Great thoughts. Glad to see you all come around to my way of thinking on oneness -LOL. But seriously, I believe we all have concluded similarly when it comes to language and words being within the finite, subject-object structure of existence. Words are pointers, and we are using 'oneness' as a pointer towards outside the normal structure in order to explain our experience to 'others' if they are interested. We have concepts, symbols, signs, (poetry, myths, stories, parables, similes, metaphors, analogies, using those) and art and images, etc to work with. After all, isn't that what others use (language within the 'structure' as pointers) to convey to us Samadhi, Satori, Bodhi, Nirvana or Nibbana, Enlightenment, Awakening, Illumination, and Theosis? - and we get the idea, although we really have to experience 'it' to know.
As I understand what each of you, YmirGF, Dopp, Scarlet and Godlike have said I agree. Dopp, one exception, I personally would not say '...stepping beyond its constructs into non-reality and coming back to try to describe it using the very fabric of reality.' I would substitute the words 'ultimate reality' for 'non-reality' and 'existence' for 'reality.' That is only my opinion of course.
Anyway, hope you agree that I am making progress in this area of words. I used to think 'that 'oneness' was the best way to describe our relation to God' until upon reflection, I realized that thought would probably be classified as an oxymoron by you guys. Oneness is one while relation implies two.
As I understand what each of you, YmirGF, Dopp, Scarlet and Godlike have said I agree. Dopp, one exception, I personally would not say '...stepping beyond its constructs into non-reality and coming back to try to describe it using the very fabric of reality.' I would substitute the words 'ultimate reality' for 'non-reality' and 'existence' for 'reality.' That is only my opinion of course.
Anyway, hope you agree that I am making progress in this area of words. I used to think 'that 'oneness' was the best way to describe our relation to God' until upon reflection, I realized that thought would probably be classified as an oxymoron by you guys. Oneness is one while relation implies two.