the original unity

The mind operates by dividing the original unity of the world and interpreting the resulting pieces. That's a big statement for the start of a short inquiry, so I'll ask you to read it a few times, if not right now, then immediately after reaching the end.

Once the mind breaks the original unity of the world into pieces, it begins casting a spell over us, and generally we succumb to it. There's a good chance we are succumbing to it now. It would be perfectly normal, but it may not be what we want most as spiritual beings.

The spell the mind casts is to make us believe in the pieces. There's nothing wrong with creating them. In fact, that's the mind's job. The mind is supposed to operate that way. It is following its nature when it divides things up and tries to gain a sharper view.

The problem is the pieces are not the deepest reality. They are not the deepest truth. The deepest truth is the original unity, a fact we tend to lose sight of as our minds do their job. In most cases we lose sight of it to the point of forgetting it completely.

Once we forget, we fall under the spell. Forgetting the original unity is the spell. Some people call it a trance. It's a restless state that always wants more. It's an emphasis on having more, becoming more, making things different, and overcoming adversity.

Those are natural responses to life when we're under the spell. They are all a masked quest to reconnect with the original unity of all things, to remember it again. But they don't deliver that result, and never can. They perpetuate division by believing in it.