By Jach

A Grouping of Questions with Jach’s Replies from the Online Conferences

Q. What are the differences between Union and Oneness? Seems like Oneness is more connected with divinity.

JACH: Certainly they are connected, and often the terms can be interchangeable in our language, but there are differences, I think.

First, union has to do with conscious creation … creating alliances for mutual benefit. It has to do with creating a concordance or a connecting, or linking, of the heart and also of the soul (I think). It has to do with bonding as well as with binding together. In all this, union implies separateness. In the alliances of union there is still you and me … there is also an us, but there is still you and me. In the alliances there are still parts that are gathered, collected, and combined.

In oneness, there aren’t parts. [s]

In the binding and bonding of union, there are separate components or agents — separate voices — that are brought together to function as one. But they are not one. Union is the stuff of complexity.

Oneness, on the other hand, does not have separate parts. Oneness is not about alliance, and it does not require binding or bonding. In fact, I think binding and bonding are not only superfluous to oneness, I don’t think they are possible. In oneness, there is no separateness or individuality.

In a way, union is the stuff of complexity; oneness is the higher octave that emerges from that complexity. Union comes first and with complexity, in the womb of complexity, union gives birth to oneness. Union precedes and oneness follows.

And yeah, I think Oneness has more to do with divinity. Out of creating divine union … a divine mystery to be sure … can come Oneness. It is interesting that 1999 was the Year of Oneness, and then 2004 was the Year of Union. It is almost as if we needed a taste of Oneness to motivate us to pursue Union. And then I think of what Lazaris said of 2004: Ours was to seek union to meet our needs and desires like everyone else within the consensus would, but for us, this year was about seeking union with self as we pursued triumph. I think the triumph involved ultimately becomes the triumph of Oneness.

So for me, therein lies the difference.

Q. It feels like the ‘Activating the Magics’ workshop effected change on so many levels … one thing I have noticed is that my sense of ‘beingness’ has changed; it is more profound and it does feel as if there is a sense of Oneness involved … maybe it has brought a deeper sense of peace, though that is not quite what I am meaning to say. I find it hard to articulate the changes, but I wondered whether you would want to talk about some of the ways that activating the magics can change us and has changed you?

So many of the workshops this year [1999] have had a certain profundity about them that is hard to describe. There has been a deepening and a quickening. And you know, I think it does have to do with Oneness. It’s the year of Oneness, I know, but as I think about your question, it seems as though that energy — the energy of Oneness — is mixed into the texture as well as the content of so much of the work of this year.

‘Activating the Magics’ was such an experience. What happened for me is this … I opened up to a fuller range of possibility. When I listened to Lazaris lay out the steps of finding our particular gateway to transcendent states and then discovering how to move through that gateway into a state of … of what? of being? of mind? Yes, I think that a transcendent state is a state of being and a state of mind. [g] But what was so powerful in it all was that we could consciously go there. It did not have to be a peak experience that happened spontaneously or by something divine. It could be our choice. We could go to our gate, enter our gate, and be taken into a transcendent state. In that state, we could work our magic. We could allow a healing and we could allow it to happen in a transcendent way. We could do so much and we could be fully conscious and fully in charge.

Realizing that has deepened my sense of responsibility. It has altered the depth of my commitment. It has changed the way I look at my reality. I have so much more gratitude now. I have a heightened sense of appreciation now. And out of it, how can I justify playing the role of martyr, for example? How can I hold on to errant emotions for the fun of blame or the hopes of vindication? I mean, those things become so meaningless and such a waste of time. I don’t mean to sound glib about it, but it does come down to that. So my martyr comes up, sure. But I send it away as quickly. I don’t spend hours sending it away. It goes quickly. [g]

And then I think about metamorphosis. When I listened to the tape from Saturday morning where Lazaris talks about the potentials of metamorphosis and how our lives are geared and calibrated to allow metamorphosis, I got really excited. Again, the level of responsibility really increases and it feels so right to me.

These are some of the things that activating the magics has done for me. Oh yeah, my magic and its effectiveness has taken a giant’s step forward. [vbg] There is a new punch to my magic now. I think it’s a confidence and a courage. A confidence in the magician that I am and a courage to work the magic with a knowing and with a demand. [g]

The Oneness comes into it for me with the particular faces of Oneness … Uniqueness and Harmony. For those not familiar, Lazaris says there are seven faces of Oneness … seven ways to enter the grace of Oneness:

Unity

Uniqueness

Excellence-Continuance

Difference

Individuality

Harmony

Accord

Of these seven, there is a link between the first and seventh, second and sixth, third and fifth, while the fourth stands alone.

So the face of Oneness that works best for me … is the easiest or the most valuable face … is uniqueness. When I can come to peace with my uniqueness, I begin to move closer to Oneness. But that is not enough. My sense of uniqueness needs to be tempered with harmony. So that is the face of Oneness that can most elegantly bring me into the grace of Oneness.

Someone else may have the face of harmony. And they need to temper their sense of harmony with uniqueness. Though in linear language, it is just switching the words around, in the non-linear of experience it is so much more than that. For example, uniqueness tempered with harmony has a very different meaning than a harmony tempered or altered by uniqueness. The same applies to whatever your face of Oneness is. There is a coloring or a shifting that is necessary. Unity needs to be tempered with accord (connect to the heart) while accord needs to be shifted by unity. Excellence needs the harness of individuality while individuality needs the guidance of excellence. Difference? Ha! Now that’s … you guessed it … different. [vbg]

So to the point: Activating the magics has brought me closer to my uniqueness. It has opened me more to my sense of harmony. And as I bring them together in the state of transcendence and with the potential of metamorphosis … a profound change in the essence that changes the substance of a thing … I experience Oneness. And as Lazaris says, it can be magical, transcendent, and exhilarating.

Q. What is it about the energy of trust that makes it such an important part of the journey of Oneness?

JACH: Well, I think there is something about the energy of trust that makes it profoundly important in many aspects of our lives. The other day, I was thinking about the role of trust in my life, and I realized that it plays so heavily in the arena of developing my valued self. It plays a critical role in that work for each of us. To truly value ourselves, we need to be self-aware (know we have impact) and self-worthy (know that we are spiritual). We need self-esteem (earned love) and self-love (given love to be received). As well there is self-confidence (knowing we can cope), self-respect (looking again at our emotions), and finally self-realization (knowing we can consciously direct our impact).

In all this, trust — self-trust — is pivotal. I think that self-trust is the keystone that holds all the other components together. It is core to esteem and to self-confidence, and it is core to love (earned and received).

And without trust, what value would there be in looking deeper into our emotions? I mean, what value could there be if we didn’t or couldn’t trust what we saw?

Now to the idea of Oneness …

Lazaris talked in early February about the various parts of what makes up Oneness. One of those parts was Unity. Another is Uniqueness. And within unity there are concepts of sameness or equality, while within uniqueness there are issues of entitlement and empowerment. Another issue involved with Oneness is individuality, and along with that come concerns about expression or suppression. In the maze of ideas that comprise Oneness, if we cannot or do not trust ourselves, how can we find our way? I don’t think we can.[g]

Finally, to find the mystery and the diversity that is Oneness and to make our way through the paradox and dichotomy that is Oneness, we need the alliance of ourselves. When we come to face the majesty and the magnificence of what Oneness — our Oneness — is all about, I think we need a very intimate relationship and alliance with ourselves. Self-trust offers that.

Q. Would you share any thoughts you might have about the role our crystals may play in our work with Oneness?

JACH: Oh, yes. I am sure that the role is a mighty one. [vbg]

I have so many thoughts about crystals, … I have plunged deeper and deeper into my work with them. I sit with certain crystals for hours, and the joy only expands. Well, I don’t sit for hours on end, but I will work with one crystal for hours over several days. [g] But the fascination and the depth of intrigue is only growing. The crystals are shifting and changing and becoming more awake than ever. More and more of them seem to be finding their way to Lazaris and to Lazaris workshops.

A little digression … One new crystal dealer who is European and who spends a great deal of time in Brazil contacted us. He did not know us at all, but had heard of us through a friend, etc. We had purchased one crystal from him a while back. Well, he contacted us as he was ‘lead to do so.’ Something was ‘drawing him to us and he did not understand how or why.’ But he was following his instinct. He came from Brazil directly to Orlando to show us his crystals. Though we were a new client, he wanted us to see them first. We have had many similar stories. It’s as though the crystals are insisting upon coming to be with Lazaris and to be at his workshops. The energy is amazing.

Well, back to your question … I think crystals understand Oneness in a certain way. They, as consciousness, have a concept of time and space that is very different than ours. They can communicate across space-time in an instant. Also, I think there is an element of ‘one consciousness’ in all crystals simultaneously. In that I mean, I think all crystals know what all other crystals know in an instant. There is an integrity here that is crystalline. That quality of Oneness … each crystal being capable of knowing what every other crystal knows in the moment … is a component of Oneness that is most intriguing and most frightening to us humans.

Now, when I say that each crystal has that level of integrity and that each knows what all others know, I do not mean that keeping one crystal is adequate. Not at all. Each crystal, as well as a sophisticated integrity, also has destiny. I am coming to understand that more and more … They have destiny. They also have the concept of exalted giving within their consciousness. All of this ties together to mean that crystals can offer us a great deal of guidance when it comes to Oneness. They have not achieved it. But they can offer a great deal of guidance.

And when we work together, crystals and we can find more of that elusive mystery that is oneness. Similarly, when we learn to work together with the Other and Mystical Other, we will come closer to understanding and experiencing that Oneness.