The First Eternal Principle: The Law of Totality All people and all creatures are one, united with the Divine. Our light-energy bodies, or souls, are united with all other creatures, the trees, the stones, the ponds, and the mountains in the energy grid called Divinity. Because we are connected, we are all continually influencing each other and the world around us. Every action we take affects others as well as ourselves. The idea that we can go about our business living however we like, without creating consequences for ourselves and others, comes from the false perception that we are separate beings. It''s true that at the physical level, you and I can''t occupy the same space and we have different bodies. But in the Divine realm, which is not limited by our rules of time and space, individuality is an illusion. As humans, we have a collective mind.
Our unconscious is aware of this, but unfortunately, living in the physical world distracts us from this inner knowledge. Your ego, which is your mind''s awareness of yourself as an individual, refuses to recognize what your subconscious knows. Even if you do see signs of your connection and influence on others, your ego will dismiss them as unimportant. Our separateness seems so real that most of us mistakenly believe it''s the only reality instead of just the reality that the ego perceives. All of us go through basically the same experiences in life: the passages of birth, adolescence, marriage or partnership, parenting, getting older, and death. We all feel sorrow when someone we care about is hurt and become angry when we see an injustice. We have similar thoughts, too. Yet we tend to focus on our differences instead of our similarities.
We create divisions between people in order to serve the needs of our ego, which wants to see itself as unique, special, and extra important. The ego is afraid of what will happen if we identify with the whole of creation instead of as an individual. It''s the aspect of our awareness that''s rooted in the more primitive part of our brain, the limbic brain, which evolved to ensure that above all else, we survive as physical beings. The more evolved part of our brain, the neocortex, recognizes that our individual existence on this planet is neither who we truly are nor is it as important as our small but crucial part of all creation. When we meet someone who doesn''t look or act like we do, the ego can take charge and we quickly give in to the primitive emotion of fear. This fear may be mild (for example, feeling shy when entering a room full of strangers) or intense, causing the heart to beat rapidly and breathing to become shallow. We are actually programmed to instantly sum up and categorize people and situations so that we can act promptly in case of danger. However, if we don''t use our more evolved brain and use our higher awareness to judge a situation, we can become immediately suspicious of anyone who seems a little different, causing us to become further isolated and out of alignment with the Law of Totality.
It''s true that there will be actual threats to your personal safety in the physical world. Difficult and dangerous situations serve as a mirror, reflecting back to you all the issues your soul needs to work on; this is the Law of Karma. But the real danger is not death or harm to your individual self. The real danger is in never resolving your karmic issues, so that you are always subconsciously creating suffering for yourself, in lifetime after lifetime. We often fear something terrible and unexpected happening, but there are no accidents, good or bad. All is a part of God''s plan. A car crash, a flood, and an unexpected health crisis are the physical manifestations of thoughts and emotions that must be processed so that we can learn the lessons they have to teach us. In the West, we give ourselves too much credit for influencing the physical world.
No one person is responsible for all that happens to him. No one is that powerful! The ego likes to think it''s in charge, but because of the Law of Totality, we are all influencing each other, all the time: Somewhere in Singapore, someone''s actions are influencing you. What you did yesterday is affecting somebody, somewhere. Our connections to each other are much closer than we thought. In quantum physics, there is a theory called the butterfly effect, which states that the fluttering of a butterfly''s wings alters reality in a tangible way, perhaps even causing a storm on the other side of the world. The interconnectedness of everything in the world of the senses is not just an abstract concept. It is actually part of science. The global banking crisis began to awaken many people to this truth on a physical level.
Who knew that a house in Cleveland was owned by people in Singapore, Germany, or Orlando, Florida? Yet that is what happened, when the derivative financial products that were created were bundled, sold, rebundled, and sold again, spreading risk and obscuring who owns what. When the banks in Iceland failed, police officers in England suddenly had their operating funds slashed because their pension money was invested in Icelandic banks. People were shocked to learn that we were all so interconnected financially. The Law of Totality weaves our lives into others'' in ways we often can''t understand or even perceive. We are not only connected to other people and creatures, such as animals, but also intertwined with the Divine, whose plans affect all of us. Our collective mind, in conjunction with God, manifests our world. Imagine a sphere made of light that is your soul. That sphere shines outwardly and overlaps with other spheres of light.
Where two spheres come together, you are both influencing the physical world with your energetic interaction. God is the sphere of light that encompasses all light. When a light-energy body vibrates at a high rate of speed, its light is very bright. When it vibrates more sluggishly, its light is dulled. Those whose souls vibrate very quickly affect the world around them by creating positive, generous feelings and thoughts that manifest positive situations. When they face a challenge, these positive people recognize it as a lesson--as an opportunity to learn something, develop a new skill, or deepen their understanding of the world. They are able to find good in every situation because they live in alignment with the Law of Totality and recognize their responsibility to heal their small corner of the energy grid. Then there are people who always seem to be in self-destructive mode.
People who struggle with addictions constantly spar with others over one drama or another. They feel taken advantage of or victimized. Unaware they are unified with the rest of creation, they feel disconnected from other people, from God, and from their own souls. Drugs, alcohol, and obsessive thoughts, as well as dark feelings such as jealousy, anger, and resentment, or sadness and hopelessness, cloud their minds. Every challenge is evidence that the world is a harsh place. They believe they have to depend on themselves to survive because no one else can be trusted. When someone is vibrating at a low level, their darkness affects everyone around them. You can actually feel their heavy energy draining you of your sense of vitality because they''re so needy and unhappy, or angry and pessimistic.
It''s as if they are standing in a dark room longing for any sort of illumination, even if it''s just a tiny candle flame. When someone is so engulfed by darkness, he can''t even see the light switch on the wall next to him. There''s never a power shortage when it comes to Divine energy, but if someone can''t see that light switch and has never used it and has no idea that it''s there for him, he remains stuck in that dark, lonely room. When you recognize the Law of Totality and its enormous power, your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors will change, and you can let go of man-made fears and loneliness. The Energy of Our Environment Hints that this Divine light switch exists can be found within our bodies and the environment. God gives us many clues that we can call on Divinity at any time! Vibrational energy is something we can sense if we are open to it. If you feel uncomfortable in someone''s presence and don''t know why, it''s probably because they''re vibrating at a low rate. You might feel repulsed or drawn to a person or a home because you''re picking up on its energy.
If a situation feels right to you, if someone seems to radiate trustworthiness, pay attention. Intuition is never wrong, although intuition works best if your subconscious isn''t clouded with a lot of unresolved karma. Your subconscious desire to attract problems will allow you to work through your issues but can crowd out your intuition. It''s important to take seriously any unexplainable emotions, thoughts, or sensations in yourself and in others. It''s possible your intuition is picking up on physical clues, which are registering in your subconscious mind but not your conscious mind. Sometimes, intuition is an energetic awareness that something is going to happen, or that something is happening far away from you. For example, you might find that you''re expecting the phone to ring just before it does, and before you look at the Caller ID you know who is calling. One of my clients recently tossed and turned all night, seemingly for no reason, and learned the next morning that her sister, several states away, had died during the night.
In America, people are often very dismissive of the way human energy interacts with the energy of other pe.