Isaac Hadjyan
1-Minute Oneness
Understanding Reality and Becoming Blessed, Inspired by Spinoza's Philosophy.
125 one-minute readings by Isaac Hadjyan.
What the Book Is About
On God: Reality Itself
Existence is one. Five steps to oneness, the question of what to call it, and thirteen attributes of the only God that reason can find: the one Einstein said he believed in. You will soon see why the word God is used, and why it does not need to be feared.
On Belief and On Truth
Which beliefs are essential, and which are cheap? Five beliefs to accept, five to decline, and a ladder of five rungs for knowing what is true, not just what feels true. The chapter on Belief is where this book most plainly parts from Spinoza.
On Man and On Blessedness
How many parts is a human made of, and if your will is not free, why does effort still matter? Then the question the whole book is built to answer: what does a person actually do to become blessed, and what are the five things that steal it?
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Minute 1: God of the Homeless Woman
As I parked at Starbucks, a homeless woman approached me, sobbing. The city had confiscated her blankets. She had fought with the agent, and the agent had told her to drop dead, that she was a waste of her father's seed. With tears in her eyes, she said she wished she were dead.
I had no money to give her, nothing tangible to offer. So I offered a perspective instead.
"How could anyone call you a waste, when the very reality of God is the cause of your existence? Look around. The birds above, the trees, the whole rhythm of nature. Everything that exists shares one thing: it simply is, fulfilling its nature. Be certain that you, too, are part of this great unity. You belong to an infinite God."
“When there was nothing else to give, an idea was the only thing left to offer. And that idea had the power to lift a person, if only for a minute.”
I am certain my words did not change her life much. But she was no longer crying.
I only hoped to remind her, and myself, that every individual is part of a greater whole, and that in knowing this we can find calm in the moment.
That was the day I realized the power of philosophy. When there was nothing else to give, an idea was the only thing left to offer. And that idea had the power to lift a person, if only for a minute.
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Five Things to Do, and the Three That Get in the Way
Accept
Peace with what is. The first thing a blessed person does is stop fighting reality: accept the treasures you already hold, who you are, the give and take, and the storms that will come.
Enjoy
Love for life as it happens, today, with what you have. Enjoying the now and finding the why, the many reasons to enjoy life, limits as a gift, the body as the temple of joy.
Create
The joy of making what was not there before. Two beliefs every creator needs, why to create at all, living with reality while creating with vision, and the BREW formula for getting anything done.
Lead
Yourself first, then others, then the ones who will come after you. Why your leadership matters, positivity as a leader's best tool, telling versus understanding, and leading children.
Gain and Give
What we owe to the whole we belong to: freedom, peace, and the courage to be the minority. Nothing is more useful to man than man.
The Three Fs
Fear. Feelings. Faith.
None of the three is evil; each once kept your ancestors alive. But they are meant to be passengers, not drivers. Left at the wheel, they grow into the five enemies of blessedness.
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