THE QUEST
frolic with me… upon the path of oneness.
Oneness is the truth of our reality.
Honoring that truth is a choice we make.
Walking the path of oneness is a journey undertaken, not a destination reached. Living oneness is aspirational, a state of being that’s leaned into in an on-going way. We live the truth of our oneness imperfectly. Remembering and forgetting in turn. And understanding that this is the very nature of oneness. Oneness contains it all. Oneness encapsulates the good, the bad, the ugly, and the beautiful. Oneness allows for the perfect imperfection and the imperfect perfection that defines life on planet earth. Oneness encompasses the light and the dark, alike.
Oneness is not an abstraction.
Walking the path of oneness, we choose the light… and the love. Even in the face of our glaring imperfections in that department.
It’s impossible to only choose love, while we’re incarnated in human form, in this material world context of duality and density. The density causes us to believe things that are beneath us. Aka, to see ourselves as separate and divided from others.
Deep down, however, we know full well that we’re all One.
The path of oneness is a “remembering” process. A constant course-correction. A recurring return to love and light. An on-going stretch into our higher selves accompanied by some sober attention to our darker impulses.
Choose Oneness
Embracing oneness means living a recurring epiphany… our very own finger pointing out where our very own heart is closed. All while monitoring of the parts of ourselves that judge, malign, and compare—ourselves and others.
No matter how evolved we happen to be, we all have flaws, foibles, and weaknesses. We all have shadowy workings of our egos and our subconscious that must be reckoned with.
Oneness honors the light AND the dark, including our very own. Oneness removes us from the either/or and places us in the both/and. Sweet relief.
12 STEPPING STONES ON THE PATH OF ONENESS
1. We overcome our propensity to divide and cordon ourselves off and instead honor our intrinsic Oneness. We shift from our default state of “separation consciousness” to an “interconnectivity consciousness.”
2. We transform our state of consciousness to see through a lens of love. For love IS a state of consciousness… And residing in the energy of love opens portals for healing and metamorphosis… It facilitates miracles.
3. Our hearts are open… pulsing… beating… bursting… FEELING. Open to each other as humans… open to life… open to the inevitable ups and downs of our one-of-a-kind s/hero’s journey.
4. We KNOW collectively that we are Spirits having a human experience and we bear in mind that we are ALL seeds of divinity. We HONOR our connection to a higher intelligence.
5. We connect to our soul… it awakens… it’s ablaze… We activate our intuition… our gut instincts… our inner compass… our third eye… our sixth sense… We see past the surface of things. We peer into the invisible. We tap into the ancient wisdom. We land in the higher Truth. This connects us to guidance… and living with PURPOSE and meaning.
6. We shift from a paradigm of surviving to one of THRIVING. That requires a shift in how we see things way more than it requires a shift in circumstances. And that’s the secret. We have to CHOOSE to be in a state of wonder rather than of worry.
7. We choose LOVE over fear… and over hatred. Aka, we trust in our destiny… we trust in others… we trust in ourselves. We have courage in the face of life’s inevitable challenges, mysteries, and unknowns… Indeed, the word courage means “to proceed with HEART.”
8. We transmute our aversion to and neurotic avoidance of death into a true love of life… an unbridled love of life on its own terms.
9. We shed our lofty *ideals* about life… learning to passionately embrace its roses AND thorns. We choose greater freedom by releasing our intense craving for sanitization, ease, and perennial smooth sailing. For what a boring plotline that would be! It’s when we let go of our notions, concepts, and “shoulds” that we can truly LIVE!!
10. Wisdom makes a comeback… higher knowing makes a comeback… balance is restored between yin and yang… doing and being… “victim” and “villain.” We wed our status as spirits with our status as humans. This EMPOWERS us mightily.
11. The “me” and the “we” are prioritized equally. Individuality is taken seriously because every one of us is a solo artist. AND we truly care about and proactively tend to the well being of others.
12. Money is no longer the topmost currency. LOVE is the topmost currency. We humans—with hearts and souls open—are the currency!! Our well-being, individually and collectively, is the highest priority. We live the truth that WE *are* the precious gems, the overflowing treasure chest, a most valuable resource!! We come to know that our worth is infinite and intrinsic.
“Oneness is a truth we must embrace. Not a luxury we can’t afford.”
— NAOMI AEON, PHD