I'm a Buddhist, and being an Eastern tradition have things in common with those traditions. Experiencing oneness is a common theme in Eastern religions... and is realised through letting go of our individual egoic identity, and the actions that come from and support egoic identity (I, Me, Mine!)
Selflessness, and letting go of pride also seems to be an important part of the Christian tradition. St. Paul warns against the boastfulness of 'works', St. James seems to criticize an empty faith (pride based) that has no real substance to it.
❤️ Is it a common experience for Christians to experience oneness. Would you share your testimony please.
Thank you.
There isn't going to be that kind of concept in Christianity, rather Christian theology will speak of concepts such as union, communion, theosis, etc.
That there is a union with Christ, and in this union with Christ there is koinonia--communion--in the entire Body. I've chosen to use the Greek word koinonia here, because it's a really good word. It is translated as communion, but also translates to partaking, participation, togetherness. It has as its root word the Greek word for "common" (koine). It is, we might say the common-union of all believers together in and with one another by their union to Christ--to the sharing of a common life.
There is no dissolution of identity, but rather a redemption of identity. I am united to Christ and being healed, transformed, by my justification, ongoing sanctification, and ultimately in the resurrection of the body and the glory of the age to come.
Perhaps it could be said that I will never be you, and you will never be me, but in Christ you and me become
we. And that means love, grace, and a life lived together not for oneself but for another.
Imagine a table where people don't feed themselves, but instead reach across the table to feed one another--we are fed because we look outside of us to our neighbor. That is koinonia, that is communion, that is what we are called to, and what we are being conformed to.
-CryptoLutheran