At the heart of spiritual growth is a simple but profound shift: moving from the experience of separation to the experience of connection, or oneness. We live in a world that constantly reinforces the idea that we are distinct, isolated individuals — separate from each other, separate from the world around us, and separate from whatever we might call Source or Creator. And while our individuality is real and meaningful, it was never meant to be the whole picture.
Oneness is an awareness to actively cultivate — and like any awareness, it deepens through practice. And the practice in this post is designed to do exactly that: expand your lived experience of oneness and connectivity, and gently erode the edges of perceived separation over time.
The Foundation: Stillness
Before the four steps of this practice can do their work, they require a foundation: stillness. If your mind is full of noise, you can read through the four steps and they just bounce off the surface. Stillness is what lets them actually sink in and do something.
If you have an existing stillness or mindfulness practice, this is where you begin. If not, even a few conscious breaths before you move through the steps is enough to establish the ground.
The Four Steps
These four steps move in a natural sequence — outward through your interactions, inward to yourself, and then expanding to encompass all of creation — drawn from the Law of One (sources and materials I draw from) as a practice for expanding your awareness of oneness and connection.
1. Seek Love
The first step is intentionality of perception. Love is present in every moment — because this moment is happening for you, for your good. The practice is to actively seek it: Where is the good here? Where is the love? When life is flowing easily, this comes naturally. The real work is finding it when catalyst arises — the challenges that feel like obstructions but are actually there for your growth. When you can hold that perspective, love becomes visible even in the hard moments. This is a trained shift in what you are looking for, which over time changes what you are able to see.
2. See the Creator in Others
When you interact with another person — whether in warmth or friction — this step asks you to look past the surface of their personality and circumstances and recognize the Creator expressing itself through them. Every person you encounter is, at their core, a finite expression of infinite intelligence. Practicing this does not dismiss behavior or bypass discernment — it means holding a deeper layer of recognition alongside whatever else is true.
3. See the Creator in Yourself
The same recognition you extend to others must also be extended inward. This is often the harder step. It is easy to hold the awareness that everyone contains the Creator — and then quietly exempt yourself from that. This step closes that loophole. You are also a finite expression of infinity. The Creator is not somewhere outside of you, looking in. It is expressing as you.
4. See the Creator in Creation
The final step widens the lens to encompass everything. The world around you — the natural world, the built environment, the seemingly mundane details of daily life — is also an expression of the same Source. Love is the creative principle behind all of it, the initiating force from which everything takes form. When you begin to see the world through that lens, the experience of separation softens — not because the differences between things disappear, but because the underlying unity becomes more visible than the surface distinctions.
The creative principle is love, but free will means what gets done with that creative force is not always love-aligned. Creation originates in love; what humans do with it is another question entirely. Seeing the Creator in creation does not mean endorsing everything that exists within it — it means recognizing the Source from which everything originates.
Practicing the Loop
The diagram presents these four steps as a continuous clockwise loop, and that structure is intentional. This is not a linear process with a finish line — it is a cycle you move through repeatedly, in different moments and contexts, at different depths. Some days the loop flows easily. Some days one step will snag and ask for more attention, and that’s useful information.
The more you practice, the more the loop begins to run beneath the surface of your awareness — quietly shifting your default perception from separation toward connection.
Actionable Insights
- At the start of your day, set an intention to seek love in at least three moments. At the end of the day, reflect: where did you find it?
- The next time you feel friction with another person, pause and ask: what would it look like to see the Creator in them right now? You don’t have to feel it immediately — the question itself is the practice.
- Where do you find it hardest to see the Creator in yourself? What would shift if that recognition were as natural as extending it to others?
- Spend five minutes outside (or looking out a window) with the sole intention of seeing creation as an expression of Source. Notice what changes in how the world looks.
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