There is certainly no place for nihilism in this universal philosophy. Meaning exists everywhere and in everything, though that meaning may be limited by illusory perception. For example, in our everyday physical bodies we become accustomed to living within our own egocentric universe.

We actually create these unique self-universes where only we and the physical things we care most about exist. We too often consciously block out the truth of universal oneness, and only find meaning in the disconnected universe of our own making.

By attempting to live on an existential island (which we all know no man can really do) we implicitly deny the inherent meaning of those around us. We add one more brick to the house of physical illusion thereby preventing the personal realization of universal oneness. Though we may carry on as if all is well within our disconnected universe, the destruction is really our own. We destroy our own spirits by refusing to live in oneness with the whole of creation.

On uniting with the Source, the true Self, we begin to see clearly the true nature of reality. We begin to find our meaning in interconnectedness rather than in selfish individualism. As the ego disappears, we witness life in all the grand beauty that is the Ultimate Self. Tapping into the unifying Mind gives an image of reality beyond physical perception, an image where nothingness and Source merge to become true reality.

Universal consciousness is the focus of spiritual life. It is the Supreme Spirit awakened in the human mind. It is universal consciousness that holds communion with the Supreme Spirit, and realizes that individual lives are inseparably united, and are of one nature with the rest of universal life. Though all sentient beings are intrinsically endowed with this universal consciousness, many are not aware of its existence.

It can be re-discovered, however, in practicing the meditations given by our ascended soul guides and other teachers of light. Even though some people do not have a realization of universal consciousness, always remember that universal consciousness is inherent. The light of the Supreme Spirit can never be extinguished just as the sunlight cannot be destroyed by mist and cloud.

Universal consciousness, the ability to see and live in our inherent interconnectedness, is the birthright of humanity. It is the one human characteristic that draws all diversity together into the singularity of oneness with the Source. It is the foundation on which all else rests. In becoming universally conscious, we are able to recognize that movement in one part of the universe affects the reality of other parts of the universe. Nothing acts or move separated from anything else. Everything affects everything.