The Direction of Intention

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Today in class Alan asked a great question about the intersection of oneness and differentiation. He simply asked, “How do you understand these energies?”

At first glance these two words seem like opposite ends of a spectrum when, in fact, they play together in ways that are as necessary as two related words, doing and being. Can you ever “do” without “being?” Can you ever “be” without “doing?” Can your intellect be in opposition to your intuition if you don’t pit them against each other?

The distinctions are artificial yet we’ve built an entire system of belief based on the notion opposition – and so we experience our lives in terms of opposition.

The same is true with oneness and differentiation. They are more points-of-view than ends of a spectrum. By now you’ve likely watched neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor’s TED talk or read her book in which she recounts her experience of having a stroke. Her encounter during the stroke of shifting from the differentiation of her left hemisphere to the unity and oneness of her right; recognizing the necessity of both working together in concert to create what we know as perception. Unity without differentiation is as useless as individual without community.

There is a sweet spot, a place where both come together. As Alan asked today, “Why not be in both at the same time?” That is where the power happens.

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