In the Beginning, Being Alone
In the beginning, dear one, this was Being alone — one only, without a second.
Before it split into countless things, do I forget the sense that all was one?
📝Reflection
This opening line, which the father Uddalaka gives his son, is among the oldest meditations on existence — in the beginning there was only Being, one without a second. What matters here is not the cosmology but its implication. If this world, appearing split into countless things, sprang from one, then the wall dividing you and me is not absolute. This sense touches the root of loneliness and opposition. To remember the oneness before the splitting is not mysticism but an old wisdom that lets us meet the world less sharply.
🌱Apply It Today
When you feel a wall with someone, quietly recall, 'We too were one before the splitting.'
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
