By Aisha Bailey

To possess something is never to truly know its singular, innate value. As two-year-olds, we cry out, “Mine!” But that phrase is less about the object and more a declaration of our independence—as individuals discovering our voice.

 

Relationships follow a similar path. Though we often place rules and expectations upon them, the relationships that endure—the ones that truly sustain—are those in which we break through those rules to see and know the other, and their deeper connection to us. We can only do this by having a more profound, defined, and intimate relationship with our own identity and purpose.

 

Love is the true site, the true knowing of the self, mirrored in another. But to speak of reflection in another is not to see just ourselves—it is to see the divine alignment, the unifying purpose that emerges when two fully-formed energies come together. When two forces unite in love, they create something greater than either alone. And if they keep their eyes on that higher order—whatever name we give it—it will keep them true, it will keep them balanced, and it will root them in shared purpose.

 

This is not about subjugation. It is not about self-erasure. True connection and alignment occur when two individuals have fully discovered and defined themselves. That is the higher order relationship.

 

When we speak of “higher order,” we are naming something that simply is—a truth known beyond knowledge. When such truth is filtered down and shared with the masses, it becomes religion. Hence, we have doctrine. We have laws. We have written principles that translate the ineffable into something livable. These are the policies of the spirit—boundaries, exceptions, sacred rules to be honored daily.

 

It is through this honoring that we uphold our relationships, that we bestow dignity and humanity upon each other.

 

But when someone steps outside of alignment with that higher order—when they twist laws, manipulate truths, and dehumanize others—they rupture the spiritual fabric that binds us. That is no small error. It cuts against our very reason for being. It separates us from our divine purpose, from our calling as human and spiritual beings striving toward prophetic enlightenment.

 

When a person destroys these sacred laws—when they dismantle the foundations of humanity—it shakes the earth beneath us. It displaces us from the path.

 

By now, through the arc of our lives, it should be evident: we are singular beings in search of spiritual truth. But that truth is not out there—it resides within. Each of us carries the light of prophecy, the spark of divine knowing. Our journey is the unfolding, the recognizing, the honoring of our strength, our power, and above all, our gifts.

 

And so, we must understand: disruption is one thing. But disruption of the higher order, of our spiritual alignment—that is another. That is corruption, not just of systems or societies, but of the soul.

 

This truth cannot be worn on a T-shirt. It is not a trinket. It is not a slogan. It is a sacred call.

 

To objectify the Earth—as merely a resource—or to objectify people, children, animals—as mere things—is blasphemous.

 

Are we not all living together? Are we not one giant cell, pulsing in rhythm with the higher order? Are we not one with one another?

 

Was this not the prophecy of Jesus? Was this not the word of the Lord? And is it not, in every major faith, the same prophecy repeated?

 

We are all connected. And every time we humiliate, oppress, subjugate—or kill—our fellow man, we strike at ourselves. We strike at the world. We fracture the unity. We sabotage the divine purpose of enlightenment.

 

There is no greater calling. No greater purpose.

 

Money, possessions, worldly goods—these are finite. They pass. But the pursuit of spiritual alignment, of purpose, of enlightenment—that is eternal. That is what sustains us. That is what keeps us true, and that is what gives us the strength to rise, again and again.

 

I urge all who can hear: take heed of the damage being done. See it. Feel it. Do not turn away.

 

Only by joining hands with our neighbors, by looking into their eyes, and holding them in favor—can we rise to greatness. Only then can we live a life truly worth having.