The Unity of Life
By Evelyn G. Mulford

The carbon atoms that whirl and dance in me came from South Africa, and were the ones which chose to be me instead of a diamond.

My iron atoms lay for eons in their bed in Minnesota, and the copper dancers within me came from Montana.

The salt in my tears and blood washed upon the shores of earth for billions of years, and prehistoric fish swam in my water.

My atoms were in one of the first flying creatures that dared to overcome the law of gravity. Even now they whisper, "Freedom."

I was part of the fire that consumed sacrifices. My atoms were in the blood of wounded feet at Valley Forge and at Antietam, and Gettysberg.

My atoms were in the hand that placed the "crown of thorns" on the Master.

I was part of John's eyes when he saw the vision of Patmos.

I was part of a plank in the Mayflower and in the hearts of John Alden and Priscilla.

I thought of new worlds to conquer in the brain of Alexander, and was part of a heavy sword that slew enemies of the Israelites.

I was in the stone slung by David that killed the giant Philistine. I was part of many weapons that killed in the name of love and peace.

My atoms danced on Shakespeare's pen, and whirled in the blind Milton's eyes.

I was part of the lameness of Lord Byron and the gluttony of Henry the Eighth.

I am the woman-man-child of the universe, the All in All, the One out of many, the many out of One. I have always been and will always be. I am and I know I am, and I will always know I am.

I was part of the fifth in the slave galley, and part of the perfume of the sweetest rose.

I am the greenness of living plants; the whiteness of snow; the purpleness of dawn; the blackness of midnight.

I am atoms of generations long ago transformed and countless creations yet to emerge. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the circle which has no end. I am infinity. Sometimes I am part of Andromeda, then the Milky Way, then human.

I am dust – star dust, man dust.

I am part of the acorn that became a tree; part of the leaf eaten by the caterpillar, part of the caterpillar, then part of the cocoon – part of the butterfly, part of the nectar sipped by butterfly and bee. I was part of the flower, part of the sunflower seed, part of the rain cloud, part of the water.

The atoms of hydrogen in me make their cycle form raindrop to earth, through man, plant, animal to brook, to river, to ocean, to be lovingly drawn up to begin again.

Out of death of my mother came I, part of the salmon roe.

The dinosaur is not dead nor extinct. Part of its mighty strength dances in my primal nature.

I am the dust of the comet which frightened primitive man. I came from far reaches of infinity to become part of humanness.

I am sperm and ovum yet unjoined – a see and a pearl, a thought and an idea.

My own grandeur is more than I can contemplate. I am part of all that is or ever will be.

I was in the burning eyes of Blakes' tiger, and in the vocal chords of Emerson as he rejected the ministry of his church. I was part of the paper at Augsburg on which Luther wrote his 95 theses.

My atoms were part of the color of caveman drawings found in Lascaux, and the lyre of David
that fascinated Saul. I was part of the hemlock that poisoned Socrates.

I change from mineral to plant to animal to man. I am dust and water, air, salt, manganese, wood, sulphur, gold, silver, iron. I have been all these things – now these things are me. I am the dance of life – the whirling of atoms.

And when I become so saturated with all that I AM and the total consciousness of Oneness, I will vibrate faster and faster and my atoms will swirl at speeds incomprehensible, and I will become invisible – but I will still *be*. I will know that I AM.

Now, here I stand: Should I be humble? I have always existed, yet I bow in awe. Should I be fearful? Why? I am a part of all that is. Should I be grateful? Yes! Yes! Oh, be joyful!

I am the highest expression of God yet. I have survived! Fire? I was part of the fire! Flood? I was part of the flood! Earthquake? I was part of the earth.

I am matter. If you destroy me, I become energy. If you think me, I become! I am thoughts made manifest. I whirl and dance and sing the song of the universe. I am the dance of life. There is no death. Nothing dies. I never die – I change. I am the One verse.

My cells have consciousness; they contemplate me. They know their oneness, and I know my oneness with the One. The unity of all life is one of my basic laws. I shall always be separate, yet always be part of the One. You are part of me and I of you, and there is only one Presence and one Power.

I AM – the Alpha and the Omega.

Whatever you do, whatever you become, wherever you travel, wherever “home” is, …you are of part of us and we are part of you. Always.

Peace Love & Light.