The God who existed before any religion counts on you to make the oneness of the human family known and celebrated.
*Desmond Tuto
When I say Oneness, I am not saying not-Twoness. Oneness is not the negation of anything; rather, Oneness is the inclusion of everything, and everyone. So, when I say the Beloved, as a reference to the Sacred, I am saying, likewise, you. I cannot say Oneness or the Beloved and exclude you. So, this is important to understand much of what I write, or you will think I am talking about some transcendence of life, when, really, I am writing about a Oneness that is Life, including the details of your life, my life, our lives. Oneness means your individual life, your particular being, absolutely matters. And Oneness is untouched by distinctions like race, color, creed, sexual orientation, economic class,... We are, and we are not merely any of these things or the sum total of any of them. This is a reason Oneness is a threat to all social systems to maintain an elitist segregation, including religions and governments. Just imagine a world where no one is special, for everyone is special.
*Arem Nahariim-Samadhi
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In the Quietness quietly a Well opened up beneath my feet. From my heart then sprouted a Rose. Silence uncovers Love long concealed by words. Why talk on and on of Love when the Beloved is already present, waiting for you to cease talking long enough to see? Your kiss, my Love, is a fine Wine. With one swallow, forgetting all else I remember only You.
*Arem Nahariim-Samadhi Thursday, August 8, 2004
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*Quietness, Tortle_Cat, Littlelakey, Flickr
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*Lotus of the Heart is a Work of Arem Nahariim-Samadhi ~ a Hospice Chaplain, interspiritual author, writer, poet, and bicyclist. He is someone in love with Life and inviting others to that same ecstasy of Love ~ and, by the way, herein is nothing he claims as his own.
