Guest Post by Barbara Sinor, PhD

Are you living in Oneness? The state of Oneness is an awareness of All That Is unfolding as a consciousness within you. Oneness is a choice to sense a complete vision of who you are, right now, in this moment as you read each word. When we feel at-one with ourselves, our moment on Earth, our place in the cosmos, we are living in Oneness. 

Oneness can be compared to Love. We all seek love. Love may manifest in different forms but true Love comes in knowing we can attain Oneness. John E. Welshons, a respected contemporary spiritual teacher and author states, “The love we seek in relationships exists inside us. It is not something another person—or group of persons—feeds into us. It exists at the very core of our own being.” When we begin to live in Oneness we touch this core where only Love resides. 

Welshons continues, “When we perceive ourselves as separate [from our Oneness], we are perceiving something that isn’t real. Separateness is the source of our most painful and frustrating human experiences… The only reason we don’t feel [Love] all the time is that our minds get in the way. We choose fear rather than Love. We choose anger rather than equanimity.“ The good news is we have the powerful ability to make choices at any time in our lives. We have the gift of freewill. Even when we believe we have no choices to move forward or away from fear, the past, unhappiness, addiction, or loss, there are always choices to do so if we look within and begin living in Oneness. 

Letting go of the past to move into the present and the realm of Oneness requires an active choice to release any negative input that dictates you cannot have the positive reality you desire. Many still believe in the old philosophy which states, “You made your bed, now you must lie in it.” These people truly believe they do not deserve to succeed in their life, that they have no choice but to follow their old path of suffering and hardship. You have the necessary tools to move beyond this type of negative outmoded patterning. 

If you find yourself identifying with this type of powerless thinking, make a conscious choice right now to release it. Write an affirmation of personal power in your Journal which allows you to let go of any negative ties with your ability to choose the present as you desire it to be. An example would be:  I let go of restricting thoughts which limit my ability to move into the present and live in Oneness. When you have decided on the wording of your affirmation, post it to a mirror, the refrigerator, and inside your car. Take the action necessary to allow yourself the freedom to release any limitations which are holding you back from the present reality and living in Oneness. 

As Welshons states, “Understanding the truth of our Oneness is a core principle in the heart of most great spiritual traditions.” It requires that we move beyond our past programming and re-write or re-create it into loving experiences filled with understanding, compassion, and joy. This can be accomplished on a daily basis as a ritual, in meditation and prayer, or consciously choosing to use the power of our freewill to move forward. Letting go of our past and the negative emotions attached to them will bring us closer to living in Oneness and experiencing Love which is all around us.

Barbara Sinor, PhD, is the author of Gifts from the Child Within, An Inspirational Guide for the Recovering Soul, and Addiction: What's Really Going on? In a Heroin Treatment Program. She is semi-retired and living in northern California with her husband and dog, Goldie.  Dr. Sinor is experienced in the media giving seminars and speaking engagements; writing articles for journals, magazines, and online web sites. Web site: www.DrSinor.com