(This article continues the reflections from my previous piece on “Sameness” and dives deeper into what true unity might mean.)
In The Giver, society enforces peace by removing differences. Emotions are dulled, individuality is erased, and sameness becomes the guiding principle. No differences, no conflict. But also—no freedom, no creativity, no love in its true form. It is unity through control.
The question is: is that the only way to achieve peace? Must harmony come at the price of conformity?
In Waking Up, the vision is the opposite. Here, peace comes not from control but from trust—trust in human beings, trust in life itself. At first glance, that might sound dangerous. Won’t total freedom lead to chaos? But it doesn’t, because the foundation is not outer sameness, but inner Oneness.
If we define ourselves as small, separate selves, then differences appear threatening. But if we expand our definition of Self to include everyone—to realize that we are all expressions of the same spirit—then harming another is as unthinkable as your right hand stabbing your left. Outer diversity becomes beautiful, not dangerous, because underneath it we are the same life, the same consciousness.
So there are two kinds of unity:
- Sameness through control (The Giver): “Let’s remove differences so we won’t clash.”
- Oneness through spirit (Waking Up): “Let’s embrace differences, knowing we are already One at the core.”
One narrows the self until nothing sticks out. The other expands the self until everyone is included.
And that is the key: true peace doesn’t come from making people the same—it comes from remembering that, at the deepest level, we already are.
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