In order to understand the premise of Divine Oneness, or any of the Universal Laws, it is imperative to understand that the Universe is made up of energy.  That is all there is – energy moving in a circular pattern.  No matter how dense something appears, such as a table, it is pure energy with spaces between the smallest particles.  In other words, none of the smallest particles are touching, but are in constant motion.  Energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can be transformed.  We are given four ways to transform energy – feeling, thought, word, and action.  This is the reason we must monitor what kind of energy we are putting out.  This is also why we are co-creators with the God force, for God is energy, and being a part of that energy, we are a part of the God force.  This is the basis for all Oneness and Universal Laws.

            Now I will get to the point of this week’s thoughts.  It is a little different than my other blogs, but so very important to share.  Quantum physicists have finally brought science in line with what spiritualists have known for centuries, that all things are connected.  I am going to tell you a little about a movie I recently watched by Tom Shadyac called “I AM.”  His name is perhaps familiar if you have seen “Ace Ventura-Pet Detective,” “Bruce Almighty” or “Patch Adams.”  “I AM” was done by Tom in 2010 after an accident and post concussion syndrome that left him questioning his mortality.  He decided he needed to bring a message to the world and went out to find the answer to two questions through talking with prominent philosophers, religious leaders and scientists:  What is wrong with the world and what can we do about it?  What follows is a synopsis of his findings and how each of us, due to this connectivity with all things, can change the world.

            Science’s ultimate truth or story has been previously based on the premise that humans are geared toward survival of the fittest and competitiveness, both of which have separated us in a material way.  Society has become this story, needing to be best at the expense of others.  Business has been based on scarcity and wired to compete.  It has been taught that much of this came from Darwin, but it was Huxley that created a distorted thread of what Darwin had written.  Survival of the fittest was mentioned twice in the Descent of Man.  Love was mentioned 95 times.  What Darwin saw was cooperation of all the species, and stated that man’s strongest instinct was sympathy.  Where did those findings get hidden?

            Now science has done studies on large groups of animals showing that decisions are made not by the alpha male or the hierarchy, but when the 51st percentile makes the decision to do something, as in a democracy.  It is done through a cooperative effort of voting every moment.  Slowed down movies of birds, like starlings, that shift and move as if one, shows it is based on this same premise.

            It has been found that humans, dolphins, and elephants share what is called mirror neurons, which create an empathetic response.  When we see another person hurt, or crying from great joy or sadness, it creates a neurological reaction.  We get tears in our eyes at someone else’s elation or great sadness.  This is connectivity.  Compassion and love are hard-wired in our DNA.  Science has found nothing in the human being that creates a response for war.  What they have found is that when a human being is put in a situation such as war, it is so unnatural to the body that it creates unnatural responses, such as post traumatic stress syndrome, sometimes leading to suicide. Many think that it is utopian to believe that love is the answer to all things, but it is love and compassion that are what is hard-wired, not hate.  War is not inherent in human nature and no evidence has been found for that by science.

            It has also been found that 95% of the nerve responses in the body are not sent out by the brain to the body, but to the brain from the body, and most of that comes from the heart.  The heart has been found to put out a measurable electromagnetic field, which affects what is around it.  It has been found that love is the optimal state for the body and that clarity is lost and blocked during angry emotion.  It inhibits the normal function of the body.

            Quantum physicists are finding that all things are laying upon a structure of intereconnectedness through experiments showing that thought and feelings impact living systems.  This is most popularly known through Matsuro Emoto’s studies on The Hidden Messages in Water.  Another scientific group called HeartMath has random number generators in many countries around the world.  During high emotional periods such as 9/11 and the tsunami in Burma, the random numbers came into total order.  In further experiments they created emotional energy with groups of people putting out love and the generators did the same thing – random numbers coming into total order.  When mass minds take a similar focus, it creates a reaction.

            All of this falls under the Law of Correspondence – nothing exists separately, all is one.  This Law stretches out into the Universe and we know it as “as above, so below.”  Science is finally saying that what we do for others we do for ourselves through this connectivity and that the center for this in the human body is the heart.

            So for those that feel mankind is doomed, let them think about all of this.  All it takes is a building up of consciousness toward cooperation, which is the normal way for humans to be.  Small acts build up to great movements for it turns into a coalition of energy.  Non-violent movements have done more to make lasting changes through people such as Yeshua, Gandhi, Buddha, Martin Luther King, Jr., than any war has.  Change comes about through a million insignificant acts, one piece at a time.  A flood occurs from many drops of rain.  We can be a power of one.  Through understanding the oneness of all things, realize that all you do matters, no matter how small.  And know that it is love in our DNA, not hate.

            Nature obeys the law of taking nothing more than it needs.  When it does, it eventually dies off.  When this happens within the body, a part of it taking more than it’s share, it is called cancer.  The ancient tribal people believed that there are four options to life – allow the war and greed, run from it, join it, or heal it.  We have the power to heal it.  Martin Luther King, Jr. stated that we have the power to liberate those damaged souls whose choices hurt others.  By us following love we allow them the opportunity to become fully human.

            I end this week with a line from Rumi.  “What was said to the rose that made it open was said to me, here in my chest.”  Open your hearts, for they are the strongest function in the body and that is where we are connected to the Divine.  We know what is wrong with the world, but through our own individual feelings, thoughts, words and actions, we can transform it.  And then we can answer the question asked at the end of the movie:  What is right with the world?  I AM!

Love and blessings to you all.