Oneness and The Garden of Eden

Sometime last year I had an interesting and profound experience. I was walking my usual sunset path with my dogs, sheltered from the sun under trees and bushes, on the way to a cliff overlooking the Indian Ocean. One of my favourite spots to slow down and end my day. I was about halfway to the edge of the cliff, not particularly thinking about anything, when I suddenly became very aware of the edges of my body. I felt an intense and laser-sharp awareness of where my body ended, of the consciousness/spirit inhabiting my body, pushing against the edges of my human skin. It maybe lasted a second, although it felt like much longer, before the ‘edges of me’ completely disappeared and I merged with the world around me. It was not an out of body experience. I was still very much in my body, still very much me. Yet, I was also everything else. I was suddenly not separated from the air around me, from the trees and bushes providing much appreciated shade, from the cows grazing on my right, from the flowers and bees buzzing on my left. I had become everything.

These two consecutive moments happend in a span of seconds, maybe even less, and it took me quite a while to grasp what had really happened. It hit me one morning when I woke up and a single word echoed through my head: Oneness. It was like I had woken up from a deep slumber, the word continuing to echo in my awareness, louder and louder, altering and morphing my perception of reality. I had always had an eye for detail, a keen awareness for my surroundings and deep appreciation for beauty. Yet, another level of perceiving the world seemed to be added to my senses: one that made me experience, truly feel, One with all that there is. Walking in nature became a completely new experience, a tree no longer just a tree, but a being, just like me. I was the tree, and the tree was me.

The illusion of seperation has been slowly disappearing since that life-changing moment. I can recall many heartfelt experiences that have let to this crumbling of a false perception of the world. It has been a beautiful journey, one I wish everyone to experience. In the past, I have co-created with duality and seperation. I know what it feels like to perceive to be utterly alone in this world. It is extremely painful for the soul. One I believe runs very deep, from the moment our soul becomes aware of itself after ‘separating’ as a fractal from God/Source/Sophia/Cosmic Womb - however you wish to call it. After which we go on a journey, through dark and light, through duality and unity, to realise once more, that we were never separated, but a fractal of God Consciousness, simply experiencing itself as a single drop while simultaneously being part of the entire ocean of existence.

ONENESS

Oneness. There are no words to describe the ecstasy, the level of bliss, the frequency of unconditional love when experiencing Oneness. It has become my favourite word. There is so much truth in that single world. We are all One and we are all connected, not just humans. We are one with animals, one with plants, one with minerals, one with elements, one with Gaia, one with this Universe and so on. We all come from the same source, we will all return to this same source, we are all drops of the ocean experiencing ourselves in different forms. Can you open your mind, for just a moment, to the possibility that you are not so different from the wind? That your body is made of the same elements as a tree? Can you contemplate that you speak the same language as animals?

It has made me wonder, dream: what if unity consciousness becomes the norm? What if we all wake up, open our eyes, and see the world anew? What if we see animals as brothers, what if we see and acknowledge the beings in rivers, storms, stars? What if we ask the intelligence in other life forms to guide us into living in harmony, since they are experts in it? What if we let go of the arrogance that we are superior to the natural world, separate from the natural world, and needing to be in control of the natural world? This is not a new, strange, foreign concept. Many indigenous people all over the world have lived according to these sacred laws. They knew The Way of Nature, because they knew they were One with Nature.

This dream of a united world has been taking form in my heart for a while and it has filled me with so much joy and excitement. And, if I am completely honest, with frustration, anger and sadness too. I feel so much love for the natural world, so much love I sometimes don’t know what to do with it. Taking a walk in nature and seeing a beautiful rock and feeling its presence, feeling the joy and harmony radiating from the being inside, often brings me to tears. For a while it made me feel alienated, alone and slightly delusional. Nothing made sense to me anymore, the way we live, the way we treat each other and the beings we share this beautiful planet with. Every time I tumbled into the abyss of fear and sadness, my dream felt like a fantasy, so far from current reality, it would probably remain just a dream…

Will you dream with me?

I have decided to dream and to believe. I am a dreamer. I am a believer. I believe we are fractals of God Consciousness, I believe that we create our own realities, I believe we have the power to do anything, be anything, create anything. I believe we can choose to co-create with fear or faith, and I choose faith. So this is what I am going to do. There is a Garden of Eden in my heart. A true Garden of Eden, where all beings are happy and free. And I am going to dream it into existence. I am going to love every tree. I am going to shake hands with every rock. I am going to appreciate all the beauty around me. I am going to embody the virtues of The Garden of Eden - a world where unity, harmony, peace, abundance, joy, connection, creativity and unconditional love are the norm. I believe this dream is already there, for anyone who is a vibrational match for it. All realities exist on top of each other. Garden of Eden is only a single thought away.

Twilight by Joan Brull i Vinyoles (1863-1912)