Experiencing Oneness

Experiencing oneness is spoken of often in spiritual language. Yet, really, it is a rare experience. Only those sinking into deep silence and have practiced for many years might come to this experience. And the reason is that in deep silence the ego cannot exist. So how to come to experiencing oneness in our daily lives?

It will be helpful to understand where to ego comes from, to understand its roots.

The roots are in early childhood.  A child is born absolutely helpless. No other creature is as helpless as the human child. The human child must depend on others for years. The child is helpless and depends totally on the other. But the ignorance of the mind of the child interprets this dependence as if he is the center of the whole world. And the child is perfectly right to do so. This is a reality for the child. The child cries and the mother comes running. The family revolves around the child's needs. And from the child's perspective, he or she lives like an emperor. The child does not interpret this as dependence. No! The child begins to feel "I am the center of the world." And from this experience the child becomes more and more egotistic. The egotistic view is born.

Of course, this is not the reality. The child is completely dependent, it is totally contrary to what he or she is thinking. But the child is totally ignorant. This cannot be know by them, that they are helpless. They begin to think themselves a dictator!

So what to do? You simply start dropping this childish perspective. Relax into the understanding that you are not the center of the universe. The ego may scream, you will begin to lose the feeling of control, of being the prince dictator.  You may begin to feel unprotected. There is fear. If you cannot begin to drop this ego that the child gathered, you will never know the oneness, love, you will never know the other, nor will you come to feel the oneness. The ego will constantly urge "what about you! Look out for yourself!" And you miss the beauty of the soul and the interconnections of us all.

Dropping the ego, the idea of being the center, opens a whole new dimension of life. Your eyes fill with another vision. When the ego's voice is not constantly demanding, in conflict, trying to get for itself, dominating every thought towards itself, you enter another reality, the eyes become empty of ego and love is felt, oneness dawns upon your heart and soul. For the first time you are alive, living oneness. The other becomes just as important as you. You live from an entirely different center. One is filled with love, understanding, giving, because you know - maybe for the first time - there is no separation. This experience is reality. You will not have to try and feel it. It will suddenly come to you, because the ego is not interfering with reality.

Don't seek this experience....it will come to you more and more as you drop the ego.