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True Independence (part one) revised
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The Collective Experience of all things is intertwined with each others in an inseparable manner; it is inseparable because it is not separate: It is One; and Oneness is the truth of what is. Yet, let us step away from this Oneness and look at things in aspect form. The aspect of human individuality is also the truth. The aspect that someone is not, at least to all appearances, a tree or a cat is also very real. The point is that the Life Experience contains different but very real and very contradictory elements; elements such as the fact that We Are All One Thing and the fact that we are individuals do seem to oppose. Still, if we look at things as aspects, even contradictory aspects, of a whole truth then they do not oppose at all - they complete. The fact is that one cannot put any emphasis on any particular aspect without becoming off balanced. This off balancing comes because Life is meant to be viewed as the whole that it is with all its individual parts. It is in the individual’s desire to realize and act as a member, as an individual part of the whole, that one can fully realize and actualize oneself. It is only when the individual accepts Collective Interdependence that one finds true Independence. As animals breathe out carbon dioxide, which is harmful to them at high levels, trees breathe in this very vital element and release oxygen for the animals. The moon’s magnetic energies play a huge part in the flow of tides. The earth revolves around the sun in an interplay of day and night, warm and cold, and season to season. Dead things decompose and offer new life energies to the Earth. All these examples demonstrate that in all of Life’s different aspects there is a Cosmic Dance; a Dance in which everyone and everything plays a part. Sometimes someone is the lead and sometimes they follow; yet, to lead is to follow. There is no stopping this Dance; it is forever. Some aspect of the individual aspect will be eternally waltzing with another forever. The Interdependent Jamboree never ends.
