Is it possible to see the world from outside of our single physically-focused perspective?

Isn’t it amazing that we spend our whole lives inside one single body? We always look out through just one set of eyes, hear through one set of ears, taste with one tongue, and touch with one set of hands. We feel with one set of emotions, move with one pair of legs, and always, always exist in only one single location on this
amazing planet.

In every moment there are seven billion other people experiencing the exact same thing: one single perspective… oneness. If any of those senses fail us, we are still within that one perspective.

You can never look out and see the world through your daughter’s eyes. You can never taste a meal through your father’s tongue. You can never feel the world through your lover’s emotions. They are all unique, and seemingly completely unavailable to you.

I believe there simply has to be more. There must be a way to feel some of what all humanity feels, learn what all humanity is learning, grow with the unique experiences of all of us on this planet. There must be a part of us that is connected to all others. I believe there are times when we feel it, when it is close and within reach. I think we just don’t easily recognize it when it happens.

When a 44 year old man has angina for the first time in his life, he doesn’t
recognize it as heart pain, he feels it more as pain in his arm or jaw. After a while, when his experience grows with the angina, he will recognize the pain as coming from his heart.

It is the same for us with this perspective. If we can recognize the moments when we are connected to another, or to all others, we can practice that and become better at feeling it. We can feel the inspiration of truly seeing from a perspective bigger that one physical being. We can feel the amazing joy of feeling the emotions of
others, or the despair of others.

Perhaps it comes when we are experiencing new love. Perhaps it comes when we are in the presence of a newborn baby. Perhaps it comes when we are witnessing someone
dying. Perhaps it is through dreaming, or meditation, or prayer. Perhaps it comes when we quiet the mind and allow the heart to be more open, and to be our conduit to the world.

Let’s practice, and see if we can feel it. Let’s move from oneness to “oneness!”

Author's Bio: 

Dr. Rick Schaefer has 19 years experience in traditional medicine working with patients with pain, 12 years in consulting, and 9 years studying and teaching the Law of Attraction. He is past president of the Anesthesia Society, and has appeared in the Wall Street Journal and on National Public Radio. He is the author of Extreme Though Makeover: 37 Days to Maximum Life! and now devotes all of his time to help people expand their thinking and thus find increased joy and happiness in their lives. "Words alone do not teach: it is only through life experience that one truly learns."