Have you ever heard a spiritual guru talk about the nature of oneness? This is a primary theme with anyone who claims to have found enlightenment. Oneness seems to be constant within all religions and throughout all ages of history.

But… what the heck does oneness mean? This topic seems bit mystical, doesn’t it? To the average person, oneness sounds like an unfocused lens where all borders fade and life turns into various blobs of goo that blend into each other. Obviously that isn’t what the gurus are talking about.

So What is Oneness?

Oneness doesn’t change your physical vision or the actual matter in the world. The borders and separations between objects remain intact (thankfully). A sage who proclaims to be one with the soil doesn’t blend right into it, he still stands on top of it like everyone else.

Rather than being a physical phenomenon, oneness is a philosophy, a perspective, and a way of understanding life. The basis of the idea is that all things are connected, and those connections are so strong that nothing could exist without everything else that exists. This is a rational conclusion when you drill down to the most basic components of any object. Any one thing relies on all other things for it’s own existence. Don’t believe me? Let’s look at an example: Continue Reading →