being one

Aha! I think I finally wrapped my head around the premise of being one with God and the universe! Another step on my spiritual journey.

Yesterday I listened to a 1981 BBC interview of Ram Dass. He is an interesting character. The description he gave somehow made a lot of sense to me.

Paraphrasing.. Many planes of awareness.
First– separate, your body and my body.
Second– psychological, your personality and my personality.
Third– astrological, Gemini, Pisces, etc.
Fourth– individual differences, when I look into your eyes I see another human being just like me but with different packaging.
Fifth– being One, when I look into your eyes I see myself looking at myself looking at myself. We are One, all in costume delighting to be the many.

Going from the many into the One back into the many, to experience individual aspects of Itself. All planes of awareness are equally important.

Now that I have written it all out, I don't feel the same certainty I did at first. Still, I'm excited to explore these ideas further. What do you think?