Copyright 2014 by Blair Atherton
Is there spiritual kinship among all living things, especially people? The answer to this question depends on what you believe about the nature of our existence.
As indicated in previous entries to this blog, I believe that we exist as spirit and that we all come from the same Source. In spirit form, free of the physical body, all distinctions of race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, socioeconomic status and so forth disappear.
As children of God, we are all kindred spirits with sameness likened to identical twins. In spirit form, we all “look” alike, and when first born as spirit, we all have the same potential for spiritual development.
If we genuinely understood our spiritual kinship, then we would care for all people as we care for our husbands, wives, children, and so forth. We would never allow anyone to be cold, hungry, or thirsty.
There would be no envy, struggles for advantage or power, and no greed. Rather our love for all of our spirit kin would compel us to raise others up and fulfill their needs without hesitation or thought about ourselves.
I believe that all of humanity has a spiritual kinship. The challenge is not so much to come to this realization, but rather to live in a manner that reflects such a belief.
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I am learning this excellent point more and more. We are all one with God and one with each other. I believe realizing this makes it so much easier to build up others, because in essence you are then building up yourself as well. It goes the other way too. When we take ourselves to a higher level we are automatically taking others with us. It’s a win-win 🙂
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As Walt Whitman said, every atom that belongs to me as good belongs to you. The same concept applies physically and metaphysically. Thank you for applying this point to “kinship”; it’s the first I’ve read of this view using that terminology.
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Thanks for your comment John and welcome aboard. Your reference to atoms suggests that you might like my article in December 2013 titled We Exist in the Ethereal Spaces Between the Atoms. Also, I liked your blog on the expression of spirit in the workplace.
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