TheWheelSimplyTurns  February 27 2014  (Thanks, Brad)

Our fingers seem separate ― they appear to be individual.

Yet they are extensions of the same hand, are they not?

This principle applies to us, also.

On the relative level, we appear as separate beings.

On the ultimate level, there are truly no beings, only being itself.

We may appear to live separate lives, but what we really are is life itself ― this is our essence, our very nature.

This is the meaning of the ankh ― life itself.

This is likewise the meaning of the Vine and the Branches metaphor in the Holy Bible.

This is what all the great masters, throughout the ages, have been trying to teach you.

The teachings may appear different, in the same way we appear different.

But we’re not different, we share the same nature.

Could this be any clearer?