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> TONY: [i]Bella has often expressed the thought about us all being part of one. Unfortunately, few ever realize how true that statement is, and so we remain fractious, but a shadow of what could be. Ironically, Bella, the &apos;scriptures&apos; says that he names himself &apos;I am what I shall prove to be&apos; or, I am whatever I need to be. Without limitation, without reservations, absolutely complete.[/i]-DAVID: [i]At the same time theologists refer to God as utter simplicity,not complex. &apos;One&apos; is simple. Seems to fit your concept.[/i]-I don&apos;t think you need to believe in God to feel or believe in the oneness of all things. Buddhists manage quite well without believing in a supreme, conscious being. "I am what I shall prove to be" or "whatever I need to be" might just as well mean an impersonal Absolute (the words having been put in its mouth by a poetic scribe). Humans who say their God is "utter simplicity", or who offer any other description, have no evidence except their own and other people&apos;s opinions. "Without limitation, without reservations, absolutely complete" = BBella&apos;s ALL THAT IS, and that does not tell us whether the ALL THAT IS is a conscious being or a mindless mass of energy constantly and impersonally transmuting itself into different forms and combinations of matter. It&apos;s the same old story: life allows for whatever interpretation we humans like to put on it, and the same applies to whatever power led to life in the first place.