| In discovering the great oneness and exploring | | | | connectedness through this expanse. |
| your role within this reality it may help to envision | | | | If you're outside let your awareness stretch |
| the physical world as an extension of your | | | | across the landscape and know every tree, |
| physical body. From this vantage your natural | | | | building, stone, and the land itself are extensions |
| inclinations to love others and manifest your | | | | of your physical form. Place your awareness in |
| dreams are greatly amplified. | | | | the palm of your hand for a moment; feel your |
| The one reality, as many spiritual teachers call it, | | | | hand and know deeply that it is a part of you. |
| is the acceptance of self as part of the universal | | | | Then shift your awareness to an object ten or so |
| whole. In essence, all things and people are the | | | | feet away from your body; experience this form |
| connected aspects of one great field of existence. | | | | in the same way you felt your hand. Use your |
| Physical science tells us a field of pure energy | | | | imagination and pretend you can feel everything |
| gives rise to the waves and particles that form | | | | around you as if you were noticing any other part |
| atoms, which are in turn the building blocks of all | | | | of your body. |
| matter and energy. Through this great sea of | | | | This exercises is particularly effective while you're |
| energy all events and organisms are joined. | | | | walking. Notice how one foot is always connected |
| Mystics from thousands of years in the past said | | | | to the ground; it's as if you're a drop of water |
| the very same thing in simpler language; that we | | | | bouncing across the surface of a lake. Sink into |
| are one is a well-known intuitive truth. | | | | the earth beneath you and understand the very |
| As part of the whole, it is easier to love and | | | | air within your lungs is part of the sky above you. |
| forgive other people. And certainly there is no | | | | Think about how the fish in the sea are all |
| desire to harm another, as doing so would literally | | | | surrounded by and connected through the water |
| be attacking yourself. Imagine the geopolitical | | | | as it moves through their lungs, engulfs them in |
| implications of society accepting the great | | | | every moment, and yet allows them to move |
| oneness. | | | | freely about. In the same manner the energy of |
| Also as one brilliant shimmer in the vibrating see | | | | pure existence is in and around you, and through |
| of unified reality, you are already connected to all | | | | it you are connected to everything you see and |
| the wonderful things you desire in life. The wealth | | | | imagine. In fact you and the sea are also part of |
| you seek, the perfect mate you dream of, and | | | | one-another; the water in your cells is like the |
| every experience you want to live out is already | | | | water that forms the waves of the ocean and |
| a part of you. | | | | falls from the sky as rain. |
| It's easy to see the value of acknowledging | | | | Allow your awareness to spread out as far as |
| oneness. But how can you actually set about | | | | you can see in any direction. Then experience |
| experiencing your connection to the rest of the | | | | your awareness going even further, beyond your |
| Universe? | | | | visual grasp and across the surface of the whole |
| There are actually many ways, but the simplest | | | | earth. Feel even into the vastness of space and |
| process for feeling into your connection is seeing | | | | deep into the core of the planet. In every |
| your physical form as an integral part of the | | | | direction for infinity, everything that exists in the |
| environment in which it lives. Release the | | | | physical universe is a part of you. |
| conditioned mindset that thinks your body ends | | | | Use this powerful mental exercise any time you |
| on the surface of your flesh. | | | | are feeling small, disconnected, or without power. |
| As you read this article think of the computer | | | | After only a few minutes your awareness will be |
| screen in front of you, the chair beneath you, and | | | | filled with the amazing truth: you are one with all |
| the walls around you as part of your body. Notice | | | | else in the known world and as such you are the |
| the seemingly empty space between your body | | | | universe. |
| and these things and imagine the tactile sense of | | | | |