Most Importantly, You Are Me

Who cares if You really are Infinite, Eternal, and God? What does it matter? Even if I can accept that, is it just a mental concept? Can I ever really live and experience its truth? Does it give me a deep underlying sense of peace? Of belonging? Of purpose?

The answer to these latter questions, I believe, is yes - gradually! 

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The more we experience a felt sense of Oneness with all that is; Oneness gradually takes over, becoming stronger than the ego – the little me. Over time, this develops a profound sense of peace, belonging, and purpose. But the true gift in realising You Are Infinite, Eternal, and God is not about how you feel, but is about how you act. The most important realisation here is that if You Are truly One with All That Is - if You Are One with the entire Cosmos and One with God - then You Are inescapably One with Me. You Are Me!

I Am my mother, my father, my sister, my neighbour, my work colleague, my doctor, the checkout clerk, the stranger in the park. I Am the American, the African, and the Asian I see on TV. I am the Christian, the Jew, the Muslim, the Hindu, and the Buddhist I have never met. I Am the person who attacks me in the street, the prisoner, the terrorist, the politician and the movie star. I Am quite literally the cripple, the refugee, the homeless man, and the child about to die of starvation. I Am my pet cat, the bird in the sky, the sumatran tiger, and the blue whale, I am the daffodil, the plankton, the fig tree, the amazon. I Am each and every person, and every creature that has ever lived or will ever live. I Am the river, the sky, the soil, and every other part of the environment that enables them to live. I Am You, and You are Me.

So apart from the incredible sense of belonging I get from experiencing my infinity, the incredible sense of peace I get from experiencing my eternity, and the incredible sense of power I get from experiencing my divinity, the experience of my unity with you gives me an incredible sense of purpose. It is in my own personal interest (both the tiny me and the real me) to care for you. Your wellness, your health, your experience of peace, of belonging, of love is my experience. When I offer you care, compassion, friendship, and aid I receive them myself. However, when I judge you, when I hit you, when I kill you, I am harming myself. When I ignore you, when I abandon you, or when I leave you to suffer I am neglecting myself. And I experience each of these things on both the macro (the infinite me) and the micro (the tiny individual me) levels. This is the scientific realisation of the concept of karma. Not only must the tiny me experience whatever I put out into the cosmos because it has to come from me, but I also experience whatever I put out into the cosmos because I Am the cosmos – and every part of me (including the tiny me) feels everything!

The golden rule then, which instructs me to "treat others as I would like to be treated myself" becomes imperative. I now realise that how I treat others is how I Am treating myself! And this changes everything. When I remember this, it is the end of judgement, anger, violence, and the birth of acceptance, understanding, forgiveness, and deep love, compassion, and concern. If we could all remember this everyday we could live in a world of profound peace and harmony. 

What's more, is that this understanding makes me realise that every spiritual practice I have ever been taught, is for my own benefit. Prayer, gratitude, forgiveness, non-judgement, surrender, meditation, service, giving, etc etc are not for the big man up in the clouds, they are for me! I Am the one who truly benefits from each and every one of these practices, and in this light they are all gold!

The challenge is just how do we remember and live this realisation? If you've got any ideas, please comment.

Love and peace and Namaste