Aloha.
I'm Reverend Cindy Palus.
Today I wanted to talk about a subject that I think is so very important in our time.
What's happening with this COVID-19 Delta variant.
More than any other time is I've seen this division,
Bickering from bickering to anger to,
I am right,
You are wrong,
And many points that divide people.
I think to find really the peace that we need during these challenging times.
It's important to reflect and meditate on the source,
And the fact that we are really all one.
There is that I am in me that is present in you as well.
I'm going to do a talk a little on that and then do a meditation with the breath of oneness.
This really is not a new concept.
It goes back to the time of Plato and Socrates and the Grecian metaphysics,
And it was called monism.
There's another form of it called priority monism that states that all existing things go back to a source that is distinct from them.
There's a Neo Platoism saying everything is derived from the one.
In this view,
Only one thing is present,
On a telelogically based,
And everything comes from that one is existence monism is more strictly speaking,
That everything exists as only single things.
It's only a single thing in being a universe,
Universe,
One-iverse,
Which can only be arbitrarily divided into many things.
Then we go to the Grecian philosophy of substance monism that asserts that a variety of existing things can be explained in terms of a single reality or substance.
If we were looking at it in some of this way,
The Pythagoreans had a symbol.
It was a dot within a circle,
Which was representing the first metaphysical being,
The monad.
That dot within the circle explains that within us,
That dot,
That element,
That part is all a part of one greater circle.
If we can take this into our everyday individualized consciousness,
We can then also understand in our individual consciousness,
The universal consciousness,
The collective consciousness with Jung talked about that collective consciousness and beyond.
If we can just reflect for a moment ourselves,
Ourselves and remember within our self,
We are part of that other being that we encounter.
We are a part of nature.
We are a part of God.
We have a heritage,
Our true DNA with roots from so many generations that go way back to the beginning of existence and creation,
The one source displayed.
We can remember once we plant that seed within our consciousness,
Remember that heritage,
We can remember the oneness of all nature.
We can participate in the oneness and experience the oneness of all,
The oneness of God and remember that part of you that knows your original heritage,
Your true name,
Which is always there for you to claim.
That source has unconditional love at its very,
Very creational being.
That claim also holds the light that's revealed in all life,
Which is evolving in time.
As we're seeing more and more and more people expressing this light,
We are revealing the fear,
The darkness,
The shadows that we have to see in order to set it free,
In order to understand and let that shadow self go,
Let that shadow part be seen for just the shadow of the light.
I see in you that part of God in me.
I can feel what you need because we come from the same,
One is the same star seeds as planted within us so deep.
I know in time we'll see that we came here to be and serve the purpose and the oneness of all being.
If we can dig deep and find that power within,
Find that unconditional love present in the source of all creation,
Then when we see people bickering and people disagreeing,
We'll see,
I saw a great cartoon that had a number six in the middle of the floor,
And two people were standing opposite sides around the number six.
One was saying it's number six and the other says,
Now it's number nine,
Six,
Nine.
It says six from one point of view,
It says nine from the other point of view,
But it's still just the one number.
The one presence that's so very,
Very important to understand.
We have to understand until we can find and understand the other person's point of view is coming from a very different place as our own,
That we need to go beyond that point that divides them and find that point that we do agree upon in the oneness of all,
In the love that is there in their soul,
And our soul of all being is that love that we can love,
Regardless of whether we think they're right or wrong,
They think they're right.
If someone thinks they're right,
Most likely anything you say is not going to change their point of view,
Except maybe if they have that experience and if you can experience that true experience of enlightenment,
Then in that light,
You will experience that oneness,
That love that joins the whole world as one.
Let's take a moment or two to breathe in and experience the breath of oneness.
We all breathe,
And as we take some slow,
Deep,
Calming breaths,
Allow yourself to be comfortable and let your thoughts just slip away and go to that space where you're just simply breathing.
Breathing in,
Holding your breath,
And breathing out.
Just breathe in that breath of oneness.
As you breathe in that breath of oneness,
Feel that oneness within yourself.
Breathing in and breathing out.
Breathing in and experiencing that radiant light within your heart of hearts as a point of light.
Breathe out and see that light circling you outside a beautiful golden sphere of protection.
Breathing that in and seeing that beautiful one sphere,
The point within the circle,
And expanding that circle of oneness,
Expanding your consciousness to see that sphere surrounding the entire planet.
The planet is a sphere of oneness.
Breathe and tune with the breath of the planet.
Breathing in the breath of this beautiful,
Beautiful earth.
Breathing in the breath that we all breathe here on earth.
Feeling that oneness of all.
Simply breathe,
Gently breathe.
Exhale any tension.
Exhale any weariness.
Allow yourself to imagine yourself in that heart of all hearts,
Within the heart of all oneness.
Feel that heart flame growing brighter with every breath you breathe.
Breathing in,
Allowing that breath to expand and expand and expand.
As you breathe out,
Allow yourself to sigh audibly,
Let go of anything that may be separating you.
Let go of any fear.
Let go of any tension.
Breathe in that love and that oneness and let go of all separation and divisiveness.
Be in that oneness of all.
Simply be.
Inhale the warmth of the unconditional love there expanding in your heart.
Feel that love.
Feel the peace found in oneness.
Breathe in that peace.
Release anything that is anything separate.
Breathe in that peace and be that peace.
Let that peace be that place of sanctuary within you.
Let any suffering,
Any of that past mind,
Monkey mind go.
It's an illusion which we do not need to participate when we are one with all.
Just allow yourself to be at peace.
You are that peace.
You are that light.
You are that oneness of all life.
Now go into that place of that great stillness and that oneness within.
Allow your heart to smile in that stillness.
In the stillness is the answer.
In the stillness is the peace.
In the stillness is the oneness of all.
Let that light in the stillness radiate and heal every single part of your whole body and mind and your soul.
And as you experience that beautiful light,
See that light again expanding out to completely encircle the world.
You are here,
A point within the center of all.
Allow the all to feel that stillness.
To radiate that light.
To experience that love.
To enlighten the shadows and the darkness and the fear and to release them into the universe to be freed.
Become aware again of your breath and the breath within the breath just is the circle within the circle.
There is a breath within the breath.
Feel the oneness of that breath within the breath.
Experience the oneness of the circle of light and that point within that circle of light.
And now slowly breathe in,
Breathe out.
Breathe in peace,
Breathe out.
Breathe in feeling good.
Breathe out,
Breathe in the oneness of all being.
Be it,
Absorb it,
Allow it to heal you and protect you.
So be it and so it is,
Thank you God.
And thank you each and every one of you who allowed yourself to experience the power,
The beauty,
The peace and the love of the oneness of all.
God bless you.
