Our precious world is in need of healing. From the continuing pandemic, to wildfires and flooding all over the world, to political unrest and polarizing division, collectively we are hurting and in need of healing….but healing from what?
The flawed perception that is fueling much if not all of the strife we are witnessing today is the idea of separation. The concept that you are separate from me, that each of us is separate from the other, from our planet and the natural world is the genesis of this pain and our current situation. Why? Because separation breeds fear, and no creature is more dangerous than when it is afraid. Just ask anyone who has tried to capture a cornered animal.
A fitting metaphor to explore this phenomena is electricity. The light fixtures that are ubiquitous in our world all use electricity. They come in many shapes, sizes and colors. Some bulbs are florescent, some incandescent, some LED. Some fixtures are immense, and some so tiny they weigh almost nothing at all. Yet, regardless of their physical appearance, one things ‘lights them up.’ Electricity. It is the singular force that lights every type and style of light fixture.
In the same way, we humans and all life come in countless forms, yet there is one force that ‘lights us up.’ Source. Here we can trip up on words, but the labels we ascribe do not alter the truth that God, or Universe, or Love is the animating force behind Life. We are not separate from that force, nor are we separate from each other, the way a ray of sunshine is not separate from the sun, nor from other rays. In sports terms, we’re all wearing the same jersey: TEAM LIFE.
So what can we do to contribute to a needed healing? Train your eyes to look for unity rather than division. See commonalities rather than differences. Scientists tell us that bananas share 60% of the same DNA as humans; chimpanzees, 99%. Can they really be separate from us?
Do not underestimate your role is this healing. We each carry enormous power to effect the people and environment around us, and as more and more people wake up to the truth of our oneness, the whole is impacted in a very positive way.
So as you go about your day, give this a try – see yourself in other people and creatures and all of nature, for when we heal our notion of separateness and recognize the wholeness we share, all will be healed.
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