Objective for this week:

The Quest is a year-long discovery of the inner self, our Christ nature based on The Quest, A Journey of Spiritual Rediscovery by Richard and Mary-Alice Jafolla. “Discovering” our inner Christ nature can be difficult, sometimes taking a whole lifetime.

This week we explore a paradox by conducting an experiment: we focus on the individuality of people we encounter and we then consider whether our focus causes us to feel more at one with them or more separate from them. The goal is to elicit a sense of oneness by concentrating on another's individuality.

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Metaphysical Lesson:

• Individuality is a person's unique expression of God. Personality is a covering up, or distortion, of one's unique expression.
• We can actually “uncover” another's individuality by placing our attention on that person's true self.
• Uncovering another's individually requires the use of our higher consciousness and this will be automatically activated when we choose to look for another's individuality.
• Observing uniqueness from the higher state of God consciousness automatically causes our soul to sense oneness with the other and with God.

Process for uncovering uniqueness:

• This week, as you encounter people, focus your attention on them and ask yourself, “what is the individuality of this person?” Be willing to look through any apparent layers of personality into the true essence of the person. What is their uniqueness? How is God expressing through this person?
• Realize that you may be right or wrong in your observation. Being correct is not the goal; the goal is consistently focusing your attention on what you perceive to be the person's true God expression.
• Do this several times each day with different people you encounter. Do not judge the other person and do not judge yourself. Simply observe.
• At the end of the day, consider whether you felt more connected or more separate from those people you encountered.
• Affirm throughout the week “I feel my connection with every living thing.”