Wholeness is all there is. There are a couple problems in understanding this. First, like the moon, we tend to see it in its pieces first. New, waxing, crescent, first quarter, etc., but it is always the whole moon. Second, we can barely, if ever, really grasp its entirety.

We may still not even know the extent of the wholeness of all there is. Yet, we do have ways of grasping its fullest extent. One of the best ways of doing that is by how we experience wholeness. Some things, like wholeness, are best known by the qualities they express or encompass.

Wholeness is experienced in the qualities of completeness, harmony, balance, and unity within all the parts of a whole. Applying the principle of “as above, so below,” all levels of whole systems co-exist as interdependent sub-systems within the Whole and are designed to maintain their own wholeness within that greater Whole as a complete wholeness-in-motion.

As a microcosm of the Whole, the human body is one such sub-system consisting of an organization of organs, all connected one to another, designed to function as a whole, each in harmony and balance with all the others, maintaining a fully functioning whole being. Cooperation is the principle that governs the functioning of the whole.

In the same way, as the health of the body is contingent upon the health and wholeness of every cell and every organ, so is the health of society contingent upon the unity and wholeness of the entire human family, both locally and globally.

Wholeness is the remedy for an ailing humanity. As Bahá’u’lláh stated, “Regard the world as the human body which, though at its creation whole and perfect, hath been afflicted, through various causes, with grave disorders and maladies… The mightiest instrument for the healing of all the world is the union of all its peoples.”

Let us reclaim our identity as whole beings living in harmony with all things around us. As we share our own deeply lived stories of wholeness, we can look forward to bringing back together the human family, one story at a time.