Oneness is not an idea, freda, it's a fact. Multiplicity could just as well be called an idea...an idea in the Mind of Oneness. Or multiplicity could be called a fact. Or it could be called many facts. All such descriptions would be accurate from a particular vantage point of perception.

One vantage point of perception see Oneness, another sees multiplicity, and still another sees BOTH of those simultaneously.

The sum of all the separated things is the Oneness that they all are. Existence itself is the Oneness. Perception is the Oneness. Without perception you would be completely unaware of the multiplicity of apparently separated phenomena all around us and within us. To be aware of them ALL simultaneously would be to experience the Oneness that they are. And that is exactly what occurs at a certain stage of enlightenment, according to what I know. I haven't yet achieved that, but I know about it.

Similarly, I haven't yet achieved the ability to play the Mark Knopfler guitar solo in "Sultans of Swing", but I know about it. It's real, and so is the Oneness. The Oneness is an enlarged state of awareness that reaches out way beyond normal ego identification.

Martin - I like female breasts best when they are in the moderately small to medium-sized range, with fairly prominent nipples. How about you?

(something for everyone, right?)