Voice of the Spirit

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How would you respond to the question, “What is the world’s biggest problem?”  It’s safe to say that one or more of the following list would be included in your answer:  the current economic crisis, global poverty, children who go to bed hungry every night, people without health insurance, untreated disease in poor countries, the environment, global warming, our political leaders, violence, murder, and war.  But does this list include the real problem, or merely the symptoms?  Just like when someone is sick, they are experiencing the symptoms and manifestations of the underlying health issue and disease, but may not know the root cause of what made them sick.

What if I told you that the world’s biggest problem is not on the above mentioned list at all…? 

It has to do with one simple thing; and that it is merely a matter of perception – our distorted, illusory human perception and all that builds upon that perception.  The biggest problem facing us is the illusion of separation – the illusion that we perceive anyone and everything in this world as being separate from ourselves. 

My name is Jim, and I am a male who lives in the United States.  Janel is a woman who lives in Paris, France.  We have never met each other in the physical world.  It is presumable that we both perceive ourselves as being separate from each other.  After all, she’s tens of thousands of miles away from me.  She lives over there, and I live over here. My pain is not her pain, and her joy has nothing to do with my joy

However, that is not true.  Janel and I are interconnected – just like the trees, plants, animals, and you are all interconnected.  In fact, the entire universe is connected.   There is no separation. Separation is an illusion.  This is not airy fairy spiritual talk – it is the truth.

Physics now proves that all atoms, molecules, and everything in this universe is interconnected.  What a child does in Siberia right now affects what a businessman is doing in New York.  Before, physics didn’t validate this truth that all is interconnected, which has been taught by great spiritual masters, yogis, and enlightened teachers for centuries.  But now, physics and spirituality agree on this principle that governs the universe.

In addition to physics, we can see everything as interconnected from a spiritual level.  Whether you refer to is as God, infinite intelligence, source, eternal creative principle, or divine love, “it” is one energy.  As everything originates from this source, everything that exists is connected to source.  Therefore, nothing is separate.  How could it be?  We, along with everything else are just extensions and projections of source.

Think of the divine flame that ignites all life, motion, and activity within this vast universe.  It is from within this eternal spark that everything originates.  That fire, which burns eternally, is at the core of everything: humans, animals, plants, atoms, molecules and inanimate objects.  This perpetual flame is the core which illuminates and connects all, like an endless cord that links everything together.  We can even see this connectedness when a child joins the dots of a picture by drawing connected lines.  When the lines are completed and connect all of the dots, that picture is analogous to the connectedness within the universe. 

Since our perception of being separate from everything is inherently illusory and false, what does this all mean on a practical day by day level?  How should it affect our choices and the way we treat each other?

We have all heard the golden rule stated in the Bible:  “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”  This is so important, because it defines the core of how we are literally the same as our neighbor.  What we do to another creates energy.  That energy leads to a consequence which we ourselves experience.  It doesn’t matter whether it comes back right now, or much later in physical time.  It all does comes back to us sooner or later.  As it’s clear that for every action, there is an opposite and equal reaction, we know that what we do to others is what we do to ourselves.

Most of us probably agree that the golden rule of the Bible is a good sentiment, and to some degree, try to live up to this ideal.  However, if we fall short, we tend to not weigh ourselves down with too much guilt. 

The real reason we let ourselves off the hook so easily is because we see ourselves as separate from the person we hurt.  Even though we might feel somewhat bad for what we’ve done, we think that it is only them who is really suffering.  The bottom line is that we believe that our actions affect them – not us.  In a selfish “survival of the jungle” sort of way, we are still alive, safe, and ok.  Therefore, it is easy to disregard our sins.

If we take it a step further, many spiritual teachings explain that what we do comes back to us.  The law of karma applies to everyone, and sooner or later, all that we do indeed comes back to us.  Therefore, we need to be forever careful of our actions toward others.  What we sow, we shall reap!  This tends to give us pause for concern, but does it really force us to respect our neighbor to the degree that we should? 

Seeing karma clearly can be complicated and hard to measure.  If I steal from you on Monday, it is doubtful that you or someone else will steal from me on Tuesday.  Karma doesn’t usually come back to us right away, as in “instant karma.”  Therefore, our perception of karmic repercussion becomes convoluted.  Besides, we’re still alive, and seem to be ok.  Therefore, it’s still pretty easy to disregard the karmic repercussions we only somewhat fear.

If we look at what we do to others realistically, both scientifically and spiritually, we then begin to perceive what our actions truly do to us.  Since there is no separation between you and I, it isn’t just a matter of what I do to you will someday come back to me, (like the karma police are waiting around the corner and will get me down the road).  Whatever we’re doing to others is actually being done to ourselves in real time. 

If I stab you, I have just stabbed myself.  That is reality – not the illusion that you’re bleeding on the ground, and I have run away from the scene of the crime unscathed.  Since the reality is that we are all connected, for me to stab you, is something I am also doing to myself.  With the actual act comes the fact that something has just occurred.  It is permanently and forever registered in the spiritual planes of reality as a connected act.  It is not a matter of the illusion that we live by in our earthly lives; that we are separate from others.

Just because we don’t see it physically doesn’t mean it isn’t happening.  Since we live in the physical world of complete illusion, what we see with our own two eyes is also illusory.  We only see the world of physical matter, and don’t see beyond into the eternal reality that everything in the universe is joined.   With our physical eyesight, can we see and study the Akashic records, which record every single occurrence that has and will ever happen for eternity?  Do we see when and what our actions toward others does to us?  Can our eyes see how what we’ve done will ultimately affect us?  Of course not.  What we see is false and unreal.  It is based on the illusion of the physical plane, and since this plane is completely illusory, it would make sense that looking at it is the same.  If you look at an illusion, what you see is an illusion.

It’s simple to grasp if you keep in mind that the perception of anything being separate from anything else is false.  Interconnectedness of everything is real.   Think of a mother carrying a baby before the baby is born.  It would be hard to argue that the fetus and the mother are not interconnected.   Family members who live together certainly impact each other’s lives in obvious and dramatic ways.  That shows connectedness.  If a doctor helps someone to be healed, the connection is clear.  Look all around you!  From the trees whose roots keep growing deeper into the ground, connectedness is everywhere.  It’s just a matter of whether we wish to see it or not!

When a father abuses his son, he is abusing himself.  When a corporate executive steal millions of dollars from the shareholders of the company he works for, he is stealing from himself.  If you pick up a gun and blow someone’s head off, you’ve just taken yourself out of this world.  There is no way around that I am you, you are me, and everything is connected. 

Use your body as an analogy.  Do you see your arm as connected to your shoulder?  Of course you do.  So you could say that there are two body parts:  your arm and your shoulder, yet you see them as joined.  Think of two people:  you and your spouse.  What you do affects them, which in turn affects you.  Of course if you upset your spouse, you’ll probably hear about it right away.  In that moment, I’m sure you would realize that what you did affected them, which in turn affected you.  Therefore, the two of you are certainly connected.  Wouldn’t it be wiser for you to see the two of you as interconnected at all times, and not just in times that are dramatic?  This way, loving acts would be offered and received always.

If everyone realized the simple truth that all is connected, people would stop hurting, using, abusing, and killing.  There would be no more poverty, as no one wants to starve.  Greed would be gone, as no one wants to be ripped off and penniless.  The environment would be pure and clean, as who would want to pollute themselves and be a toxic wasteland?  Murder wouldn’t exist, as none of us want to be violently taken out of this world?   War would vanish.  Who would desire to engage in deadly combat with themselves?

Even if we just based our actions on the survival instinct we so strongly carry, we would no longer hurt others, or anything, as we would know that as we hurt others, we are damaging ourselves in real time.

Let us start healing ourselves.  That helps to heal the world.  Remind yourself that all that you do toward others is simply actions that you are doing to yourself – literally.  Ask the question, “Do I like what I’m doing to me?”  Not, do I like what I’m doing to others?  Remember, you’re really doing it to you!  If you always keep that in mind, you won’t do wrong by others, hurt the environment, or harm anything – none of us would. 

Of course, people want to make everything complicated, but the solution is simple.  If the foundation of a building is laid correctly and solidly, all that is built upon it will be solid also.  If we see ourselves as interconnected to everything, the foundation of our actions would be loving and respectful.  This way, in all situations, one and all would be safe, secure, nurtured, and treated with great dignity and respect.  With that truthful awareness, the problems of this world could begin to be healed. 

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