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September 2008 
We are One...are we or aren't we and what does this mean?
Donna
Now, I am by no means a great spiritual teacher nor am I a scholar on Hinduism or spirituality, but this question kept racing through my mind: "If we are all One...all containing the essence of our interpretation of God, then how can we say that one group of people is better or worse than another?" It just doesn't make since to me.
We have our own "caste" system in the United States as well. Judging others based on race, language, social status, education, position, neighborhood, etc. How do we overcome this? I believe that we will never reach Samadhi until we see ourselves in others...until we experience no distinction between you and me...until we experience Oneness.
And when we experience Oneness, we will no longer hurt others with our thoughts, words, or actions because we would realize that we are only hurting ourselves. And when we truly experience Oneness, we will no longer see our own species as better than other species. We won't see them as food, shoes, entertainment. We will see that when we cause suffering for them, we are bringing about suffering for ourselves because they too are One with us...they too contain Atman or the lower case "g."
May our thoughts, words, and actions come from a place of Oneness with all beings.
Namaste,
Donna
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Donna- that was a very thought provoking post. It's only just recently that I have even allowed myself to think or even say that I have the Divine within me or even that I am part of that Divine Goodness. God was always someone or something out there or in the clouds. Being there with my dad as he went through his transition and right up to when he passed away was a great gift for me. When he was no longer breathing, I hugged him and he was still there with me- I could feel him, or maybe I felt Him…
Daddy in those final days taught me that we all have God within us and because of that we are a little bit of that God too. Daddy sure was a god to me…
Thanks, dear friend, and many blessings…
Hi Regina,
I think that the times that we are the most challenged emotionally, we can be open to the potential within each of us and how the Light of the Divine shines on.
Peace and happiness sweet Regina,
Donna
A caveat first:: what I'm about to say here doesn't negate the veracity or appciation of God in the second and/or third person.
It's structured as a nested hierachy (2nd precept of internalism), which is to say that the divine subsumes and permeates - transcends and includes - all of creation. To put it another way - humanity has only one soul, which subsumes and includes all us “little Gs”.
So one can transcend oneself and view others as apsects (we all have such common human aspects) of humanity - similar to analysing one's own sub-persona. It's a matter of whether one is aware of the perception being there. When one isn't, one is projecting shadow aspects onto the other people in the believe that they are as seperate objects and not part of the same subject.
Donna,
That was very true and I agree with all you say, but as yoga teachers who inspire others, how can we teach untiy as one when there is division amongst the yoga community itself.
I think this little fact bothers me most. Through our education of yoga philosophy, we should respect and accept all as one but for many, this is not practiced.
All yoga teachers and styles should respect one another. Maybe then we can form a strong union to bring everyone together to bring about positve change within ourselves and the world.
Peace be with you yoga sista!
Uya Sparro!
Love your Karma Project! That is wonderful!!! Very inspiring for me! Thank you for sharing!