You're funny, K.

But it is really simple, and I believe we differ perhaps in one single step only.

At the big picture, there is no unity. At the smaller picture, we can't help but look for unity and we do find it. Then, we also start to look for unity at the overall level (and can’t find it).

So, our brain should be doing the same, plus correct the overall mistake because it is quite obvious. But here is the kicker: there are ways to confuse ourselves. When the confusion is beneficial, then we love it. When mistakes are beneficial, we try to make more of them. So, we are okay with overall 1s when they benefit us, even while artificial/unnatural/incorrect.

The binary system really lays it out the way it is (1s and 0s, and no one is the 1, other than each of us for ourselves).

The confusing part occurs with the decimal system. It is so handy, we worship it. But the decimal system has a single 1, and often we are not that 1, and somebody else or something else is (or claims the spot). On top of that, most folks put 1 in first place, so it completely occupies the actual first number, which is 0.

The human brain should have 0 at the largest of levels, at the first position imaginable, but that is not how we are wired: We benefit so tremendously from fake 1s in first spots (no, this is not going to get a political twist) that we ignore the truth and go with what is most beneficial instead. Plus, we forget about the truth. That may be the most important part, our ignoring and forgetting that 0 is the beginning for anything in specifics [when thinking the decimal way; we could also simply switch to the binary system].

1 at the overall level is not correct. Exception is the prior state of the universe that contained energy. If so desired, we can call it 1, but energy is also the main thing we know about it, and not much else. So, it is not really a very clear 1 either and it is better to just call it energy and be done with it. Good for us that energy does not get lost, so we also do not need to figure out where it came from.

Because a 0 was able to get fully established in that energized state (i.e. fundamental separation occurred among all that energy), we ended up with our current universe.

It is quite simple, K, but it is not how we ordinarily organize our own brains.

Best regards,

F-R