Universal oneness is a challenge for our dual minds to comprehend. Since childhood, we have been taught that there’s a dividing line between me and what’s out there. If, for example, we were to ask “Where is the universe?” instinctively we would perceive the universe as outside of us.
Let’s start today’s post with a fascinating ancient Jewish concept. Stay with me here, because this brief and puzzling bit of information is mostly for the ancient literature nerds. The Hebrew word for one is ehad, and the word for love is ahavah. In mystical numerology (gematriyya), each Hebrew letter has a numerical value.
Whenever we talk about the true meaning of love, its link with unity or oneness is unavoidable. For instance, we might think of love as being synonymous with the union between our parents that results in our conception.
By the time Jesus came on the scene, this view of the spirit was not only commonly accepted, but it was downright foundational for many religions. Some Greek philosophers, such as Epimenides, spoke of all people having our being in God. David, the psalmist, made the same assertion by suggesting that he could not run away from God, because even when he made his bed in hell, God was still there.
Through quantum physics we learn that all particles and objects are intricately linked to the presence of an observer or consciousness. In other words, matter is not so much carbon that has been scrambled together by pure chance with a few other elements, but it is life manifesting through a formless consciousness – a conscious presence, or God.
So, what is love? In short, love is energy. Of course, defining love as energy doesn’t sound very appealing. It just doesn’t seem right to place love in the same category as your electricity bill and what you lack after running your first marathon.
