We're in this Together Kid

The poet John Donne wrote a poem "No Man Is An Island"

No man is an island,
Entire of itself,
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thy friend's
Or of thine own were:
Any man's death diminishes me,
Because I am involved in mankind,
And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; 
It tolls for thee. 

Ernest Holmes and other spiritual teachers spend quite a bit of time explaining that we are all One, all connected.  Despite any appearance otherwise, there is some infinitely strong and apparently invisible bond that I like to call the God Spark within us all which unifies us despite whatever is happening in human activity.

Each person is unique and living their own expression of Life and that is as it is meant to be. We are not meant to be cookie cutter people who all look, act, think and behave alike. And while this uniqueness can bring challenges in our human lives--people don't look, act, think or behave the way we think they should which then causes upsets and dramas, the Truth is that every person is contributing to every other person's life with perfection. 

Whether we realize it or not, whether we like it or not, we are all connected to one another. Quantum physics is proving this to be so. The blinking of my eye or the flutter of a butterfly's wings can impact the conditions a half a world away. 

Being connected at a spiritual level doesn't mean we have to be co-dependently in each other's business nor that we are required to be every one's buddy.  We don't have to agree with every action or opinion.  People used to believe that Aspen trees were individual tree forms. Until it was discovered that their roots form a connected web where what one tree experiences has an impact on all of the other Aspens enmeshed at the root level with that one tree. 

The good news here is for anyone who is feeling alone or lonely--you are never, can never, be separated even though you might feel that you are. There is a connection at an esoteric level that all of Life is connected.  In Native American traditions, they speak and teach about the web of life, knowing that though each animal, each nation is different, they are still all bound together as One.  We are here on Earth together--and therefore we all have a call to be concerned for what actions our governments and corporations are doing to the planet we live on.  As of right now, it is the only one we have to live on.  Being connected at all times does not mean we have to give up our individuality or be someone we are not in order to please others.

Each person we have any interaction with is a choice point for us to decide whether to meet them and acknowledge the Oneness.  Does this have to be done actively or verbally? No. In fact, many people would probably be a little weirded out and avoid you if you started verbally acknowledging them as connected to you.  But you can do it internally and know that this is the Truth.  

It is a comfort to know that we are not alone--perhaps one of mankind's greatest fears and a driving force in the search for extra-terrestrial life--that desire to know we are not alone. We are all here now. Therefore, we're in this together.

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