Oneness

We should be whole and complete people. We are no longer two different things operating. We have a tendency to seperate ourselves into a physical and a spiritual being. However, if we are Christ followers this was the prayer that Christ himself prayed for us, to be living in oneness.

I'm praying not only for them But also for those who will believe in me Because of them and their witness about me. The goal is for all of them to become one heart and mind— Just as you, Father, are in me and I in you, so they might be one heart and mind with us. Then the world might believe that you, in fact, sent me. The same glory you gave me, I gave them, so they'll be as unified and together as we are—I in them and you in me. Then they'll be mature in this oneness, and give the godless world evidence that you've sent me and loved them in the same way you've loved me. John 17:20-23

The goal is for us to become one heart and one mind, just as Christ is with the Father. We need to to be connect to Christ in the same way, so connected that we are one. This includes both our physical and spiritual part of our lives. These things are not exclusive of each other, but need to be one with each other. When we are one, both in spirit and mind and in community, we let the world know that God is real! Oneness is so important to let people know that God is real. How can people know that God is real if we let our spiritual life be seperate from our physical life? If we do not act in loving and kind ways because we think that it is not possible now, how will people know that God is real? When we do not have oneness with the spiritual reality and the physcial reality God cannot be found. We are God's and we need to be one with God so that God can come into the physical world and be known. You see God loves Christ. Christ is one with God and loves us. Christ loves us. We need to be one with Christ and love others. When we are one with Christ and our behavior matches our beliefs people see and know God's love. Our selfishness is removed and anger is gone. All of the sudden there is no justified resentments, we no longer look for opportunities to be offended and we just love. Peace comes into our life instead of chaos. Love is all around us and there is no lovelessness. We are one. When we are not one, where there is dichotomy, division, struggles begin there. Be one today and everyday. Jesus said that "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it." (Matthew 7:13-14)

Namaste'