between mind and body that delays the healing process and perpetuates our journey in duality. It’s a constant discipline to live in a non-dual state of mind where we experience the Unity that I believe exists on some ‘levels’. Perhaps in the higher, finer spiritual realms, things are more harmonious.
Some teachers refer to the Earth as a school house where we chose (past tense) to come to learn our remaining ‘lessons’ that will lead us to more ‘graduated’ level, maybe to Perfection. Jesus and the Ascended Masters teach us that we can achieve Perfection while in this very embodiment, right now. All it takes is continual awareness of the energy flowing non-stop from the Higher realms. I understand that if we’re unaware of It, or could care less about it, then it still flows, but doesn’t stick to us.
St. Germain says:
“The easy way to see and feel Perfection is to qualify every thought and feeling going forth with Perfection.”
Jesus says (through St. Paul):
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
And in Jesus' own words:
“Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.”
I've always thought that it's almost an insult to God to think of myself as striving toward perfection. Ah, the good nuns of my childhood only taught what they themselves were led to believe. And the messages of being humble and striving for perfection are, on the surface, dualistically opposite.
And in Jesus' own words:
“Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.”
I've always thought that it's almost an insult to God to think of myself as striving toward perfection. Ah, the good nuns of my childhood only taught what they themselves were led to believe. And the messages of being humble and striving for perfection are, on the surface, dualistically opposite.
I now know that it's not impossible to make this commitment to ourselves to burst through the veils of the ‘outer world’ and live in this en-Lightened world of the Spirit. We carry an awareness of our Higher Divine Self (actually, the Christ) that is always immediately above us during our day of waiting for traffic lights, walking in the woods, sitting in staff meetings, or cooking dinner.
I forget mine often, but when I do recall this Presence, I immediately feel a surge of heightened energy that is filled with indescribable Love and Peace. This Light that we can direct downward through the crown (top of the head) is always available to us.
I forget mine often, but when I do recall this Presence, I immediately feel a surge of heightened energy that is filled with indescribable Love and Peace. This Light that we can direct downward through the crown (top of the head) is always available to us.
This “Magic Presence” looks like this:
http://www.saintgermainfoundation.org/body2.htm
We need only be 'conscious' of this Presence and desire it wholeheartedly.
There is a story of a Buddhist disciple who asked his/her teacher how they should proceed along the path of enlightenment. The teacher said:
We need only be 'conscious' of this Presence and desire it wholeheartedly.
There is a story of a Buddhist disciple who asked his/her teacher how they should proceed along the path of enlightenment. The teacher said:
“Come to me when you desire wisdom like a man whose hair is on fire desires water.”
2 comments:
While of course I agree with you about Oneness etc., it's a lovely state of being, and fortunately always available to us (since we are all One), but I raised the possibility that it is only bu throwing ourselves into duality can we as alchemists, absorb and refine the dross. Only by experience--either in reality or in the imagination--of both aspects of a polarity can we resolve the paradox into a higher level of organization. This creates both a delightful puff of spiritual energy, and, of course, now three separate aspects, the first two plus the resolved third.It is this, I posit, that prepares us for a triune life of Yes, No, and Maybe.
(Couldn't figure how to add comment under my name, so did it Anonymously...)
--Timothy Wyllie
Thanks, Timothy. Sorry for Google's lack of an easier way to leave comments.
I agree with your assessment that "only by throwing ourselves into duality can we as alchemists, absorb and refine the dross." Yes--- we shouldn't (even if we were able to) avoid duality. I see that it's entirely necessary to work through the 'good -evil', etc. polarities and come up with a third choice, maybe a combination of the two.
I see how "Oneness" may not even be possible for most of us at this time, including myself. What, instead, we might create is 'an Only way' of some kind which might (as history has shown) even be darker than the 'evil' we were trying to schmoosh into some kind of unity. I'm beginning to see why some of our most profound philosophers ate alone in the evening.
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