It is our feeling and recognition of separation that takes us further from who we are as our true self and also further from our view of ourselves as a joined collective, which comes from one Divine Source.

I have found very few people in my lifetime that I can relate to. Maybe one, and at times, two. I practice and attempt mightily to live yoga in my life. The true yoga, that strives for union of soul with Spirit, above all else, and all the practices that lead to that restoration. Yet, as this takes me closer to Divine Source, I feel less and less connected to others, instead of feeling closer to them. It is as if the separation between ‘them’ and ‘me’ widens. I feel an understanding of what they share, but I feel further away from them knowing that, as my life is becoming less attached to a physical state of consciousness, and led mostly by intuition. I can say I have been this way all my life, but now I also consciously practice it, to strive for that yoga perfection.

Will it come to pass that a state occurs, a tipping point, in which instead of feeling repelled and distanced to others, the more I branch away from this current nature of life, I will see them as they truly are (even though they may not see themselves that way) and then feel that joyful connection to them? This, regardless of how they feel about me, or what they do in their lives(!). This is a belief I am now putting into a real life experiment to prove its validity and to know its truth. I am excited about very few things in my life. Not because there is nothing to be excited about. Just because I am not inwardly attached to the goings on. One way or another. BUT…I am kind of excited about the prospect of seeing people in a totally different light. At this time, I see them as the personification of themselves, and sometimes I inwardly talk to them through their souls, which are often very different than the person they are conveying themselves to be! But this does not bring me to always feel that affectionate connection to another. They are so attached to their ‘trip’ or to their attempt to escape life by taking one, that there’s little in common we have.

I suspect I will see another aspect of my self manifest in awareness as this experiment progresses. I am somewhat at the mercy of God to validate my results, as that yogic state is a gift from that Big Guy in the Sky, more than anything else. But, I am committed to doing the ‘anything else’ part to the best of my ability.

Maybe others are doing the same experiment? And we will find the same results! Then I will have found some comrades! I would be excited about this, too! See you on the bright side…