Reality can perhaps be considered as this:
Yes — we all do come from one common Source. This Source is the singularity that contains all possibilities, all opposites, every spoke on the Wheel.
God is a playwright, from which every character, conflict, hero, villain, love interest ad infinitum extends. The act of creation necessarily involves the act of division. After every gestation period, the birth of an idea requires it to be separated from its mental womb.
Spiritualists speak to us of the shared unity of all of mankind. One common source shared by all, despite any seeming separateness. But this does not negate that, still yet, here we are in this great tragedy/comedy/dramatic performance, each taking the stage as different characters. Despite us all having originated from the same hand holding the very same pen, here we are still yet — written in, with a definite beginning and definite end.
So, then, what is the purpose of our spiritualists who tell us that this supposed division and blink of an eye that is our entire life with its definite expiration date is illusory? Why do they tell us that we are all one, from one source, back to one source?
Perhaps it is the equivalent of the reassuring hand of a friend in the midst of a horror film telling us “it’s just a movie.” Then, we can relax a bit and sit back — not walk out of the movie theater, but remain, and find enjoyment in it through every high and low —
THE CLOSET MYSTIC 