THERE IS NO SEPARATION:

AWAKENING TO THE ONE DIVINE INTELLIGENCE WITHIN ALL THINGS
Gospel of Thomas — Saying 77
“Split a piece of wood; I AM there. Lift up the stone, and you will find me there.”

Explanation
God is not somewhere else. The Presence of God is everywhere simultaneously. There is no place where God ends and creation begins.
The wood, the stone, the trees, the oceans, the stars, and humanity all exist within one Divine

Intelligence expressing itself through countless forms.
Our challenge is not that God is absent. Our challenge is awareness.
When we see ourselves only as separate individuals, we experience limitation. But when our awareness awakens to

what we truly are, we recognize that the same Divine Intelligence that moves throughout creation also moves through us.
God is present in our thoughts, words, emotions, and actions.
Therefore, knowing ourselves at the deepest level brings us closer to

knowing God.
We are not trying to find God. We are awakening to the Presence that was never absent.
And when our awareness shifts from separation to Oneness, we begin to understand the extraordinary possibilities within us.

THREE VERSES WITH EXPLANATION

1. Acts 17:28
“For in him we live, and move, and have our being.”
Explanation:
Our very existence unfolds within the Divine Presence. We do not live outside of God and occasionally enter

His Presence through prayer, meditation, or worship. We live, move, think, breathe, and exist within Him every moment of our lives. If our entire being exists in God, then separation from God can only exist within our perception and limited awareness.

This verse invites us to change the way we see ourselves. We are not isolated beings struggling through an existence disconnected from our Source. The Divine Intelligence that sustains creation also sustains us. When our awareness awakens to this truth, we

begin to recognize that the Presence we have been searching for has always been within and around us.
2. Ephesians 4:6
“One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.”
Explanation:
God is above all, through all, and within all. This

reveals a profound picture of Oneness. The Divine Presence is not confined to one person, one religion, one place, or one moment. The same Divine Intelligence expresses itself throughout creation and moves through the countless forms of life.
Beneath our different

bodies, personalities, cultures, experiences, and appearances, there is One Presence connecting everything. When our awareness remains focused only on outward differences, we see separation. But when consciousness deepens, we begin to recognize the

Divine Presence within ourselves and within others. Knowing ourselves at this deeper level therefore becomes part of knowing God.
3. Jeremiah 23:24
“Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven

and earth? saith the LORD.”
Explanation:
There is nowhere God is absent. His Presence fills heaven and earth, from what humanity considers sacred to what appears completely ordinary. There is no hidden corner of creation where the Divine Presence suddenly stops

existing. God is present in what we see, what we touch, what we experience, and even in dimensions of existence beyond our physical perception.
This beautifully echoes the teaching, “Split a piece of wood; I AM there. Lift up the stone, and you will find me there.” If God fills

heaven and earth, then the spiritual journey is not about traveling somewhere to find Him. It is about awakening our awareness to the Presence that is already here. The deeper realization becomes simple yet powerful: HE IS EVERYWHERE.

WORDS OF WISDOM #1

There is nowhere you can go where God is not already present. Before your first breath, the Divine Presence was there. Within every breath you take today, that same Presence remains. The great spiritual awakening begins when we stop searching for God as

though He were somewhere outside ourselves and become conscious of the Intelligence already moving through us.
Look at creation. One invisible intelligence moves through the seed and becomes a tree. It moves through the earth, the

oceans, the stars, and every living being. Forms are different, yet the Presence remains One.
The same is true within you. God is present within the thought you entertain, the words you speak, the emotions you energize, and the actions you take. Therefore, awareness

matters. What you consistently become conscious of begins influencing how you experience and express life.
You are never separated from the Source of your being. The invitation is to awaken, recognize the Presence, align yourself with it, and allow Divine

Intelligence to express itself consciously through you every day.

WORDS OF WISDOM #2

Imagine spending your entire life searching for something that has never been separate from you. Humanity has searched the heavens for God, built sacred places to encounter God, and traveled great distances hoping to feel closer to God. Yet the

deeper awakening is discovering that the Presence we seek has been here all along.
Split the wood, the Presence is there. Lift the stone, the Presence is there. Look within yourself, and the same Divine Intelligence is there.
The question is not whether

God is present. The question is whether we are conscious of that Presence.
When awareness is centered only on fear, circumstances, appearances, and limitations, we experience ourselves as small and separate. But when awareness expands, we

begin to recognize that our lives exist within something infinitely greater. We discover that the Intelligence moving through creation is also moving through us.
This realization changes how we think, speak, feel, and act. Our thoughts become more intentional.

Our words become more creative. Our emotions become more aligned. Our actions begin reflecting the consciousness we have chosen to embody.
Knowing yourself therefore means going deeper than your name, history, possessions, successes, or failures. It means

discovering the Presence beneath all those temporary identities.
You are a unique expression within one Divine reality. Every person you encounter is another expression of that same sacred Presence.
When humanity awakens to this truth, separation begins

losing its power. We stop asking where God is and begin recognizing God everywhere.
And from that awareness, extraordinary possibilities become available to us. We awaken to our creative responsibility.

SEVEN AFFIRMATIONS

1. I AM one with the Divine Presence that lives, moves, and expresses through all creation.
2. I AM consciously aware that God is within me, around me, and present everywhere simultaneously.
3. I AM an expression of

the One Divine Intelligence, and infinite possibilities are awakening within me.
4. I AM aligning my thoughts, words, emotions, and actions with the Divine Presence within me.
5. I AM seeing beyond the illusion of separation and

recognizing the sacred Presence within every being.
6. I AM awakening more deeply each day to who I truly am and to the Divine Intelligence operating through my life.
7. I AM creating from the awareness of Oneness, knowing that the

Presence within me is connected to the Presence within all things.

SHORT MEDITATION

Close your eyes gently…
Take a slow, deep breath.
Become aware of the life moving within you.
Feel your breath… your heartbeat… the stillness beneath your thoughts.
Now become aware of the space around you.
There is no place where the

Divine Presence is absent.
Silently say within yourself:
God is here.
In this breath… God is here.
In this body… God is here.
In the earth beneath me… God is here.
In every person… every tree… every stone… God is here.
Now allow the boundaries

of separation to soften.
Feel yourself connected to life.
One Presence.
One Intelligence.
One Divine Reality expressing through countless forms.
Bring your awareness gently within and affirm:
I AM one with the Divine

Presence.
I AM aware of the Divine Intelligence within me.
I AM aligned in thought, word, emotion, and action.
Remain in silence for a few moments…
And simply experience the Presence that has always been here.

WORDS OF BLESSINGS

May you awaken today to the Divine Presence that has never been separate from you.
May your eyes begin to recognize God beyond the places where you were taught to look, and may you discover His Presence in the ordinary, the

unexpected, and within the deepest places of your own being.
May your thoughts become aligned with Divine Intelligence, your words become instruments of creation, your emotions become expressions of harmony, and your actions become reflections of

awakened consciousness.
May you recognize the same sacred Presence within every person you encounter.
When fear whispers limitation, may awareness remind you of who you truly are.
When circumstances suggest separation, may

consciousness return you to Oneness.
May you walk through this life knowing that you live, move, and have your being within the Divine Presence.
The Presence is above you, around you, within you, and expressing through you.
May you awaken to it.
May you live from it.

May you create through it.
And may your life become a living expression of the One Divine Intelligence that is everywhere.
And so it is.

WORDS OF WISDOM EXPANDED

THERE IS NO SEPARATION: AWAKENING TO THE ONE DIVINE INTELLIGENCE WITHIN ALL THINGS
Gospel of Thomas — Saying 77
“Split a piece of wood; I AM there. Lift up the stone, and you will find me there.”

There is a profound truth hidden within these simple words: God is not somewhere else.
For generations, humanity has searched for God. We have looked toward the heavens. We have entered temples, churches, synagogues, mosques, and sacred places. We have

climbed mountains, traveled to holy lands, studied scriptures, followed teachers, and entered into prayer hoping to experience the Presence of God.
Yet Yahshuah gives us an extraordinary invitation: look again.
Split the wood.
Lift the stone.

The Presence you are searching for is already there.
This changes the entire direction of the spiritual journey.
Perhaps our greatest challenge has never been finding God. Perhaps our greatest challenge has been becoming aware of

the God who was never absent.
Jeremiah asks:
“Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.”
Think deeply about what that means.
If God fills heaven and earth, where can God not be?
Where could you travel and

suddenly step outside the Divine Presence?
Where could you hide?
What stone could you lift where God would not be?
What tree could you cut where the Divine Intelligence that brought that tree into existence would somehow be absent?
There is nowhere.

HE IS EVERYWHERE.
This is where we must begin understanding the difference between Presence and awareness.
The Presence does not come and go.
Our awareness does.
The sun may be shining brightly while someone inside a closed room

believes everything is dark. The darkness inside the room does not mean the sun has disappeared. Something simply stands between the person and the experience of its light.
In the same way, there are moments when we feel close to God and moments when we feel far away from

God.
But did God move?
Or did our awareness move?
This is one of the great questions of spiritual awakening.
We say, “I need to get closer to God.”
But Acts 17:28 tells us:
“For in him we live, and move, and have our being.”

If we live in God, move in God, and have our very being in God, how far away can God truly be?
Perhaps what needs to change is not the distance between ourselves and God.
Perhaps what needs to change is our consciousness of the relationship that already

exists.
You are breathing within the Divine Presence right now.
Your heart is beating within the Divine Presence.
Your thoughts are arising within the Divine Presence.
Your entire existence is taking place within a reality completely permeated by God.

This is why knowing ourselves becomes such an important spiritual practice.
When I say, “Know yourself,” I am not speaking merely about knowing your personality.
Your personality is part of your human expression, but it is not the totality of what you are.

You are not merely your name.
You are not merely your profession.
You are not merely your nationality.
You are not merely your successes.
You are not merely your failures.
You are not merely the

experiences that happened to you.
These things describe aspects of your human journey, but beneath them exists something deeper.
There is consciousness.
There is awareness.
There is life.
And when we continue going inward, beyond the

labels and beyond the stories, we begin encountering the mystery of the Divine Presence within ourselves.
This is why self-knowledge and knowledge of God are intimately connected.
The deeper we understand ourselves, the deeper we begin asking:

What is this Intelligence that gives me life?
What causes the heart to beat before I consciously command it?
What intelligence transforms food into cells?
What intelligence heals a wound?
What intelligence causes a seed buried beneath the

soil to break open and reach toward sunlight?
The seed does not attend a university.
The tree does not read instructions.
Yet within the seed exists an intelligence that knows how to become a tree.
Look at your own body.
Billions of processes are

occurring without your conscious supervision.
There is intelligence everywhere.
Look at nature.
Planets move.
Seasons change.
Seeds become forests.
Water rises, forms clouds, falls as rain, enters rivers, and returns to the ocean.

Life appears in countless forms, yet behind these forms we continually encounter order, relationship, movement, and intelligence.
Could it be that what appears to us as countless separate things is actually one Divine Intelligence expressing itself through

countless forms?
Ephesians 4:6 gives us a remarkable description:
“One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.”
Notice the language.
Above all.
Through all.
In all.
This is not describing a God

who occasionally visits creation.
This describes a Divine Presence permeating creation.
And once we begin seeing life from this perspective, the illusion of separation begins to weaken.
Look at the ocean.
Thousands of waves may

appear upon its surface.
One wave rises high.
Another remains small.
One crashes against the shore.
Another disappears quietly into the sea.
If those waves possessed individual awareness, perhaps one would say to another:

“I AM different from you.”
And from the perspective of form, that would be true.
They have different shapes.
Different movements.
Different durations.
But what are they made of?
The same ocean.
The wave is not merely sitting upon the ocean.
The wave is the ocean

expressing itself in a particular form.
And this gives us a beautiful way to contemplate humanity.
We have different bodies.
Different personalities.
Different cultures.
Different languages.
Different experiences.
Different beliefs.

Different histories.
Yet beneath these differences, there is life.
There is consciousness.
There is Divine Presence.
Our forms are many.
The Source is One.
When our awareness is centered only on the form, we see separation.
When awareness

penetrates deeper, we begin recognizing relationship.
And when awareness reaches deeper still, we begin experiencing Oneness.
This does not mean that individuality disappears.
The wave remains a unique expression.

You remain you.
I remain me.
But uniqueness does not require separation.
Every leaf on a tree may be different, yet every leaf participates in the life of the same tree.
This realization changes how we relate to other people.

If I recognize Divine Presence within myself but refuse to recognize it within you, my understanding of Oneness is incomplete.
The person who agrees with me carries the Presence.
The person who disagrees with me carries the Presence.

The person I understand carries the Presence.
And even the person I struggle to understand exists within the same Divine reality.
This does not mean every behavior is wise or every action should be accepted.
It means that beneath human behavior and

personality, there remains a sacred dimension of existence that connects us.
Imagine what would happen if humanity truly awakened to this.
How would we treat one another?
How would we speak?
How would we handle disagreements?

How would we treat the earth?
How would we treat animals?
How would we treat ourselves?
Separation creates the mentality of “me against you.”
Oneness invites us into the awareness of “us.”

And this understanding becomes even more powerful when we examine the creative process within ourselves.
God is present in the thought.
God is present in the word.
God is present in the emotion.
God is present in the action.

Everything we bring into expression begins somewhere within consciousness.
Before a building exists physically, someone imagines it.
Before a book exists, thoughts arise within someone’s consciousness.
Before a speech is heard,

words are formed within the mind.
Before an action occurs, there is intention.
The invisible precedes the visible.
This is why awareness is so important.
Your thoughts matter.
Your words matter.
Your emotions matter.

Your actions matter.
They are stages through which the invisible becomes expression.
If our consciousness is continuously centered on limitation, fear, impossibility, resentment, and defeat, those states influence the words we speak, the choices we

make, and the actions we take.
But when awareness changes, the creative process changes.
This is why spiritual transformation begins within.
We often attempt to change our circumstances without changing the

consciousness from which we are approaching those circumstances.
But if the inner state remains unchanged, we frequently recreate familiar patterns.
Awareness must shift.
When awareness shifts, perception changes.
When perception changes,

thoughts change.
When thoughts change, words change.
When words change, emotions can change.
When emotions change, actions change.
And when actions change consistently, our experience of life can change dramatically.

This is where we begin understanding what it means to awaken to the Divine Intelligence within.
It does not mean sitting still and expecting everything we desire to appear without participation.
Divine awareness calls us into conscious creation and responsible action.

The seed contains extraordinary potential.
But the seed must open.
The tree exists as possibility within the seed, but expression requires a process.
In the same way, possibilities may exist within us that cannot emerge while we remain

imprisoned by an identity built entirely around limitation.
Sometimes we say:
“I cannot do that.”
“I have never done that.”
“No one in my family has done that.”
“I AM too old.”
“I AM too young.”
“I don’t have enough.”

And without realizing it, we allow temporary circumstances to define permanent possibilities.
But awakening asks a different question:
Who told you that your present condition represents the limit of what you can become?
Look again at the seed.

If you judged it only by its present appearance, you would never predict the tree.
The tree is hidden within possibility.
In the same way, there are dimensions of your potential that may not yet be visible.
This is why awareness matters.

When you begin understanding yourself as an expression of Divine Intelligence rather than merely a collection of limitations, you begin approaching possibility differently.
You become willing to learn.
You become willing to grow.
You become willing to

change.
You become willing to imagine.
You become willing to act.
And something within you begins saying:
There is more possible here than I previously believed.
This is not arrogance.
It is awakened responsibility.

Because if Divine Intelligence moves through us, then our gifts, abilities, creativity, compassion, wisdom, and potential carry responsibility.
We are here to express them.
There is another important dimension of this teaching.
If God is everywhere, then

there is no truly ordinary moment.
We divide life into sacred and secular.
We say prayer is spiritual.
Meditation is spiritual.
Worship is spiritual.
But what about washing dishes?
What about speaking to your child?

What about working?
What about helping a stranger?
What about sitting quietly beneath a tree?
If God fills heaven and earth, then Divine Presence is available in every one of those moments.
The question again becomes:

Where is your awareness?
Can you recognize the sacred within the ordinary?
Can you recognize Divine Intelligence while working?
Can you recognize Presence while listening to another human being?
Can you recognize God within silence?
Can you recognize God

within yourself when nobody else is watching?
“Split a piece of wood; I AM there.”
“Lift up the stone, and you will find me there.”
The message is radical because it removes the boundaries we have placed around the Divine.
God cannot be contained

within our buildings.
God cannot be contained within our doctrines.
God cannot be contained within our definitions.
God cannot be contained within our expectations.
The Infinite cannot be imprisoned by the finite.
We can point toward God.
We can speak about God.

We can experience God.
But the Divine Presence remains greater than every description we create.
And yet this immeasurable Presence is intimately near.
Closer than your breath.
Present within your consciousness.
Present within the person sitting beside you.

Present within the earth beneath your feet.
Present within the wood.
Present beneath the stone.
Present within every moment.
So perhaps today we can stop asking:
“God, where are You?”
And begin asking:
“What within me prevents

me from recognizing You here?”
That question can transform spiritual life.
Because suddenly the journey becomes an awakening.
We begin removing fear.
Removing judgment.
Removing inherited limitations.

Removing false identities.
Removing the belief that we are abandoned.
Removing the belief that we are powerless.
And as these layers begin falling away, something deeper becomes visible.
Presence.
Intelligence.
Connection.

Oneness.
This is why knowing yourself is sacred.
The deeper you know yourself beyond ego and conditioning, the closer you move toward the mystery of the Source from which your life arises.
And from this awareness, we begin living differently.

We become conscious of our thoughts because thoughts are creative beginnings.
We become conscious of our words because words give form to consciousness.
We become conscious of our emotions because emotions influence the energy with which we move

through life.
We become conscious of our actions because actions transform inner intention into visible reality.
Thought.
Word.
Emotion.
Action.
When these become aligned, our lives gain

extraordinary direction.
Imagine thinking one thing, speaking another, feeling something completely different, and acting against all three.
That is fragmentation.
Now imagine thought, word, emotion, and action moving together toward the same intention.

That is alignment.
And alignment creates power.
This is why changing awareness can change what becomes possible.
You stop fighting yourself.
Your inner world and outer actions begin moving together.
And when that alignment is

rooted in wisdom, love, compassion, courage, and Divine awareness, your life becomes an instrument through which something greater can express itself.
So today, remember:
You are not trying to bring God into your life.
God is already here.
You are not trying to

convince Divine Intelligence to become present.
The Presence was here before you arrived.
You are not trying to manufacture Oneness.
Oneness is the deeper reality beneath the appearance of separation.
Your work is awareness.
Awaken.

Become conscious.
Look beyond appearances.
Know yourself.
Recognize the Presence within yourself.
Recognize it within others.
Recognize it within creation.
Recognize it in your thoughts.
Recognize it in your words.
Recognize it in your

emotions.
Recognize it in your actions.
And then live from that awareness.
Because when you know that you live, move, and have your being within the Divine Presence, you no longer approach life exactly as you did before.
When you understand that

One Intelligence moves through creation, you begin trusting that there are possibilities beyond what your present circumstances reveal.
When you understand that your consciousness participates in shaping your choices and actions, you become more responsible

for what you repeatedly hold within yourself.
And when you understand that there is no place where God is absent, you discover something beautiful:
You have never taken a single step alone.
Through every chapter, the Presence was there.
Through every change, the

Presence was there.
Through every moment of uncertainty, the Presence was there.
Through every beginning and every ending, the Presence was there.
Even when you could not recognize it…
The Presence was there.
So split the wood.

Lift the stone.
Look toward the heavens.
Look into the eyes of another human being.
And finally…
Look within yourself.
The same invitation remains:
Awaken to what has always been here.
One Presence.

One Intelligence.
One Divine Source.
Countless expressions.
And within this extraordinary mystery of existence, may you come to know yourself more deeply, because in discovering the sacred truth of what you are, you move closer to understanding the Divine

Presence from which all life flows.
There is no separation.
HE IS EVERYWHERE.