First Story

The moment The One becomes self-aware it also becomes curious and wants to know Oneself. But how does One know Oneself outside of relationship? Light cannot know itself as light in the absence of darkness. A lover cannot know themself as loving without somebody to love. A giver cannot know themself as generous if there is no one to receive.

So, in a flash of light, the One becomes Two. The Two, now separated, are able to regard themselves in the polarized reflections they offer to each other. Simultaneously and paradoxically, in the wake of splitting, the Two are deeply wounded by the loss of Wholeness.

This Big Bang is the One’s first Act of Creation AND Our First Trauma.

In the Saga of The First Story, the Two become Four, the Four became Eight, and so on, branching off into dimensional realities. An explosive flash of light announces every impending act of mitosis. Each fragment of The One, immersed in the illusion of separation, emerges with an increasingly narrowed self-awareness so they can enjoy an ever-expanding game of self-discovery through the co-creation of relationship with other fragments. This is healing, the journey to reconnection, wholeness, and holiness (sacredness).

Today we have the technology to witness the flash of light emitted by the union of egg and sperm, marking the moment when cells decide to replicate in order to create community in the form of a living body. Humans are one of many living beings in the material realm whose very existence is symbolic of the Universe reconnecting and healing itself. But the wheel continues turning as the community of cells in the form of a newborn exits the womb. The resulting polarization of joy at emerging into the world of matter is paired with an act of separation that marks baby’s first trauma.

The First Story teaches that creativity and trauma are locked in an eternal dance. One cannot exist without the other. It is the height of paradox that the expansion of the Universe depends on both.