The Great Heresy

"The great heresy, and the only real heresy, is the idea that anything is separate, distinct, and different essentially from other things."

-- G. de Purucker

Heresy, as the word is usually used, just means a deviation from the status quo, a departure from the party line. A heretic is someone who dares to think for him, or her, self, rather than march in cognitive lockstep with the powers that be.

What GdP points out to us here is that there's really only one Great Truth, and so only one real heresy. The Great Truth, the only Universal Truth, is that we are all One. Thus it follows that the only real heresy is to posit separation, to emphasize difference and distinction over Unity.

It's like the old hymn says, "We are one in the Spirit; we are one in the Lord." Not just you and me and baby makes three, but all sentient beings, all life forms, are in essence the same God Stuff. Whether you're nodding in agreement, or shaking your head in disbelief, the fact is that most of us are heretics on a daily basis. That is, we don't act as if everything is essentially the same. We, instead, use our time, energy, and intelligence to focus upon surface level differences -- race, gender, political affiliation, sexual orientation, level of education, religious indoctrination, etc.

So, just for today, experiment with looking deeper. Experiment with seeing and feeling the Unity, rather than creating the separation. Don't worry -- your mind won't lose it's ability to discriminate! You won't mistake Arnold Schwartzenegger for Hannah Montana, or your romantic partner for the family dog. What you will do, what you can do, is balance the cognitive mind's ability to emphasize difference with the intuitive mind's ability to perceive Oneness. And when you do, you will finally know that, indeed, we are all in this together.