Shared Reality

When searching for the etymology of "real," we discover that the algorithms of the search engine informs us that people also ask, 'What is the etymology of truth?' Perhaps, rather than being so concerned with having a defined set of objects that we all agree are present in all of our lives, we would experience greater connection by all of us Seeking Truth. In this way, we might acknowledge our Deep Truth.

>"1580s, "to apportion to someone as his share; to apportion out to others; to enjoy or suffer (something) with others," from share (n.1). Meaning "to divide one's own and give part to others" is recorded from 1590s. Meaning "confess one's sins openly" (1932, implied in sharing) is from "the language of Moral Rearmament" [OED]." > Etymology of share

You are a manifestation of me, just as much as I am a manifestation of you, because you and me are the same. The "I am" has been shared across many forms of living systems, small and large, visible and invisible, known and unknown. This is the fundamental interconnection of all living systems of which we are a part and the whole.

We are all linked by a fabric of unseen connections. David Bohm

>"I am the society that I criticise." > David Bohm

We already have in common what is important; we are all alive. We all aspire to be a part of a common-unity, community, but forget what we have in common. Instead, we have created a divided, divisive, disconnected construct that we call the world, where there is "my world" and "your world." In reality, however, there is only, "our world."

>"In the enfolded order, space and time are no longer the dominant factors determining the relationships of dependence or independence of different elements." > David Bohm

>"... wholeness is what is real... fragmentation is the response of this whole to man’s action, guided by illusory perception, which is shaped by fragmentary thought. In other words, it is just because reality is whole that man, with his fragmentary approach, will inevitably be answered with a correspondingly fragmentary response. So what is needed is for man to give attention to his habit of fragmentary thought, to be aware of it, and thus bring it to an end. Man’s approach to reality may then be whole, and so the response will be whole." > David Bohm, p9

We are creating a shared reality of fragmentation through the lack of intentionality in our choices. When we allow ourselves to truly sense, feel and experience the wholeness of our being, we choose differently. Our language, our creative expression, our thoughts are moved by a more Holonic way of being.

We can change the human experience to one of wholeness by being whole ourselves.