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I am We
From the smallest
microorganism to vast galaxies, all things form a part of a web of
interconnected multidimensional phenomena. With a sense of oneness,
there is always an innate goodness and appropriateness of action.
Our own two fingers do not behave inappropriately toward each other
because they are part of the same body. When most people think “I am” it
is the Ego speaking, not the whole self. The Ego foolishly thinks that
it alone is “I” and the stronger the Ego, the
stronger the sense of separateness. The truth is that I am WE. We are a drop in the ocean and an ocean within the drop.
Separatism in the form of
narcissistic egotism, religious righteousness, nationalism, sports
fanaticism, or even feelings of race, tribal, or family superiority is a
foolish primitive disease that fosters violence
and thwarts harmony and cooperation. We need to recognize and merge our
love for those close to us with the ultimate goal of understanding,
cooperation, peace, and harmony with all that is. Love of one’s country,
sports team, spouse or child, is perfectly
normal, but fanatical attachment is unhealthy and cannot be an excuse
for violence or separatism from all that is. Violence, even in defense
of right, is wrong. We can evolve
to find a better way.
I cannot exist without my
body or my mind or my soul, just as water cannot exist without the
elements of oxygen or hydrogen. And as water is not oxygen and it is not
hydrogen, I am not my body, I am not my thoughts,
and I am not an invisible soul. Body is only a vessel, thoughts are
only tools that I can choose to use or dismiss, and soul is only my
incorporeal life force connection to the source of all creation. I am
we.
We are the body, the
Conscious mind, the Subconscious (or subtle) mind, and a very subtle
light that was before the body existed and will be after it dies. (Some
call it the soul, the spirit, or life force energy)
The body provides a physical being and represents us to others. The
mind holds only one thought at a time but jumps around like a wild
monkey from one picture to another to another providing us with an
endless stream of thoughts, ideas, and past experiences
wrapped in the emotion of the time. It can be guided by the Conscious
mind as a gardener tends a fertile garden, or it can be allowed to run
wild indiscriminately reacting to egotistical whims. And soul is our
life force energy, a timeless connection to all
that is, providing the true self, the observer, the interpreter, and
the witness beyond the self-image. We are one cohesive, synergistic unit
greater than the sum of the parts. I am we.
We are awareness,
consciousness, wisdom, and loving-kindness in a form that thinks. We are
a piece of the source of all things, and all things are of the source.
It is like we are all holding hands as universal chi.
We acknowledge our ego but identify with, and speak from our true self,
the light within, the soul, the spirit, the wisdom and loving-kindness
that is of the source of all things, to which we are all connected. I am
we.
As two fingers of the same
hand are separate, they are of the hand, which is of the body, which is
of the source of all things, of which we are all a part, uniting us all
as one. We are like a single cell in the body
of the Universe, nourished by the same life force energy source,
separated only by an invisible ego. I am we.
Our essence is a field of
awareness that is consciousness and universal intelligence that
conceives, manifests, and governs the body and mind. The
essential we is inseparable from our source, and all that is. I am we.
We are one with all that IS.
Harmony IS an attitude at the deepest level.
Therefore,
I am Harmony at the deepest level.
Harmony IS an attitude at the deepest level.
Therefore,
I am Harmony at the deepest level.
Dale R. Duvall is a Certified Stress Management Consultant specializing in PTSD and Therapeutic Imagery, and is the author of Imagine
Harmony - How to Evolve from Stress to Gratitude. Visit
Amazon for the print or eBook copy and ImagineHarmony.org for more articles.
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Thanks Dale!!
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