BINARY.

Jesus, the Buddha, Bob Marley—they all said that we are one. What does that mean?

I think it means exactly what it sounds like—there is no space between us. It's all made up. It's just swirl of atoms in varying densities. There is no actual point where I end and the air begins and the air ends and you begin. We are an indescribably huge organism having an equally indescribable and equally huge orgasm. We are the "big bang", still banging—and getting bigger.

Back to ONE.

The Universe is binary. So, while this is a constant and unfathomable orgasm on one hand, the other side of the coin must exist—

What's the opposite equivalent of a constant, unfathomable orgasm?

An intermittent, mildly annoying head cold?

I'm halfway joking. But though one might think that the "equal and opposite" would be equally as powerful— just going in the opposite direction—if that were the case, and the opposite were an equally powerful dismal vacuum, then they would simply cancel one another out—and there would be nothing.

It makes more sense that the opposite would be sporadic, subtle and ever-so-slightly depressing.

Say, for instance, your back goes out. That's not subtle—it's unbearable. When you are in that kind of pain, you see very clearly, through the contrast, the desire to not be in pain and to have a healthy back.

However, when you have that low-level anxiety—that tiny sniffle; that little itch in the back of your throat; a little red in your eyes—that's where the distraction happens. Just enough to keep you clearing your throat. Just enough to keep checking your email—you're not expecting any amazing life-altering email to come in—it's just a low-level expectation that's always there, for some tiny acknowledgment that you exist.

That's what we're focused on. That's it. That's the ZERO in the binary system. The ONE is the constant bliss that is the ultimate reality of this existence—the ZERO is the subtle, sputtering wind, that keeps us away from it.

The Universe is binary, but it's a litte more complicated than that for us, because we don't see what's really going on. We are in a time-space reality that has taken something infinite and made it appear finite. Part of that illusion is seeing things in degrees. We couldn't experience the fullness of reality because that kind of orgasm would kill us instantly.

We can, however, choose to focus on the degrees that are on the ONE side of things. Spending more and more time—just moments here and there—focusing on the beauty and harmony of this place. It's there if you look. For some reason, we seem far more interested in the ZERO—in how some politician or celebrity's hair-day is going than in a flower or a blue sky.

In every moment, there lies a choice. Choose ONE.