While we may be drawn to the idea of expanding beyond the trappings of our confined, individual self, coming into this experience may be difficult for many of us. We are so entrained to our separate self, our singular self-referentialism constantly running in the patterns of our mind and personal body. Culturally, especially in the West, so much of what we are surrounded by constantly reinforces the story of separation.

Coming into the experience of our communal body, our collective sense of being, inhabiting more than our selves alone—the mystical body of Christ not just as a collection of separate parts but a living, evolving organism of divine being—is something that will take time, intentionality, and dedicated practice.

If we sense deep within ourselves, we may recognize a soul longing for this way of becoming. An alluring desire to come more into the lived experience of being more than just the single person we are—because we also are this “more” in the truth of our whole being.