I Am One With Everything

Welcome to Daily Miracles, a running commentary on the 365 lessons of A Course in Miracles, an influential spiritual text from the 1970s. I am James Leroy Wilson and I invite you to join me as I go through this material for the first time. 

LESSON 124

Let me remember I am one with God. (ACIM, W-124)

Long ago I heard this joke:

What did the Buddhist say to the hot dog vendor?

Make me one with everything.

I think the Course is saying (and Buddhism probably says) that we are one with everything. The individuality of each of us creates the illusion of separation. The recognition of contrast, that there are different aspects of the whole, creates illusory comparisons: one thing is better than the other.

Things or organisms that might not seem to serve me as an individual will still serve some part of the whole. When I create emotional attachments to my personal preferences, I come to believe things that don't directly serve me are bad or evil. 

Dishwasher detergent doesn't serve the same function as laundry detergent. Should clothes, therefore, conclude that dishwasher detergent is dangerous or evil? That's the illusion of separation. 

Oneness with God doesn't mean we aren't distinct from each other, but that we are not separate from each other or from creation. We share the same light, the same air, the same water, and the same earth. 

And we come from the same Source. 

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