Oneness

Joseph P. Kauffman
Any actions that are driven by fear, violence, anger,
hatred, jealousy, or greed, are produced by a mind that is
dominated by ego. If we realized our connection to one
another and to the source of life, we would act only in
love, always having the health of life as a whole in mind.
In order to feel the love that comes from
understanding our oneness, we have to let go of the idea
that we are separate, we have to see clearly that we are not
the ego, the ego is just a thought that the brain, and by
extension the Universe, is having. To say it from a
Christian’s perspective: We must surrender ourselves (our
ideas of being a separate self) in order to receive the love
of God.
The notion that we are separate from the rest of
existence causes us to cling to life out of fear. We cling to
the world because we fail to realize that we are the world,
and it is this ignorant perception of life that has produced
our misconception of what love really is.
Many people confuse love with attachment, which is a
quality of fear—the fear of loss—and it results in
insecurity and dependency, which has been the cause of
many broken hearts and failed relationships.
The qualities of fear are attachment, dependency, and
resistance. The qualities of love are appreciation,
understanding, and acceptance. We can observe very easily
in our personal relationships whether we are acting out of
fear or love.
Looking at an intimate relationship with a partner for
example, if we are selfish, clingy, jealous, spiteful,
mistrusting, dependent, etc., our relationship is composed
primarily of fear or ego. If, however we are selfless,
understanding, accepting, appreciative, caring, supporting
and trusting, our relationship is composed primarily of
love or spirit.
All emotions are essentially produced by feelings of either
fear or love; either seeing ourselves as the ego—separate; or
understanding our existence as spirit—connected.
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