Do we have to become one with the universe?

Answer 1

You cannot become what you already are.

Answer 2

Its a very common misconception that to be a spiritual person you have to become one with the universe. But what the hell does it mean and how the can we understand it? Practically - what does it entail? Is it really something we can talk about?

I don't think so. A friend on mine says we spend so much of our lives thinking in terms of duality that we lose touch with anything else. Duality is how we experience the universe - you / me; in / out; black / white; good / evil; winner / loser etc.

These dualistic ways of experiencing the universe .... or even just this life leads us to make dogmatic and immature decisions about what's going on. The truth is we have to look at ways of overcoming duality - life is not just black or white - its glorious technicolour.

Answer 3

I don't suppose it's obligatory, but you need a certain level of understanding. We're all made of the same molecules that make up the universe and it helps to understand that we're all pieces of the same puzzle. The universe is our ultimate mother, it gave birth to us and helped us grow as a species. Understanding that and accepting that, although you're only one small part of the machine, you're just as important as all the other parts, makes for a calmer, happier life, which in turn positively affects those around you.

Answer 4

"Then I will tell you a great secret, Captain. Perhaps the greatest of all time. The molecules of your body are the same molecules that make up this station and the nebula outside, that burn inside the stars themselves. We are starstuff, we are the universe made manifest, trying to figure itself out. As we have both learned, sometimes the universe requires a change of perspective."

Babylon 5, Ambassador Delenn, A Distant Star

Answer 5

No, because we already ARE one with the Universe. We are a piece of it, so we do not have to become one with that with which we already share energy.

Answer 6

we are a part of universe, already.

We breathe ,eat ,and die in a universe.

I believe, the essence of universe is not the material.

Its happiness or love.

Thats why we can enjoy more what the universe gives us when we are happy or in love .

when we are happy even the sunshine looks more beautiful even a sip of water tastes better.

So to become one with the universe means to be happy or to love.

Do we have to be happy ? OF COURSE.

Answer 7

Yes.You are already a part of it.
Some notions I draw from Hinduism, to explain this.

Who is God? Where is God? How can I come to know God?"

God has no names, but all names are the names of God. Whether you call Him this or that, He remains Who He is. But in our tradition we call God by the loving name Siva, which is only one of His 1,008 traditional names. Supreme God Siva is both within us and outside of us. Even desire, the fulfillment of desire, the joy, the pain, the sorrow, birth and death -- this is all Siva, nothing but Siva. This is hard to believe for the unenlightened individual who cannot see how a good, kind and loving God could create pain and sorrow. Actually, we find that Siva did not -- not in the sense that is commonly thought. God gave the law of karma, decreeing that each energy sent into motion returns with equal force.

In looking closely at this natural law, we can see that we create our own joy, our own pain, our own sorrow and our own release from sorrow. Yet we could not even do this except for the power and existence of our loving Lord. It takes much meditation to find God Siva in all things, through all things. In this striving -- as in perfecting any art or science -- regular daily disciplines must be faithfully adhered to.

Siva is the immanent personal Lord, and He is transcendent Reality. Siva is a God of love, boundless love. He loves each and every one. Each soul is created by Him and guided by Him through life. God Siva is everywhere. There is no place where Siva is not. He is in you. He is in this temple. He is in the trees. He is in the sky, in the clouds, in the planets. He is the galaxies swirling in space and the space between galaxies, too. He is the universe. His cosmic dance of creation, preservation and dissolution is happening this very moment in every atom of the universe. God Siva is, and is in all things. He permeates all things. He is immanent, with a beautiful form, a human-like form which can actually be seen and has been seen by many people in visions. He is also transcendent, beyond time, cause and space.

That is almost too much for the mind to comprehend, isn't it? Therefore, we have to meditate on these things. God Siva is so close to us. Where does He live? In the Third World. And in this form He can talk and think and love and receive our prayers and guide our karma. He commands vast numbers of devas who go forth to do His will all over the world, all over the galaxy, throughout the universe. These are matters told to us by the rishis; and we have discovered them in our own meditations. So always worship this great God. Never fear Him. He is the Self of your self. He is closer than your own breath. His nature is love, and if you worship Him with devotion you will know love and be loving toward others. Devotees of God Siva love everyone.

This is how God Siva can be seen everywhere and in everyone. He is there as the Soul of each soul. You can open your inner eye and see Him in others, see Him in the world as the world. Little by little, discipline yourself to meditate at the same time each day. Meditate, discover the silent center of yourself, then go deep within, to the core of your real Being. Slowly the purity comes. Slowly the awakening comes.

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Answer 8

About the most we can muster is realization of the oneness of humanity and all that implies. Even that is difficult, but it's possible and beneficial to all. When enough of us live the reality of the oneness of humanity, we will be the change we want to see happen. We will make decisions individually and collectively that transform civilization as we know it, and reciprocally, that civilization will transform us.

Answer 9

we are one with the universe we are part of it after all not seperate. but if you meen make some type of special effort to know exoteric or esoteric things then no we just have to know ourselves. i once heard let go of knowing everything and you will know everything, the trick is to let go of the want

Answer 10

The heavier elements that make up your body were made in a star going supernova billions of years ago. You are one with the Universe.

Answer 11

That sounds like it would be very difficult and painful to do... I'm pretty sure I don't have enough mass to be one with the universe, even if I were atomized and spread real thin.