Jesus came to share himself with us so that we can become one with him – God became man so that man can become God. But that means we are to follow his example and, having found ourselves in Christ, we are to share our lives with others. All of this can be seen in the eucharist. As we come together, our individuality is broken down, and this is the only way communion can be established, communion with God and communion with each other. We become witnesses of the non-duality of the absolute, as we experience that non-duality in ourselves. Because we are opened up to Christ, to becoming the body of Christ, we find ourselves united one to each other, and our sense of individual self is overcome as we open ourselves up to communion, a communion which does not see “me” and “you” but only the Body of Christ. The self dies in communion, to be reborn as a person in the action of community, to be reborn not closed unto itself, but open to others. We become witnesses of the breakdown of the individual, of the ego breaking its shell to experience a greater sense of the wonder of reality which knows no boundaries, no division. Jesus tell us: “Abide in me as I abide in you (John 15:4a).” By opening up and removing the egotistical shell that surrounds our lives, we open ourselves to the mutual-indwelling, Jesus in us, with us in Jesus, ending up, of course, with the different members of the Church finding themselves one with each other, so that the Body of Christ can be one, even as Jesus is one.
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