This felicitous supposition declared that there is only one Individual, and that this indivisible Individual is every one of the separate beings in the universe, and that these beings are the instruments and masks of divinity itself.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A mystical idea suggests everyone is part of one indivisible individual who serves as a mask for divinity.
- In plain terms
- All people are really one being wearing different masks of God.
- What can you take from it?
- Recognize the shared spiritual essence underlying individual identities.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Are we fundamentally one or many?
- What is the mask of divinity?
Another view
This view may ignore genuine individual suffering or distinction.
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