Oneness ~ What is it? What does it mean? I
was prompted to write about this because of a picture of a tree I was
shown a couple days ago. It was an image of a magnificent Cork Tree
stripped of its bark. The gentleman who showed me the image proudly
claimed that when they harvest the bark, the tree is not damaged, so
it’s eco-friendly. Then he said that the tree lives up to 200 years. The
difference between myself and this gentleman is that he saw an
eco-sustainable product. I saw a beautiful tree left naked and
vulnerable. A tree that’s intended lifespan is cut short by perhaps many
thousands of years. But what has this to do with Oneness?
The word Oneness implies being One with something. That something
starts with You – YOU are the magic ingredient in Oneness. I am
compelled to ask this: Do you love your self? I mean really love your
self. Within you are a million parts, some miniscule, that make up your
entire body. Each part is working in divine harmony with each other part
to be your Body. If you truly loved yourself, you would honor
your Body. You would look after it, nurture it and make sure it was not
damaged in any way. The same principle applies to all things outside of
you. It applies to every living thing you see, because those living
things are all an extension of YOU. It applies to this Planet, and the
entire Universe. This is Oneness. Oneness is seeing every living thing
as a part of the Whole. That is at-one-ment. It’s the awareness that You
and all things are One.