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We are one, after all, you and I.
Together we suffer, together exist, and forever
will recreate each other.
Pierre Teilhard De Chardin
 Oneness is the experience of commonality with others. It is based
on an awareness of a common essence, that is our life energy.
A sense of oneness is a characteristic of the state of higher consciousness.
In this state we become aware of the single ground from which everything
emerges, physical and non-physical. The distinctions between things become
secondary to their oneness.
 | In oneness, we retain our individuality. Our higher consciousness
grants us a knowledge of oneness with spirit but also a retention of our
individuality within that oneness, our true self. The awareness of this
relationship allows our true self to transcend the ego knowing that we are more
than the ego while still acknowledging the ego within its own realm and with its
own valid functions. |
| We expand our sense of identity to groups. As Sigmund Freud said
in a letter to Albert Einstein, "The love of country has succeeded at
bridging people at the national level. The great new historical challenge is the
development of love among all the earth's inhabitants, and for the earth
itself." In other words, we can love our group without hating other groups.
We can expand our sense of identity, and a type of oneness, to include
ourselves, our family, our community, our nation, our humanity and the life
energy that is us all. |
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