Q&A with the Authors of One discussion

The authors will discuss why/how they became a part of the series.

Unity - In Union With

Good start! Thanks for joining Ron. I am looking forward to some good questions from readers!

You can view it as a unity of the spirit, or if you are a Christian as a unity in Christ.


"That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us (John 17:21)."

Still, all the great faiths of the world, hold within them this concept of unity, of oneness.

All beings are in relationship with one another. Indeed, our life and the reality we experience moment to moment is arising through our relationships with one another, with all of creation.

As a Christian, I want to use the language and symbols that I know and love so well, and add that what is drawing us together is the life giving presence of the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit who is actively at work within the world.

Jesus tells us in John 4:24: "God is a Spirit and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth." And in 1 John 8:16: “God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them.”


And then to recognize that it is this universal spirit of love (God) who is literally calling us into a relationship with one another and into the fullness of our humanity, the full potential of our human life, which after all is a gift from the Divine, from God. However, you may understand God as the Ultimate Divine Mystery.

Mark wrote: "The authors will discuss why/how they became a part of the series."

Blessed to be a part of this group! Thank you kindly for including me!

As strange as it may sound to me "One" is NOT about similarities, it is not about uniqueness, and it is not about exclusivity.

One is about acknowledgement and celebration of differences; it is about accepting, respecting and welcoming diversities; it is about proper unification of diverse entities to form an inclusive multipurpose unit.

Though it may sound unique, I did not come up with that idea myself, I learned it from observing what makes you or what builds me: our cells. I lost some of my dearest ones to the deadly Cancer each time a single cell in this crowded universe preferred exclusivity over inclusivity and started ignoring and stopped collaborating with the ones that differed from them. Whilst, through this very basic understanding that inclusivity is what makes ‘One’, cells have evolved from being one of the most basic form of life, Amoeba, to this complicated life unite, us; the Human being.