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The "EveryBody" Insider
Communicating the Concerns of Black People



 

One
By Bahati
4-14-2006
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Count to one.

Ok.

Now, be that way.

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One is a very fundamental concept and quantity. It is the base for counting in mathematics. It is the base for explaining many aspects of human activity, thought, and conversation.

When we communicate with one another, we share in common contemplation a set of thoughts and ideas. In the exchange of thoughts and ideas we become one.

When we breath in and breath out molecules of oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, etc. we become one in the effort of breathing to maintain life, existence and survival. We become one living breath.

When we struggle to overcome suffering. We become one in struggle even if we struggle within ourselves, with ourselves, against ourselves, within each other, with each other, and against each other.

Being one is simple yet complex. It is indeed easier to say we are one than to manifest the most productive characteristics of its implications.

We exist as one but act as many. We may think that two or more is more powerful than one. This mathematical aberration is perplexing. Surely, one is more powerful than two plus two million. Imagine the power of six billion working as one instead of six billion divided by six billion acting as six billion or more.

The maximum power is defined by one. One undivided is one. And, divided by nothing ( or zero) is the approximation of infinity.

One must awaken before one may crawl and one must crawl before one can walk.

One's first step is to awaken the consciousness of one. One is complex in that the process of being one seems to be elusive. For if one could manage to be one, one would be most powerful. Perhaps this is the reason that it is so challenging to be one, act as one, think as one and live as one.

On the other hand we ARE one but are unconscious of our oneness. We are one in unconscious and thus possess power of one unconsciously. When we become conscious of our oneness, we may achieve what we may as one.

We may busy ourselves with thoughts of 10 zillion decimals places for the number pi (p) or counting to any number, however we seldom stop at one and contemplate the awesome power of the one single profound digit. In search of higher powers, one misses the power of one and goes on a long journey to anywhere but oneness.

Count to one; and; be one. One is whole. It is full. It is strong.

One team in a game can scarcely imagine operating productively as six zillion instead of one. One team, one goal, one mind, one breath, one sweat, one love and one beingness is the essence of the strength of one team in a game. Yet, even in competition the two opposing teams become one in the game. There is no game and no excitement if the two do not act as one in sweat, struggle, respect, and love for the one experience. Yet thoughts of defeat divide one into many.

Greatness is perceived to consist of preference for one and not the other. Greatness is not perceived to consist of preference for one and the other.

It is such as this that may divide mind from heart; conscience from body; body from mind; mind from conscience, heart from body; and conscience from heart. This is not to mention the other attributes which may also be divided. One is more powerful when mind, heart, body, and conscience are one.

The perfect one is symbollic of the nature of the highest order and ordering.

If one may model itself toward the model of the perfect one, one may improve oneness.

If one may count toward the perfect one, one may be virtuous and wise.

If one may love toward the perfect one, one may be peaceful and compassionate.

Thus, one is both loving and wise simultaneously. The mind and heart become one with the body and conscience which harmonize as one.

Any one can count to many imperfect and divided one's.

The wise and loving strive to count to one and only one while thinking, conversing and acting as one.

The perfect one defines one and guides one toward the highest power of one.

The pursuit of many is divided among everything. Thus, it is small to nothing in magnitude..

The pursuit of one is divided by nothing. Thus, it is large to infinite in magnitude.

Advice.

Count to ONE - ok. Now BE THAT WAY!

 

 

 


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