I cannot respect yours.

Until I experience and cherish my separateness,

I cannot be ONE.

Until I experience ONENESS with God, I cannot fully individuate--I cannot be fully myself.

Some people are lucky. They experience this oneness in their mother's arms and carry it with them forever. But I am not so lucky. I have forgotten this sweetness. So I seek surrogate experiences, that never fully satisfy me.

In order to be separate, I must be complete. In order to respect and cherish the individuality of others, I must recognize myself as a complete whole. In order to be a complete whole, I must experience ONENESS. And continue to re-experience it with God, the Universe, a power beyond my limited self. Otherwise, I will attempt to use others or things or destructive behaviors to fill the vast emptiness within me.

And I will fail. For the infinite well within me requires an infinite Source.

There is no other Source than thee, oh Goddess!