PARADOX OF UNITY

17 Sept 2009

The paradox of "unity" is what most inhabitants of the 7,107 islands have yet to learn. Yet, it is always easy to recognize immediately whether there is unity or not among the members of a particular group of individuals in any context, at any time in any place.


The "clue" of the paradox of "unity" lies in the "talk". The act of talking/writing about "unity" is the first and immediate indicator that at least one member, particularly the speaker or writer, already thinks and believes that there is no "unity", or it has been "diminished" or it had been "lost" by the group. The more members of the group talk about "unity", the more it becomes validated that there is no "unity", or it has been "diminished" or it had been "lost" by the group!


The paradox of "unity" is that when it is present among the members of a group, no one needs to even think about it, much less talk about it. The paradox of unity is that its real presence is in coherence and congruence in thoughts, feelings, and actions of members of the group. For when "unity" is really present, all members of the group simply focus on the specific action/s that must be done in order to achieve a specified goal/objective.


The paradox of "unity" is that in order to have it, everybody in the group must forget about it. The paradox of "unity" includes the fact that while it is needed at the start for a group to work towards a specific goal/objective, it can only be concretely validated at the end, whether there had been "unity" or none, regardless of the outcome.



JM NEPOMUCENO