Question 206: How does living in oneness help the world?
All the people in the world contribute to the mass consciousness that largely determines the social and environmental conditions on Earth. Our Creator Spirit gave us a planet to live on and gave us free will to co-create the conditions on Earth. Over an unknown number of generations, we have made and shaped life on Earth. We can’t ask God to suddenly change our conditions because that would take away our free will. We have to influence the mass consciousness to change our conditions. But how do we do that? Sometimes one person can have enough influence to change the mass consciousness. Jesus, Buddha, Krishna, Confucius, Lao Tse, and Mohammed are examples of religious figures who have changed the masses. Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, and Charles Darwin are three scientists who have changed the masses. Sometimes it has been dictators and tyrants who have changed the world. Sometimes it has been philosophers, entertainers, philanthropists, inventors, and pioneers who have changed the world. So, even one individual can greatly affect the mass consciousness.
For most of us, however, we won’t make much of a difference in the mass consciousness. Nevertheless, everything we do as individuals contributes to the quality of the mass mind. By living with the realization of the oneness of all life and living by the golden rule we uplift life on earth. The golden rule has been recognized and preached long before Jesus came to reinforce the concept, but the world, in general, does not live consistently by this rule. We still have a long way to go to infuse the mass consciousness with the awareness of the oneness of all life. We are trending in that direction. We have the momentum. We can all contribute to this momentum by daily living by the golden rule.
When people say, “Where is God in all these tragedies that happen on earth?” we can remember that it is up to us to be the expressions of God’s love and compassion on earth. We can all do our part. Some of us may even have a major influence on the mass consciousness.
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“There is almost a sensual longing for communion with others who have a large vision. The immense fulfillment of the friendship between those engaged in furthering the evolution of consciousness has a quality impossible to describe.” ~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
“The key to growth is the production of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.” ~ Lao Tzu
“Today, it is more important than ever to raise human consciousness, so that technology becomes a means of empowerment, not destruction.” ~ Sadhguru
“You are not limited to this body, to this mind, or to this reality — you are a limitless ocean of Consciousness, imbued with infinite potential. You are existence itself.” ~ Joseph P. Kauffman
