Oneness - We are one.

[Eastern Mind]

hariḥ oṁ
~~~~~~
namast�



Why do we not ~feel~ like one ?

iti śivaṁ

Vannakkam: Like one what? One beer? One good road trip? One good meditation?

Aum Namasivaya

[TrikonaBindu]

Namaskaram.

Vannakkam: Like one what? One beer? One good road trip? One good meditation?

Like one Self, one I, the only I, Paramatman. Why don't we realize our ultimate identity as Paramatman? What or who is the original cause of this failure to live as the One and Only Self? (Hint: The question contains the answer!)

[TrikonaBindu]

In the beginning [all] this was the Self alone.
There was nothing else whatsoever.
He thought, �Let Me emanate the worlds."
AITAREYA UPANISHAD 1.1.1:

[jthomasnaz]

hariḥ oṁ
~~~~~~
namast�



Why do we not ~feel~ like one ?

iti śivaṁ

Oneness is reality realized when awakened, Not just feeling.

[yajvan]

hariḥ oṁ
~~~~~~
namast�

Why do we not ~feel~ like one ?

The answer me thinks may reside here:
In the pratyavbhij�āhṛdayaṁ āgama there is a wonderful insight that is offered in sūtra 7 , it says:
and (though) He (śiva-bhaṭṭārka) is one He becomes of two-fold form, threefold, fourfold and of the nature of sapta and pa�ca ( or 5 x7 =35).

This is reviewed here if there is interest:
http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/showthread.php?t=6649

iti śivaṁ

[Necromancer]

Namaste,

In Advaita, it is said that we are all One, and each and every life is progressing towards Self Realization but at their own pace.
Every life - means all living life, including smallest of warm - insect - bacteria.

Now when we say, we are all One, means essence inside us is the One. So this is true just in case of lives only ?? If I want to use this concept of Oneness for non- lively things , then what is the explanation.

If I want to compare myself with the chair or table. Am I and this chair or table are the same things? Do we have same essence in us ?

It has been said that at the end of world - kalp everything turns in to gas and get merged with the Supreme One. So if at the end of world - Kalp, this chair - table will able be - with some process - turn into gas and merged in the Supreme. So how me and chair are the same ? What is essence chair which is similar to my essence.

Namaste.

This is a very interesting question. For myself to come to terms with this concept on a personal level, took me out of the Hindu faith (briefly) and into the realms of Native American Shamanism.

It was here, I was introduced to a concept called "Manitou".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manitou

This, for a very long time became, in essence what I believed Brahman was...a spirit that dwells within everything, giving rise to the form and function of that thing, both animate and inanimate.

Inanimate objects have their own 'Soul' that's part of the same Soul that dwells within us...and when I say 'dwells within us', please allow me to be more specific:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvvsGz5DiOQ

Aum Namah Shivaya

[cherrytigerbarb]

Everything material consists ultimately of subatomic particles. Your body is no different. The apparent separateness is by virtue of our conceptualisations. We divide one object from another by matching each one to a concept, but concepts are not real. They are creations of the mind which we employ in order to function within the world on a day to day basis.