【「一體」是否表示我連蚊子都不可以打？】
尼爾：「我們都是一體的」是否表示，我連一隻蚊子都不可以打死？
如果我與每樣東西都是一體的，當我打蚊子時，我豈不是 也在殺死我自己的一部分嗎？
並沒有可以或不可以，沒有應該或不應該。你可以如你所願 地去做。
每個決定都是一個「你是誰 」的聲明。
按照你的定義，當你打 死蚊子時，你是在殺死自己的一部分。
當你砍下一棵樹時，你也在做同樣的事。或摘一朵花。或殺死一隻牛來吃時都是。
你不殺人這個事實是否意謂著你不殺白蟻？
反過來說，你殺白蟻 沒關係這個事實是否意謂著殺人是沒關係的呢？
我說你們全是「一體」(all One) 的，但我並沒說你們全是「一樣」(all the same) 的。
你的頭髮和你的心臟一樣嗎？
因為你剪掉了你的頭髮，是否就意指你會將你的心臟挖出來？
你真的明白？因為有許多人都表現得像是他們並不明白。
他們對待每個人和每個東西，好像都是同樣的東西。
他們對待人命好像它並不比一隻蚊子的命更值得。或比一隻白蟻。
如果他們了解剪掉他們的頭髮是沒關係的，他們會去把他們的心挖出來嗎？
他們會為了要惡意對待他們的臉而去咬他們的鼻子嗎？
尼爾：沒有人會那樣做的。
那麼我告訴你：你們每個人都曾那樣做過，以某種方式。你們每個人都曾無分別地做過，對待一樣東西好像它與另一件東西相同——甚至對待一個人，好像他或她是另一個人似的。
摘自《與神為友》第17章
Neale: Does that mean that I cannot swat a mosquito?
But if I am one with everything, am I not killing a part of myself when I swat the mosquito?
There are no cans or can nots here. There are no shoulds or shouldn’ts. You may do as you wish. Every decision is a statement of Who You Are.
Yet let us use your definitions for the moment, for the purposes of this discussion. Yes, by your definition, you are killing a part of yourself when you swat the mosquito. You are doing the same thing when you cut down a tree. Or pick a flower. Or slaughter a cow and eat it.
Does the fact that you don’t kill people mean that you don’t kill termites
Conversely, does the fact that you kill termites mean that it is okay to kill people?
I have said you are all One, but I have not said you are all the same.
Is your hair the same as your heart?
Because you cut your hair off, does that mean you will cut your heart out
Do you? Do you, really? Because many human beings act as if they don’t. They treat everyone and everything as if it were the same. They treat human life as if it were worth nothing more than the life of a mosquito. A termite. If they see that it is okay to cut their hair off, they cut their heart out. They bite their nose to spite their face.
Neale: Not many people act like that.
I tell you this: every one of you has acted like that, in one way or another. Every one of you has acted indiscriminately, treating one thing as if it were the same as another—even treating one person as if he or she were another.
