Yes, we each have our own lives. But they are not born of nothing. We are made of something. Are not existing independently of the Wider Life Force- The Greater Consciousness (to our own embodied consciousness). Our lives are not isolated units- even though it may feel like that at times.
We are like lifeforms in a pool of Consciousness. Aspects of Consciousness, within it. Organisms of water in a body of water. Our lives are extensions and expressions of The One Life. Born of, and existing in, 'the pool.'
Each one of us, individually, exists somewhere on the vast spectrum of possibility... within the limits of the living water of This One Life. Somewhere within this teeming pool of being.
Knowing this means that even when we feel disconnected in life or from life- from others, from ourselves, from meaning and purpose- there is the recognition and understanding that we are already connected. On a more fundamental level.
Yes, our lives play out through the polarities of connection and disconnection. But these are two aspects of the duality that Oneness embraces, or allows. In order for experience to happen. And Oneness is our truth.
Oneness is the 'deep truth,' in which, or upon which, the surface truths of our experience can play out. The 'lives' of our Life. This is a wonderful opportunity! How could we experience the joy of connection, if we didn't also have the possibility of disconnection?
What would 'connection' even mean to us- if there was no possibility of disconnection- its opposite? Point is, in the world, things are brought into definition- into experience and into definition- through the play of opposites and contrasts.
In the realm of time and space- where distance and difference are possible, and circumstances and conditions can (and do!) change, we might prefer one thing, or situation, to another. And that is all well and good- of course it is! But we come to accept that our preferences can exist because there are other ways available- or existing- too.
While we can honour our own particular direction in life- we can also accept that others are honouring theirs. This doesn't mean that we accept anything all of the time, though- 'out of respect for others.' Because we must respect ourselves, too. We can accept that all things exist, while staying true to our own way. We don't have to take 'other ways' upon ourselves. We each choose our focus.
What do you choose to focus on? This is how Life regulates itself- through will, direction, competition and cooperation. Life Itself is finding its way, as we find ours. This is how significant we each are as individuals- very!
We may be different on the surface- that may be true. But we may be the same underneath- that may be true, too. There are many layers of Truth- different levels and layers at play. It's not so much black and white, good and bad- though that may be true also, on one level of understanding, at some times and in some situations- as a very necessary standard to uphold.
Perhaps it's more like a dimmer switch. From dark to Light and back again. Or rather, from Light to dark and back again. Maybe it's the same thing? Or maybe very different. What comes first? Or both light-dark together- before the dualistic split? A unity, Totality, before the separation?
As I see it, Light is the Original Truth, and not darkness. As such, Light is what I wish to serve. This is not a denial of darkness. It is understood that light and dark exist in necessary contrast. This contrast could be framed as oppositional- or it could be framed as mutually supportive. It depends how you look at it. (Like Life!) E.g. 'There is a war between light against dark,' or, 'Light and dark are mutually supportive cycles, as in day and night.'
But, if we're talking about spiritual Light being the Source of everything and all... then just as there is Connection underneath (or 'beyond') 'disconnection and connection,' there is Light underneath (or 'beyond', or 'above') 'light and dark.' Consciousness is the Primary. Light is.
It is connection because it includes everything as an aspect of itself. The differentiation is contained within itself. Points of Light within Light. There is nothing outside itself. It is Light because it is Life- it is alive- and it is living. The primordial spark is there- is present. Life is not without its spark of Light. The spark of Light is Life.
In this living of One Life, of One Light, there are different gradations of the spectrum. The One Spectrum we're all on. Different places on it. As aspects of Love, Light, Aliveness, ourselves, we exist in different places on this spectrum.
Each one of us inhabits a different position in the time-space realm. A particular situated place, at a particular time in that place's history and our own personal becoming. And thus we see from different angles- different views- in different ways: The One Life Light We Are... each a separate spark of.
Each of us is an integral part of The Whole- that ultimately has no parts and is only Love- which is to say that... this is what You Are! Each of our lives exists HERE. This is our HOME. Whether we feel ourselves to be away from it or not.
While there may be conflict when we don't understand the deeper layer of Unity- or Oneness- there is more chance of harmony when we do. Because we understand that although each of us is different on the surface- and sometimes appearing at odds with one another- there is only One Life Here. Existing, in spectrum. A spectrum of variation. The spectrum of Life Itself. There is nothing else to be in service to.
From Light to dark and back again... through all the cycles... and at all the points...
Here. We. Are.
Welcome- to the play of Your Self.
This Great Consciousness- this Love- in motion.