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Unity Quotes Sound is one of the most effective ways of going beyond separation. (Jill Purce) Synchronised movement/dance with others creates trust and unity. It enables survival, builds community. (See BBC, posted and acccessed 5 June 2018) No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite. (Nelson Mandela) Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. (Matthew 22: 35-40; also see The Great(est) Commandment) Regardless of who wins the Academy Award for best foreign language film on Sunday, we refuse to think in terms of borders. We believe there is no best country, best gender, best religion or best colour. We want this award to stand as a symbol of the unity between nations and the freedom of the arts. (Joint statement denouncing the current "climate of fanaticism and nationalism” by all the 2017 Oscar nominees for best foreign language film, cited at BBC, posted and accessed 25 February 2017) I think we all just need to realize that we’re all human and living on the same Earth, and we need to start working together before we don’t have nothing. (Leslie Jones, 3m44s, posted and accessed 3 June 2020) In the past there was too much emphasis on my continent, my nation, my religion. Now that thinking is out of date. Now we really need a sense of oneness of seven billion human beings. (Dalai Lama cited at BBC, posted 13 June 2020, accessed 14 June 2020) We are all Africans, and since the bulk of the human population no longer lives in Africa, we are nearly all descended from immigrants. (Natural History Museum, 99% Ape: How Evolution Adds Up, p.4) There are no nations! There is only humanity. And if we don’t come to understand that right soon, there will be no nations, because there will be no humanity. (Isaac Asimov) The world is my true nation, and its people my family. (Yunus Emre, Turkish mystic/poet) We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided. (JK Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) Unity is strength... Division is fatal. (Mick Lynch, 6m35s, posted and accessed 16 December 2022) Unity is strength, division is weakness. (African/Swahili proverb) United we stand, divided we fall. (Aesop) All for one, and one for all. (Motto for those with a great cause) We have more in common than that which divides us. (Jo Cox MP in her first speech to Parliament) There is more that connects us as humanity than separates us and whether or not we realize it, we reach for music in order to find those bridges of connection. (Niyaz, The Best of Niyaz album cover) We can all get more together than we can apart. And this is the way we gain power. Power is the ability to achieve purpose, power is the ability to affect change, and we need power. (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.) When human beings attack and destroy one another, they are working against the Creator. Even if God has created them different, these differences must never serve as a pretext for fighting one another. In the eyes of God, nothing justifies hatred for a certain race or people, or the desire to enslave a social class. All living beings were born of God, and he suffers as a result of their clashes. Human beings have adopted a philosophy of separateness in the name of interests they claim to be superior, but which in fact are only inspired by their selfishness and shortsightedness. The defence of these interests goes against the interests of all creation, and it will be their downfall. The true interests of humanity and those of the Divinity are one and the same, and only when they unite will blessings come to pass for all. (O.M. Aïvanhov) Be on the lookout for the ways your special skills can serve what the world needs. Because we are the ones we’ve been waiting for. (The Story of Stuff email 9 September 2017) How many years has it taken people to realize that we are all brothers and sisters and human beings in the human race? I mean how many years does it take people to see that? We're all in this rat race together! (Marsha P. Johnson) Some unity quotes by Anandamayi Ma:-
In order to understand what true religion is, human beings must draw closer to the light, warmth and life of the sun. That is to say, they must seek the wisdom which enlightens them and resolves all problems, the disinterested love which beautifies, encourages and consoles them, and the subtle, spiritual life which renders them active, dynamic and daring, so that they may create the kingdom of God and his justice on earth. And no one can destroy this religion: anyone who tries to combat it will only weaken and disfigure themselves. When this understanding of a universal religion penetrates every mind, the whole organisation of life will become universal: there will be no more separation between human beings, no more borders or wars. As they come to know the sun in its sublime expression of light, warmth and life, human beings will draw closer and closer to the divine, and they will transform the earth into a garden of paradise where all will live as brothers and sisters. Everyone must accept this universal religion which the sun teaches us. (O.M. Aïvanhov) [Also see Solar Culture & Sun.] The ocean refuses no river, no river The open heart refuses no part of me, no part of you. I am one with all that is, one with all; All that is, is one with me, one with all. (Sufi chant) In our mortal maze we stand
alone,
Forgetting for a moment our way home, But we are the Earth, the Moon, the Stars, the Sun. We are many, we are special, we are one. We are one, we are one, we are one, we are one... One is Love, and Love is one vibration. One is joy and joy begets creation. One hundred million fires inside the Sun. One is who we are, and we are one. We are one, we are one, we are one, we are one, We are one, we are one, we are one, we are one. (Lyrics from We Are One by Asha) It is really difficult for human beings to truly know themselves – they represent such an immense and diverse world. Having been made in God's image, humans are found throughout Creation. And because they are unaware of this, their life is very difficult. Particularly when they clash with others and bump things without knowing that these other people are part of them and that they are part of others. This truth is the basis of moral code. All laws about respect and love of one's neighbour are based on the fact that what people do to others, they also do to themselves. Even if they are not aware of this due to their limited and obscured consciousness, the suffering they inflict on their fellow humans also affects them; by destroying something in others, they unknowingly destroy something in themselves. So often they feel faint or experience various disorders without knowing the reason why. These are simply the repercussions of the harm they thought they had only done to others. (O.M. Aïvanhov) Pachamama, I'm coming home
To the place where I belong Pachamama, I'm coming home, To the place where I belong! I want to be free, so free Like the dolphin in the sea Like the flowers and the bees Like the birds in the trees I want to fly high, so high Like an eagle in the sky and when my time has come I'm gonna lay down and die and when my time has come I'm gonna rise up and fly Pachamama I'm coming home To the place where I belong Pachamama, I'm coming home, To the place where I belong! I want to be free, be me Be the being that I see Not to rise and not to fall Being one and loving all There's no high There's no low There is no place I should go Just inside a little star Telling me, be as you are. Just inside a little star telling me - be as you are. Pachamama I'm coming home To the place where I belong Pachamama, I'm coming home, To the place where I belong! (Pachamama I'm coming home lyrics by Ronny Hickel) [Pachamama is our Earth Mother] [Alan Watts:] In several of his later publications, especially Beyond Theology and The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are, Watts put forward a worldview, drawing on Hinduism, Chinese philosophy, pantheism or panentheism, and modern science, in which he maintains that the whole universe consists of a cosmic Self playing hide-and-seek (Lila); hiding from itself (Maya) by becoming all the living and non-living things in the universe and forgetting what it really is – the upshot being that we are all IT in disguise. In this worldview, Watts asserts that our conception of ourselves as an "ego in a bag of skin," or "skin-encapsulated ego" is a myth; the entities we call the separate "things" are merely aspects or features of the whole. (Adapted from Wikipedia, accessed 14 June 2018) When people go within to connect to themselves, they realize they are connected… to all living things. (Armand DiMele) Human beings are more alike than we are un-alike and let us see that and not only cherish but delight in the differences because the differences are superficial and they should delight us. (Maya Angelou) The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness, with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the universe dwells Wakan-Tanka [The Great Spirit or Great Mystery], and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us. This is the real peace, and the others are but reflections of this. The second peace is that which is made between two individuals, and the third is that which is made between two nations. But above all you should understand that there can never be peace between nations until there is known that true peace, which, as I have often said, is within the souls of men. (Black Elk) I was standing on the highest mountain of them all, and round about beneath me was the whole hoop of the world. And while I stood there I saw more than I can tell and I understood more than I saw; for I was seeing in a sacred manner the shapes of all things in the spirit, and the shape of all shapes as they must live together like one being. And I saw the sacred hoop of my people was one of the many hoops that made one circle, wide as daylight and as starlight, and in the centre grew one mighty flowering tree to shelter all the children of one mother and one father. And I saw that it was holy. (Black Elk) No matter how different we appear, we're all the same in our struggle against the powers of evil and darkness. (Princess Leia Organa, The Star Wars Holiday Special, 1h31m5s, to the Wookiees on their ‘Life Day’) Pink is a colour of Love and Unity. Colour meanings give pink as the colour of universal or unconditional love. Indeed, pink has been used to calm very angry people (see here, here). So, how is pink linked to Unity? Well, inspired by watching the pop song Pynk by Janelle Monáe, I thought that - no matter what our surface skin is coloured - one human commonality is that we all have pink skin (e.g. in our vulvas or in our penises). Even many (closely-related) animals have pink skin under their fur. Then I read (Wikipedia, accessed 8 April 2019) Monáe described her song as: "a celebration of creation, self love, sexuality and pussy power", and that the color pink "unites all of humanity" because it is the color "found in the deepest and darkest nooks and crannies of humans everywhere." We Refugees Our country is the whole world How can someone have only one country when the earth is the same in each part If they ask me, why I came here I will say "I got confused, I thought it was my home" Our country is the whole world (Adapted from Nail Hit n' Run Productions, posted 26 March 2016, accessed 26 October 2020) In the realm of politics and economics, when people call for unity, it almost always comprises alliances based on selfish interests, somewhat like those of bandits who unite in order to carry out their attacks? Although this is obviously not unity in the true sense of the word, this is how people think of it – as banding together to pounce on others to expel or even annihilate them. When the citizens of a country say, ‘Let’s unite!’ and the only goal of their union is to attack their neighbour instead of getting along with them, they cannot genuinely speak of unity. True unity is meant to be all-encompassing. If an organ in the human body establishes unity in itself but fails to work in harmony with the others, it will perhaps feel fine, but the others will suffer, and unity will thus be compromised. When we speak of unity, we are referring to a universal, cosmic unity which excludes nothing and no-one. But this unity must first of all be established within ourselves: all our cells, all our inclinations must be directed towards God. Our efforts to bring this about will be reflected in all other entities, humans and all the little scattered entities will come together to create one universal whole. (O.M. Aïvanhov) There is no way of locking others out that doesn't also lock us in. (Alex Andreou, The Guardian, posted 18 February 2015, accessed 31 October 2020) If the cells of our body were fully conscious of themselves, they would feel distinct from each other, for depending on which organ they belong to, their functions vary. The heart works in one way, the liver, the stomach and the kidneys in other ways. But if these same cells were able to go one step further in their understanding they would see that they are all embraced and united by one single being – a human being. The same can be said of human beings: each one represents a cell of the great cosmic body. Yes, the Creator is the only being who really exists, and humans are the scattered cells of His body. But as the consciousness of these cells is not united, they oppose and clash with each other. Humans believe their struggles and confrontations are justified, and are sometimes even proud of them when they think they are defending some great cause. Well no, there is really nothing to be proud of; their conflicts are simply the result of their ignorance – they do not realize that they belong to the one great body of God. (O.M. Aïvanhov) How can a group of humans become a mixed race when we were all one to start with?? It only happens with the lie that we are separate. (Bruce Mitchell, 6 August 2022) Pilgrimage to the place of the wise is to find escape from the flame of separateness. (Rumi) Lady spin your circle bright. Weave your web of dark and light. Earth, air, fire and water. Bind us all as one. (Ancient Pagan chant; listen here) To touch and hold somebody, it’s not just about affection, it’s saying we are together. (Mónica Silva, Peruvian dance therapist/choreographer, quoted in The Guardian, posted and accessed 6 January 2023) I do want to be a panda, because you're black, you are white, and you are Asian. So if everybody is panda, literally this world will live in peace. It's not a dream any more. (East Asian woman, BBC/YouTube, 5m55s, posted 30 January 2018, accessed 22 September 2021) Although all dualities arise from the One, do not be attached even to ideas of this One. (Sengcan, the Third Chinese Patriarch of Zen, excerpt from Xinxin Ming) When the Initiates speak of unity they are not advocating uniformity. They are not saying that we should all have exactly the same thoughts, desires, tastes and activities. Life offers an extraordinarily wide variety of possibilities, and we should look for unity only in the essential aspects. Human beings are made up of three fundamental principles: mind, heart and will. The mind needs light (knowledge); the heart needs warmth (love); and the will needs to act in an attempt to manifest the light of the mind and the warmth of the heart. It is in this sense that human beings are identical: their basic structure is the same, and their needs and aspirations correspond to that structure. Whether they are aware of this or not, whether they accept the idea or not, this is the truth of their being, and it is in this direction that they must all work. (O.M. Aïvanhov) All religions, all this singing, one song. The differences are just illusion and vanity. The sun’s light looks a little different on this wall than it does on that wall, and a lot different on this other one, but it’s still one light. (Rumi) The one true religion is the solar religion. This does not mean that other religions are false or bad. No, but they are true only to the extent to which they coincide with the solar religion. How many religions are there in the world about which we know practically nothing! And how many more have disappeared or are destined to disappear! Even the Christian religion may disappear but, if it takes its inspiration from the solar religion, it will be born again in another form, for – although Christians have never understood this – the religion brought by Jesus was a solar religion. For example, when Jesus said, ‘Be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect’, how could we have any notion of perfection if we do not take the sun as our model? If you want to become truly perfect, the only possible being that can serve as a model is the sun. Not the saints, not even the Initiates. The saints and Initiates can certainly give us an example of great virtue, but they know that they are as nothing compared with the sun. This is why their bearing is always humble; they bow before the sun. They know that whatever they do, their light, warmth and life can never compare with the light, warmth and life of the sun. (O.M. Aïvanhov) |
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