by Rev. Amari Magdalena
Separation. In my book “Unbecoming Me,” separation is the 2nd
veil of illusion. It begins with the
separation from the umbilical cord at birth.
Emotional events that follow through our lives may keep many in the
second veil for perhaps their lifetime. Surrendering that veil of illusion
requires trust, of yourself and trust of others.
What we’ve observed in our population since 2016 is a
growing separation due, in part, to disparate views and entrenched
unwillingness to consider reevaluation of what have become solidified values.
The media can, in part, be held accountable for this
fractioning with severe biases and false reporting becoming new true source for
way too many. We teetered on disillusion of our democracy on January 6th
with a shocking insurrection.
Add to this, we’ve been living uncomfortably with a global
pandemic which has been met with the same depth of resistance and
misinformation. Many people don’t know
anymore who to believe. Some wave flags of freedom without the understanding of
just what freedom is about.
Thus, neighbor to neighbor may be avoiding one another or
alternatively confronting each other. We’ve made manifest what a spiritual
counselor told me years ago: “If you treat your neighbor the way that you
treat yourself, they’d move!”
In my spiritual belief system, I believe there is no separation
between us, energetically. At the very essence level of beingness, there simply
is no “us and them.” Sitting today listening to a presentation about the
concept that we are all energetically together and that impact one of us,
impacts all of us, I was reminded that I’ve felt separation from family since
early childhood. I’ve always thought of myself as a round peg in a square
hole.
As I reflected on this, I thought of something said in the
movie “My Great Big Fat Greek Wedding” by the father of the bride. He was
explaining that the name Miller (son-in-law’s last name) distilled down stands
for apples and their Greek name stilled down meant oranges. He then said,
“apples and oranges, we’re different but were still fruit!”
Got me considering further that round and square are just
two of many shapes in math, in the universe, and in life. Were all shapes though we are all members of
the greater human family. While I was contemplating sending love to the greater
occupants of the Universe, it was a reminder to start with the family and come
to acceptance that we are different, and it is past time to simply accept the
difference rather than separate. And, hopefully, in acceptance, I would cease
to feel an outsider and end that final veil of separation.
I’m in hopes that we will all, lay our burdens of separation
down and just accept our human family in more loving thoughts. Don’t have to live with them; only let the
illusionary divide dissolve and return to the nothingness from which it came.
Peace Be.
“Whether you know it or not, we leave parts of ourselves
wherever we go.” Simon Van Booy
“The greatest illusion in the world is the illusion of
separation. Things you think are
separate and different are actually one and the same. We are all one people,
but we live as if divided.” Abhay Sutar
“We are here to awaken from our illusion of
separateness.” Thich Nhat Hanh
“…For all we touch bears us, and all that touches us we
bear, and we are either full harvests or famines of our own delusion.”
Amari Magdalena
