A Cosmic Weave of Oneness

All friction is a cry for help. Every human being craves warmth, love, attention and acknowledgment. If they aren't getting it - they will be acting out in some way or another. Whether that acting out takes the form of being annoying, of being depressed, of being too loud, too obnoxious, or too invisible, it's still acting out.

It's typical to just react to it. If a child is being obnoxious, scold or send her away; if someone is being annoying, laugh at him behind his back; if someone is depressed, ignore them, or if someone is disappearing into invisibility, look away. But it doesn't resolve the problem - it doesn't make it go away and all it does is cloud over the fact that we are all one.

Because we ALL need that human interaction to be whole. It is a solemn reminder that God loves us and we NEED to remember it. We get so lost in the day to day, the struggle to survive, the desire to be happy, that we forget that life is bigger than the next clothing we buy, the next gadget, the next car, the next thrill. We forget that that these things don't satisfy that need for warmth or love or attention or acknowledgment. We forget that this is just an illusion because it underlines a vision of separateness, when we are, truly, all one.

All this acting out we see in others, and the acting out we do ourselves, it's a gift, a cry for help, a last-ditch effort to remind ourselves that acting out means we are not getting what we really need and what has real and lasting value. What is of lasting value is that we are not alone - not by a long stretch. We are a cosmic weave of Oneness. The friction is a cry for help, a cry to be reminded, to be able to remember this oneness, to celebrate it, to shine in it.

Don't turn away from the friction in your life, but embrace it instead. There is nothing more important! That guy at work that drives you nuts, the child that needs your attention - whatever version you are receiving, it's really a gift, so embrace it instead of trying to get rid of it. There is something to be learned - you are not so different, you have the same needs, the same desires, yes, really. And when you remember that - the cosmic weave of Oneness - love floods your life.


Blessings.
- Darshan





© 2010 Darshan F Jessop