合一 合氣道 Achievement of oneness Individuation  principium individuationis A completely natural and holistic healing process of psychological integration during the development of which the individual self evolves out of an undifferentiated unconscious – seen as a developmental psychic process during which innate elements of personality, the components of the immature psyche, and the experiences of the person's life become –should the process be successful, at least partly – integrated over time into a well-functioning whole. Other psychoanalytic theorists describe it as the stage in which an individual transcends group attachment and narcissistic self-absorption. Art by Alex Ruis "I would say that the thrust of my life has been initially about getting free, and then realizing that my freedom is not independent of everybody else. Then I am arriving at that circle where one works on oneself as a gift to other people so that one doesn't create more suffering. I help people as a work on myself and I work on myself to help people." — Ram Dass Tree of Knowledge  by Erica Wexler Sunday, March 13, 2022

"For all force, all power that is manifested in ourself is of the ONE source."   ECRL 1494-1

道德經

第三十九章

昔之得一者

天得一以清

地得一以寧

神得一以靈

谷得一以盈

萬物得一以生

侯王得一以為天下貞. 

其致之. 

天無以清 將恐裂.

地無以寧 將恐發.

神無以靈 將恐歇.

谷無以盈 將恐竭. 

萬物無以生將恐滅.

Chapter Thirty-nine (partial) translated by 劉啟軒 Liu Qixuan, 

Chapter 39 (2/3)

Achievement of oneness in the past includes:

The heaven that became clear,

The earth that became peaceful,

The soul that became sensitive,

And kings that became the world's leaders.

The following can be inferred:

Heaven will break

If it can by no means clear up;

The earth will be a wasteland

If it can by no means be peaceful;

The soul will die out

If it can by no means be sensitive

—  Chapter Thirty-nine translated by 顧正坤 Gu Zhengkun, Chapter 39 

"Among the ancient holders of the One:

Heaven that holds the One becomes clear and bright;

Earth that holds the One becomes steady;

Gods that hold the One become efficacious;

Valleys that hold the One become full;

All creatures that hold the One become alive;

Lords and leaders who hold the One become leaders of the human world.

By inference Heaven might split without what makes it clear and bright;

Earth might shake without what makes it steady;

Gods might disappear without what makes them efficacious;

Valleys might go dry without what makes them full;

All creatures might die out without what makes them alive;

Lords and kings might fall without what makes them leaders.

That is why the humble is the root of the noble,

And the high is based on the low.

That is why lords and kings call themselves "the solitary", "the few" and "the unkind".

Does not this take the humble as the root (of the noble)?

Does this not?

Hence the highest honour does not need honouring.

It is better, therefore, to be a hard stone than a beautiful piece of jade."