We are One - But our opinions divide us

We are One—But our opinions divide us by Asha Hawkesworth
1904 Demonstration in front of Notre-Dame des Champs Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Does being One mean that we can't have opinions? Or does it mean that we're all in agreement? That we all simultaneously discover "what's right" and therefore never disagree about anything, ever again? Think about it. Is there one, and only one, truth in the Universe? And if someone disagrees, are they "wrong?" It's a black-and-white question, and many people expect a black-and-white answer. Most people think they know what's "right" and "true," so they have an investment in having their opinion cosmically validated in some way. However, there is no one "correct" perspective. We were not created to be carbon copies, so we don't think like carbon copies. Every perspective is valid, and every person's truth is valid, but there is a difference between this and opinion. Most people think that their opinions are their truth. Whether you're religious or agnostic, conservative or liberal, or you think that it would be much nicer if we drove on the other side of the road, most of our absolutes have to do with opinion, and this derives from the ego. As such, it has no real value, because the ego itself is not real. Most of the details we wrap ourselves up in every day do not matter. These details, these opinions, are judgments that we make about the world around us, about the forms around us. We judge each other, we judge what's beautiful and what's ugly, and we judge the value of objects based on their usefulness to us in a given moment. We judge actions, inactions, beliefs, systems, and ideas. We pretty much judge everything, keeping what makes us feel good about ourselves, and dumping the rest. It's how duality works. But duality is reaching its end, and we are approaching the age of Unity. This is a scary concept. Fear of group-think, of the disappearance of the individual, has been around for decades in science fiction movies and in the fear of communists or the Borg on "Star Trek." The ego is afraid of dying, and we wonder if there will be anything left of "us." Our ego may disappear, but we will not. We will remember who we are, what we are, that WE ARE. We will still be unique, beautiful, infinite sparks of God, but we will know the Whole again. We will be mindful that we are One, and we will take care of one another, love one another, cherish one another, because we will know that we ARE one another. Our perspectives will still be our own, but opinions will be what they always were: irrelevant and divisive. If we are wedded to being "right," then we can never resolve anything or know anything, and we can never serve the One. The need to be right will vanish, and we will remember. There is only one absolute in the Universe: Love is all there is. And nothing else matters. Related articles: We are One: 6.8 billion musketeers We are One: We are the things we do not like We are One: All of our past lives Players on the holographic stage What is God?

We are One—But our opinions divide us
by Asha Hawkesworth

1904 Demonstration in front of Notre-Dame des Champs Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

1904 Demonstration in front of Notre-Dame des Champs
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Does being One mean that we can't have opinions? Or does it mean that we're all in agreement? That we all simultaneously discover "what's right" and therefore never disagree about anything, ever again? Think about it. Is there one, and only one, truth in the Universe? And if someone disagrees, are they "wrong?"

It's a black-and-white question, and many people expect a black-and-white answer. Most people think they know what's "right" and "true," so they have an investment in having their opinion cosmically validated in some way. However, there is no one "correct" perspective. We were not created to be carbon copies, so we don't think like carbon copies. Every perspective is valid, and every person's truth is valid, but there is a difference between this and opinion.

Most people think that their opinions are their truth. Whether you're religious or agnostic, conservative or liberal, or you think that it would be much nicer if we drove on the other side of the road, most of our absolutes have to do with opinion, and this derives from the ego. As such, it has no real value, because the ego itself is not real.

Most of the details we wrap ourselves up in every day do not matter. These details, these opinions, are judgments that we make about the world around us, about the forms around us. We judge each other, we judge what's beautiful and what's ugly, and we judge the value of objects based on their usefulness to us in a given moment. We judge actions, inactions, beliefs, systems, and ideas. We pretty much judge everything, keeping what makes us feel good about ourselves, and dumping the rest. It's how duality works.

But duality is reaching its end, and we are approaching the age of Unity. This is a scary concept. Fear of group-think, of the disappearance of the individual, has been around for decades in science fiction movies and in the fear of communists or the Borg on "Star Trek." The ego is afraid of dying, and we wonder if there will be anything left of "us."

Our ego may disappear, but we will not. We will remember who we are, what we are, that WE ARE. We will still be unique, beautiful, infinite sparks of God, but we will know the Whole again. We will be mindful that we are One, and we will take care of one another, love one another, cherish one another, because we will know that we ARE one another.

Our perspectives will still be our own, but opinions will be what they always were: irrelevant and divisive. If we are wedded to being "right," then we can never resolve anything or know anything, and we can never serve the One. The need to be right will vanish, and we will remember.

There is only one absolute in the Universe: Love is all there is. And nothing else matters.

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