by Joel L
In the world there are many stories about ‘the one’ who will come to save us – humanity, that is.
I grew up in a religion that believes in a ‘one’ who will have all the answers, show us (humanity) the way and save only those who believe. This is not a new concept and the main variation on this theme is whether ‘the one’ has been before, or not. In my instance, the religion I grew up in has been waiting for ‘the one’ for 5772 years.
In recent years, I have stopped waiting and started to come to a deeper understanding of the possibility that I might be ‘the one’. This is not a descent into delusions of grandeur but rather a reflection based on the possibility that for there to be any true improvement in the level of love and harmony in the world, I may have to start with the level of love and harmony in my own body first.
I am coming to understand that being ‘the one’ comes with no special powers; being ‘the one’ comes with no divine favouritism; being ‘the one’ comes with no crusades, missions or need to convert, change or be ‘the one’ in any public sense at all.
For me being ‘the one’ simply means a willingness to be as truthful about my motivations as I can be. It means choosing to live as much as I can from a deeper part of me that feels very steady, very real and very lovely.
I don’t get it right all the time… but as they say, ‘practice makes progress’.
Being the one for me now means taking responsibility for my choices past and present, and building a way of living that supports me to be ME… the real me.
This real me is ever unfolding. It is working out the difference between what I am asked to believe by the world around me, and what I feel is true from deep within.
At times I find it hard to avoid getting caught up in the pace of the world, but if I run away from the things that challenge me, I am hiding from myself. This is not always comfortable but for me, this is what it means to me and to be ‘the one’… being the one that is willing to be as honest as I can about the world and how I move through it.
This definition of ‘the one’ stands in stark contrast to what has been presented to me in the past, and I cannot begin to describe the joy that comes from making this exploration of being ‘the one’ a daily choice. I can however, describe the depth of appreciation I have for a guy called Serge Benhayon who is ‘the one’ who first reminded me that I might also be ‘the one’, no more special than him (and him than me). How humbling it is to also understand that this makes me no more special than my neighbours, my family, friends or colleagues. Everyone has this deeper part of them already within and is already living this way in varying degrees.
So I have gone from waiting for ‘the one’ to choosing how much of ‘the one’ that is me, that I am willing to be.
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You have shared such a valuable point that to me is the key to true change, and that is to live the change we feel is needed now, live our future now. What level of truth and love are we willing to live for ourselves and with others, and do we live it in full? It is empowering to realised that every being in the world holds the power to bring the change that is needed to live the harmony and unity that we are ultimately here to live together.
The ‘one’ has no individuality and does not work for self.
Realising that oneself is ‘the One’ gives impetus and purpose to life that is grander than before.
Having the belief that ‘the One’ will come and save us is to live dependent upon another and with the excuse not to be responsible: believing that ‘the One’ will save only those who believe in him is selfish, unloving and an excuse to not be responsible for the consequences of our actions that affect others: to be ‘the One’ oneself is liberating, responsible, loving and empowering.
So true. How can there be one if there is no one. We need everyone to come back to being the One.
When you think about it, honestly, waiting for the ‘one to come and save us from our troubled ways and only those who believe, is a complete avoidance of responsibility we all hold to take heed of how we are living every day. I absolutely agree Joel, that true change is afoot when every step we make is with a willingness to be bring honesty and truth to our lives and in everything we do. And when you consider just how many of us are here together, and that each and every one of us are equally the ‘ones’, here already to bring the reflection of God through the lives we live – that is inspiring.
Waiting for “the one” means we can kick back until they come along and save us all. Realising we are all “the one” means we have to take responsibility and live all that we are – or at least begin taking steps down that path.
SO true Nikki, and how empowering it is to realise and accept that we all are ‘the ones’, here to live the light we are, through which we resurrect ourselves out of the quagmire we ourselves have delved into. Yes, embracing responsibility is embracing true liberation.
Taking responsibility for what we truly know to be true, allows us to feel that we are all equally the one….
I love the simplicity of being ’the one’ – it comes with ‘no special power; no divine favouritism; no crusades; missions; need to convert; change or be in any public sense at all’ – there feels no truth in this but when we take that responsibility and we feel from deep within – it is always there
That is a long time to wait for something when in fact it’s been with you all the time you just needed to view things differently. Is this a story that suits us though, to wait? I mean then we don’t really need do anything because someone is coming to fix it all, to save us and this is perhaps why this has never happened, because this belief actually causes what we want to see to never appear. So many traditional religions talk about what it you need to do, follow or believe but not a lot are supporting people to truly live these things but are just holding them up as a point to live up to. What is far more powerful is a religion that first supports you to see and then truely supports you to live what what you see is needed for the world. A religion that bases all on how you live, knowing that the way you live will either walk you to more of the same or walk you away to believe again something is coming to save you when in fact we ‘save’ ourselves. The Way of The Livingness…
When people claim and live this truth of ‘being the one’ it offers a powerful reflection for others to be inspired to also make this loving choice.
“For me being ‘the one’ simply means a willingness to be as truthful about my motivations as I can be. It means choosing to live as much as I can from a deeper part of me that feels very steady, very real and very lovely.” Well said Joel, this inspires us all to also be ‘the one’ as choosing to live from a deeper part of us is something we can all aspire to.
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It is interesting that religion (as we pretty much know them), requires beliefs and believers and provide exclusive services to them, when in truth religion does not require to believe in something but to honour something that we all deeply know and can feel inside, equally so.
Being ‘the one’ not as an individual but as one with the Universe.
I am the “one” that I have been waiting for, no one out there to be waiting for as in the past, just a deeper connection to the “one” within me.
“I am the ‘one’ I have been waiting for” – how great it to realise this and there is no more waiting.
I love your description of what being ‘the one’ is Joel. No more waiting around to be saved.
This blog gives me tingles down my spine, it is a very physical feeling, like someone telling me something that I have known for lifetimes but had pushed aside for on reason or another. The tingles keep coming, I am extremely moved for the essence of what this article presents actually is the key to all of humanity’s issues and it is summed up in this paragraph….
“In recent years, I have stopped waiting and started to come to a deeper understanding of the possibility that I might be ‘the one’. This is not a descent into delusions of grandeur but rather a reflection based on the possibility that for there to be any true improvement in the level of love and harmony in the world, I may have to start with the level of love and harmony in my own body first.”
We all want the quick fix, the answer, the solution but none of us really want someone telling us we already have the perfect instrument but that it’s just a little out of tune and badly treated. Only a few of us want to admit that we let our instruments (our bodies) go and now we have to put the effort in to get them playing in the symphony that is possible from every person on this planet.
It is inescapable that we all are in fact the ‘ones’ for each and every one of us are a Soul within a body through which we are responsible for the choices we make to live in connection to our essence or not. For it is through our quality of choices that the quality of our lives and world we live is shaped. The ‘return’ that we are all waiting for is the return of us all to live more Soulfully so as that we can live the truth and love that we are in essence, the divinity we are and the sacredness we are here to live together.
It would be amazing if we all recognised that we were the ‘Ones’ and brought the full commitment of this to every part of our lives- the world would change very quickly.
Joel good call and a very good reminder to be more responsible – instead of waiting that some one will come to save me it is so much more joyful to be the one and save myself and be me.
If we are all the one in our own uniqueness and we all unite that is one mighty awesome and powerful one.
“being the one that is willing to be as honest as I can about the world and how I move through it.” How is it that everything and all our relationships how they are with you is because of your choices and how you are. It takes a lot of honesty to be responsible for this.
Waiting for ‘the one’ to come and save us denies the fact that not only are each of us the one, this makes us one.
It was Serge Benhayon who also woke me up to the fact that I could be ‘the One’, and that we each hold the equal capacity to be ‘the One’. Meeting someone who holds all in this capacity has been a life-changing experience, to put it mildly… And inspiring and challenging ‘all in one’ to respond to this in the way I choose to live my life. I’ve come to realise, and continue to realise, the level of dull apathy most of us have lived in, in our own versions of overwhelm as to the state of the world, and thinking it’s all too big for any worthwhile difference to be made – what falsity this is, when we truly embrace the difference every step of a loving way makes.
Should we each consider that we hold the capacity to be what humanity truly needs – without illusion – we would each be taking the steps in personal responsibility such as you are taking Joel. And learning to appreciate, that each and every step taken makes a difference.
And then, with each and every step taken to a more deeply loving life, we build a foundation for living with a consistency that can indeed have its impact upon the bigger picture. It matters not what we ‘do’, the impact of one living in integrity has its ripple effects upon the whole and can oftentimes inspire many to take their own steps in embracing the same.
The key here for me is taking responsibility for our choices. In waiting for “the one” to come and save us, there is no responsibility. But it does take time to understand this. I know I am scratch the surface to what this means. Everyone has an important part to play. No one is more or less than another.
Call me slow, I don’t mind as I can admit that I have been lagging, but the whole reality of being ‘the one’ is still only just dawning on me as I saw myself in a support position for others to shine as ‘the one’, and now understand that this is a convenient contraction and the shirking away from taking full responsibility as we are in all ‘the one’ and we all need to play it big as there is an urgency, and if you wonder what the urgency is you just need to look at the world today. Great blog Joel.
Making ‘the one’ someone else is basically just shirking the responsibility as we ourselves then do not have to take any actions for change and change is so needed in this world. If we were all to understand we are the ones that can implement this needed change, change would truly occur.
Thanks Joel. Your blog helped me connect to the fact that I have spent most of my life hoping someone else will save me. How beautiful it is to see that it is possible to accept that each and every one of us is ‘the one’ that can truly support mankind to return to who they are.
Such a powerful and simple reminder Joel that we are all the ‘one’. Learning to live this more each day is an absolute game changer and allows me to make choices that are supportive and loving bringing a true purpose to everything I do.
“Being the one for me now means taking responsibility for my choices past and present, and building a way of living that supports me to be ME… the real me.”Thank you to Serge for being the one and showing us all we indeed are the one also, thank you Joel.
Being the one means committing to life, knowing that my life is an essential part of the One whole big picture, and claiming to be the one simply means my adherence to this order and willingness to take responsibility for that.
When humanity sits back and waits for ‘The One’ to come and save us, we are basically saying that we are not willing to take any responsibility for our part and we’re quite happy to wait in the rotten mess we have created for The one to come and get us out of it. In contrast, knowing and accepting that we are all ‘The One’, as presented by Serge Benhayon, brings with it a responsibility hitherto unlived which is empowering for ourselves as much as it is inspiring for others who may still be waiting to be rescued.
5 years ago now I heard Serge Benhayon present about the true equalness that all human beings come from and the joy I felt in hearing this simply confirmed how true it is. My feelings have not changed since – in fact I have simply had this truth confirmed to me over and over again. In that equalness we are one, there is Oneness and yes, we are all ‘The One’.
Back in primary school I recall a nun saying to us if the Saviour was to reappear today nobody would recognise him . This stuck with me for as I child who was devoted to idea of a the loving Jesus figure I thought I would recognise him for sure and yet I and many others missed the fact that the Saviour is within and looking outside of yourself for anything is futile. As you say Joel we are ‘the one’.
Good point Kathleen, we are so full of concepts, images and ideas of how someone, bringing the love that Jesus reflected, must look like, that our eyes are not able to see him and our ears are not able to hear what he has to say.
So inspiring Joel! I love it! . . .”So I have gone from waiting for ‘the one’ to choosing how much of ‘the one’ that is me, that I am willing to be.” this is great
The belief that surrounds many religions that there is only ‘one’ and we need to follow the ‘one’ or else we are condemned to some awful fate just assures that humanity don’t reconnect to we are one. But it only takes one to remember we are all the one and reflect that to others.
So true Aimee. We have collectively said yes to the lie of the one and only one in order to avoid responsibility.
This relationship with having to wait around for ‘the one’ or ‘a one’ or ‘someone/anyone’ other than ourselves to lead our lives simply hasn’t worked. Through the work of Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon I have seen and felt first hand what it is like to be the one for one’s own life, this inspires others to be their own ‘the one’ in their lives. To see and feel someone claim that ‘I am the one that knows my life and my choices more than any other’ is the truest form of support we can bring to anyone and it requires no effort, trying or doing!
Do we honestly believe that one person can come down from heaven and sort out the mess that we have all created in not only our lives, but in our society and humanity at large – where is our responsibility as a human being in all this? To believe that there is one person who will come and be the savior of all of humanity just does not make sense to me at all, but us uniting as one definitely does.
Any religion that sets us apart from our equal brothers is not the way. We are all the ones to take responsibility and to live a true and truthful way. There are no chosen people. We can choose ourselves and inspire others to choose themselves. This is true love.
I find that choosing to be the one and taking responsibility for your life, and saving yourself, is far more empowering than waiting for another to do it for you. The responsibility for our choices should not fall onto another. If we all lived like this, the world would be incredibly different.
We are the ones of the One, and for the One to truly be – the ones need to be, the ones need to be accountable, to say ‘Here I am’. Being the one is not about self-aggrandization, it actually is a totally self-less act of claiming who we are.
“I can however, describe the depth of appreciation I have for a guy called Serge Benhayon who is ‘the one’ who first reminded me that I might also be ‘the one’, no more special than him (and him than me).” I agree Joel , having profound gratitude to Serge also, who was ‘the one’ who reminded me that I am ‘the one’ too, as we all are. Goodness knows the world need us all to be the one.
Totally agree Gregbarnes, if it were not for Serge Benhayon, I would never have considered I am the one, and collectively along with everyone else, we are all the one. This turns religion on it’s head because their whole ethos is to make someone special individual and separate.
Thank you Joel for this great reminder that we are in truth waiting for no one and very empowering to know that we each are “the one”.
Is it possible that we choose to seek ‘the one’ or wait for ‘the one’ to avoid being ‘the one’ through our lack of wanting to be responsible for our own actions? That we would rather have ‘faith’ that we can be saved/forgiven by someone else when in truth the only person who can truly ‘save’ us is ourselves which starts by accepting our own unique expression and knowing ourselves in full. We are all part of the whole and each and everyone of us has our own unique expression in this. “for me being ‘the one’ simply means a willingness to be as truthful about my motivations as I can be. It means choosing to live as much as I can from a deeper part of me that feels very steady, very real and very lovely….Being ‘the one’ for me now means taking responsibility for my choices, past and present, and building a way of living that supports me to be ME – the real me”. Thank-you Joel for you being you.
We avoid the truth of ‘being the one’ – preferring to hide and further delay our return to who we truly are. Accepting we are the ‘one’ involves a deeper level of responsibility to reflect this truth to everyone so they too can be reminded they are also the ‘one’.
Absolutely Alison, the simpler something is the more truth-full it is likely to be! Awe-some blog Joel the truth in it is jumping of the page.
Thank you Joel and Gayle, a reminder to be the loving Son of God and the One who makes the choice to connect to the love.
Absolutely Alex, I agree, when we reconnect to be self-empowered then it is simple for everyone to benefit.
Thank you Joel, I agree “practice makes progress” when we choose to be responsible in all we do.
Thank you Joel for this powerful reminder “for there to be any true improvement in the level of love and harmony in the world, I may have to start with the level of love and harmony in my own body first.” When we know we are a one part of the one whole that is the Universe then we have a responsibility to the All to live with love and harmony to play our part in returning to love.
I love the humbleness you represent in knowing you are ‘the one’ and the equalness you hold with others in their one. What also comes through is the responsibility levels we then take for our impact on the world around us and for ourselves in it, rather than hanging around waiting to be saved from the mess we’ve created by that traditional saviour figure, someone we can call ‘the one’ and pin all our hopes on. No. Self as saviour – that’s the way.
Joel this is so beautifully put, so simple and in a way that makes it more real for me that I too am the one, just as much as I choose to be, thank you.
I get the picture about how unworthiness is the other side of the irresponsibility coin.
There was a time when the idea of saving myself would have had me in a panic. Also the idea of my not being special because we are all equal and the same, yet we all have a unique expression also had me grasping for an identity. But now I am totally at ease with these notions as they make perfect sense. My love for myself has increased enormously and therefore my love for everyone else. I am the one who comes to save me because we are all the one. Awesome.
Beautifully expressed Joel, how much of the one am I willing to be today? A great reminder to take into my day, we are all the ‘one’ and when we truly live it we inspire everyone to also choose to be the ‘one’ – leaving no-one out.
The sentence “…being the one that is willing to be as honest as I can about the world and how I move through it.” really stood out for me. It is indeed humbling to realize that we are all the one and how it is about taking responsibility for our lives and all that we bring.
Love this Joel, as it shows within each of us, there is a one waiting to step out of the darkness and be a light in this world. It is something we all equally hold and it feels it’s time for this one to claim her oneness in the world.
Beautiful and inspirational as always.
A beautiful reminder that we are all ‘the one’ – no more waiting around, we really are ‘the one’ – time to claim it and live it in full.
I loved reading this blog about how you share about you and everyone else really being ‘the one’ simply by taking respobsibility, not hiding and living in this world would make waves of difference. The world will surely be a better place to live in. No need to look outside for someone else, we have all answers within us if we trusted & truly listened with our inner heart.
While I wait for the elusive one to arrive, I can just go about my business, any old how, because, well I am just waiting for “The One”, and until he or she gets here it doesn’t really matter what I do.
When I know I am the one….oh boy doesn’t that change. It requires a substantial change in not just thinking, but the way I treat myself from the top down.
I wonder, how would I treat the Buddha, or Krishna? How would I behave around Mohammed or Jesus? Would I be as casual and careless with them as I can be with myself? Not likely!
I would be respectful, attentive and so aware of my gestures in their presence….
..so why not with myself? Because when I acknowledge that I am the One, well I am no different to any of those great men, and deserving of just the same care, respect and awareness.
That is a good question Rachel, why do I treat myself different to how I would treat those great men knowing that I am also the one?
Life passes by, waiting for something that never needed to arrive cos it was always there.
Thanks for a great blog Joel, and for reminding us that we are all equally ‘the one’. A beautiful thought to ponder.
Thank you Joel for a beautiful understanding and sharing of the equalness of each and everyone of us being ‘the one’. Through the presentations of Universal Medicine I am learning to feel my responsibility to humanity and love for myself to be all that I truly am.
Great contribution about the fact that we are all equally ‘the one’ as long as we take responsibility for love, harmony, joy, truth and stillness in our body and being first.
Thank you Gabriele, I agree, we have to be in the Livingness of “love, harmony, joy, truth and stillness” with the responsibility to continually make those choices to the best of our ability, so we can be in “our body and being first!”
Joel, I can remember when I was going through the spiritual new age part of my life, thinking I was the one, in this moment in my life, being the one who was arrogantly thinking I knew the answer for everyone. Such a false way of living, as in this I was no way connected to the precious love I hold within, nor did I adjust my life to live expressing my love. I have only come to this way of being since attending Universal Medicine. I like many others am the one to bring love back into this world we live in.
Thankyou for sharing Joel. Your article not only inspires and allows me to consider our innate potential, that we are all ‘the one’, but also the power and grace our society will claim and express when every’one’ unites in truth, love, harmony, stillness and joy.
Such an empowering blog: we are all equal ‘the one’. We do have to claim it and live it. Just like you wrote: ‘Being the one for me now means taking responsibility for my choices past and present, and building a way of living that supports me to be ME… the real me.’
What you say Joel makes so much sense, and leaves me feeling complete, and steady, not searching or wishing.
Joel, I really love your writings, and it was such a joy to find this article this morning. A perfect piece to read before getting out to the world, being me.
I am also the one.
Hi Joel “I also have gone from waiting for ‘the one’ to choosing how much of ‘the one’ that is me, that I am willing to be.” Your blog is very inspiring so that all “the other “ones” can choose to join us.
Thank you Joel, you have so beautifully explained to me self responsibility,equality, and self empowerment.
How beautiful that being “the one” is something we can all equally choose and equally embody.
…And that this is the way we can support the world as it is to heal, not by waiting for another single “one” to come, but by each taking responsibility now.
Love this blog Joel. Why wait for some-one to arrive before we choose to start to live the life that we are waiting for and wanting to live? When we are the only ones that that can live it anyway. ‘It means choosing to live as much as I can from a deeper part of me that feels very steady, very real and very lovely.’ – Beautiful. I also have the deepest appreciation for Serge Benhayon for reminding that I also am the one, and that we all are equally so, and that I can choose to live from who I am every day.
The ‘one’ in equality “Being the one for me now means taking responsibility for my choices past and present, and building a way of living that supports me to be ME… the real me.” I can relate to this blog. Taking responsibility for ourselves and not waiting for someone or something else to come and save us. Thank you.
I loved your blog Joel, it makes me smile when I think of the words “the one” I now know that we all, are “the one”, no more looking out for “the one “to save me.
Being the one, does not mean that there is only One sent by God. The One is God and since we are his sons we are all the one as well.