By Rev. Robert Brumet
We are not alone. We are one in Spirit, but it may seem that as human beings we are very separate. This is not so. We are not as separate as we might think. We are very much interdependent. We are much more intimate with one another than we may realize.
From birth to death we are dependent upon others. From the time the first humans walked on this planet, the family, the tribe, and the community have been necessary to sustain human life. Today our community includes virtually everyone on Earth more than ever before; this is certainly evident in the arena of economics, the internet and commerce.
We Share What We Produce: The food we eat, the clothing we wear, the cars we drive, and the gadgets we operate are produced from virtually everywhere on Earth. As I have my breakfast of fruit, cereal, and coffee, I consider the people from many countries who are part of my morning’s breakfast: the farmers in the United States who grew the grain, the workers on the coffee plantations in South America and the banana plantations in Central America, the dockworkers, the railroaders, the truckers, the distributors, the grocers, and many others are all part of my morning breakfast.
In my closet, I find shirts and trousers made in 24 different countries. My watch, my computer, and my automobile parts were all made in countries outside the U.S.
We Are One Physically: Our fate as humans is tied to the fate of virtually every other species on this planet. They too are tied to the delicate balance of the ecosystems by which our lives are sustained. A forest fire thousands of miles from where we live can affect the air we breathe. Pollution from the other side of the planet can impact our local weather. We are constantly sharing the atoms of our bodies with one another.
During the past three weeks, one thousand trillion atoms have passed through each of our bodies. These atoms have been parts of the bodies of other living beings and animals on this planet. At the present time for example, your body contains about one million atoms that were at one time a part of the breath and the body of Jesus of Nazareth.
We Even Think Together:
1. Unity cofounder Charles Fillmore recognized the existence of a “race consciousness” that psychically impacts and joins each of us.
2. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin hypothesized the existence of a global brain, a “noosphere,” an envelope of consciousness surrounding the Earth which as real as the biosphere and the hydrosphere.
3. Peter Russell suggests that a “global brain” is developing from our interconnectedness. The internet is a possible manifestation of this global brain.
In summary, we are intimately connected with one another—physically, mentally, and spiritually. We are not as separate as we may think. We cannot become “whole-in-isolation” because, in reality, isolation does not really exist.
Choose to accept the comfort of knowing that we are all one.
08/18/24