1. How Are We All One?
We often hear the spiritual leaders of our time as well as of the past say things pertaining to
the universality and oneness of our being with the rest of the beings on earth. However,
making such claims as “we are all one”—regardless of the fact that it is true—can be
understandably confusing to the inquisitive truth seeker. How can this be? I’m sitting here
writing this article, while you are sitting perhaps halfway across the globe reading it. How
can we be one? Once you understand the basics of creation, you will easily find the answer.
There are actually two answers to this question—one of them has to do with the soul, and
the other has to do with the body.
The Soul
“The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal fragmental parts. Due to
conditioned life, they are struggling very hard with the six sense, which include the mind.”
– Bhagavad Gita 15:7
“God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female
He created them.”
– Genesis 1:27
Our souls all belong to the entity called the Super Soul or God. The analogy can easily be
understood by looking at an ocean. The waves appear to be doing their own thing, yet
behind the tiny wave is the mighty ocean holding a bond that is unbreakable. You cannot
take the wave away from the ocean, yet the waves can be viewed individually as though
they are separate. The case is the same for the soul. So if I’m one with God, and you are
also one with God, then we are both one with each other. Regardless if you are a
Mongolian, North Korean, Brazilian, cat, dog or lizard, as long as you have the soul within
you (which you do), then we are One.
The Body
It seems as though most people will agree that many of us are One when it comes to our
souls, but if you tell them our bodies are the same as well, they will probably think that
you’ve gone mad.
What needs to be understood is the process of giving and taking. Everything takes part in
this process of giving and taking. The sun gives light to the tree and the tree bears fruit
using the power it borrowed from the sun. Therefore there technically is sunshine in every
apple you eat (and every other fruit and vegetable). And once you eat it, what happens?
Now there is also sunshine in you.
Humans have been coming into existence and dying since the beginning of time, and this
has been a cycle of giving and taking in the form of reincarnation. Can you agree with me

2. that our bodies are made of matter? The matter that our bodies are made of are also taking
part in the game of giving and taking.
After all, take note of Newton’s scientific law:
“Matter cannot be created or destroyed.”
Therefore what happens to this matter when we die? Maybe it decays and flowers grow
from our grave. Perhaps after that a bee will come to collect nectar from our grave flowers
and create some honey that you will drizzle into your tea. I don’t mean to gross you out, but
I want you to see how everything in this world is so intricately connected.
“The matter that is in my body may have been in yours a few years ago, or the sun or in a
plant.”
– Swami Vivekananda
So before you go around being angry at this person or that person, take a minute to stop
and consider the oneness that you two share in both body and soul, and let this new
awareness guide you to a more positive approach in life.
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