Oneness With All Things: The Physical World is an Extension of Your Body

In discovering the great oneness and exploringconnectedness through this expanse.
your role within this reality it may help to envisionIf you're outside let your awareness stretch
the physical world as an extension of youracross the landscape and know every tree,
physical body. From this vantage your naturalbuilding, stone, and the land itself are extensions
inclinations to love others and manifest yourof 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 universalThen shift your awareness to an object ten or so
whole. In essence, all things and people are thefeet 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 energyimagination and pretend you can feel everything
gives rise to the waves and particles that formaround you as if you were noticing any other part
atoms, which are in turn the building blocks of allof your body.
matter and energy. Through this great sea ofThis 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 saidto the ground; it's as if you're a drop of water
the very same thing in simpler language; that webouncing 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 andair within your lungs is part of the sky above you.
forgive other people. And certainly there is noThink about how the fish in the sea are all
desire to harm another, as doing so would literallysurrounded by and connected through the water
be attacking yourself. Imagine the geopoliticalas it moves through their lungs, engulfs them in
implications of society accepting the greatevery 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 seepure existence is in and around you, and through
of unified reality, you are already connected to allit you are connected to everything you see and
the wonderful things you desire in life. The wealthimagine. In fact you and the sea are also part of
you seek, the perfect mate you dream of, andone-another; the water in your cells is like the
every experience you want to live out is alreadywater 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 acknowledgingAllow your awareness to spread out as far as
oneness. But how can you actually set aboutyou can see in any direction. Then experience
experiencing your connection to the rest of theyour awareness going even further, beyond your
Universe?visual grasp and across the surface of the whole
There are actually many ways, but the simplestearth. Feel even into the vastness of space and
process for feeling into your connection is seeingdeep into the core of the planet. In every
your physical form as an integral part of thedirection for infinity, everything that exists in the
environment in which it lives. Release thephysical universe is a part of you.
conditioned mindset that thinks your body endsUse 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 computerAfter only a few minutes your awareness will be
screen in front of you, the chair beneath you, andfilled with the amazing truth: you are one with all
the walls around you as part of your body. Noticeelse in the known world and as such you are the
the seemingly empty space between your bodyuniverse.
and these things and imagine the tactile sense of