introduction
The usual way of thinking always makes a choice between "one" and "many": either the world is one after all, and everything is just an illusion; or the world is many, and no identity really exists.
But the more fundamental experience is that more does not exclude one, and one does not cancel more. A river has countless waves, but the waves do not betray the river; the river is among all the waves and never leaves.
"Much is the complete manifestation of one, and one is the root that has never been disconnected" is the structural description of this experience. It does not view one and many as opposing answers, but as two sides of the same manifestation process.
1. 1 is not a lot of starting point
It is very easy to imagine the One as an original entity: before everything appeared, there was a One. Then, this "one" gave birth to "many".
But this is a dangerous imagination. It turns "one" into a "thing". Once "one" becomes something, it has already fallen into multiple levels and is already an object that can be spoken about.
The true one is not the starting point of many, not the first existence, not a very distant source. It is the "undivided" that makes more possible. It is not in front of much, but below much. It does not precede time, but precedes everything that can be called "this" or "that" division.
Therefore, when we say that "one is the root of many", it is not the first in time, but the structural one that "has not yet left".
2. Most of them are "undivided" developments
If there is no "one", there is no much; if there is no more,"one" is just an inexperiential void.
If an invisible hand never opens any door, then even a "hand" will not become a hand. Plenty is the way you develop yourself "undivided".
Therefore, much is not a dilution of one, a corruption of one, or a move from integrity to fragmentation. It is mostly a process in which "one" moves from invisible to visible, from unspeakable to speakable, and from indistinguishable to universally recognizable.
It's like light entering a prism and dispersing into different colors. Color is not a betrayal of light, but a manifestation of light. Much is the unspeakable one, manifested in countless deviations and relationships, into a world that can be experienced.
3. The deflection produces more, but not one is broken
How do you get out of No. 1 Middle School?
Not through external cutting, nor through some strong will. Much grows from extremely light deflection.
Deflection is a slight irregularity that occurs within an interior. It is not division, disorder, or degeneration. It just makes "absolute same" no longer hold true, and makes "this" and "that" begin to have a weak possibility.
From then on, differences appeared, polarities appeared, rhythm and direction appeared, and relationships and essence appeared. Everything becomes richer and richer on this crooked road.
But the point is: Deflection never really cuts off the relationship with One. Every way out still retains a weak traction with the place where it comes from. This kind of persistence is the reason why all "recognition" is possible.
Therefore, most are rich, but not fragments. Many people come out of one school, but they are still in one school.
4. Relationship and Essence: How Much Is Fixed into the World
Diversity does not flow forever. It precipitates, crystallizes, and stabilizes into something that can be seen, captured, and returned.
These precipitates are the essence.
The essence seems to be the strongest expression of "much": every life, every set of structures, and every direction are different and real. They fix "much" and make the world not a blur, but have stones, trees, languages, systems, and you and me.
But the essence is still the crystallization of the relationship. There is a relationship first, and then there is a substance. The reason why the essence is different is that each relationship has a different development path and each skewed history is different.
Therefore, the completeness of many lies precisely in these differences. They are not fragments that fall out of one, but different shapes that grow into different deviations and relationships.
5. The meaning of roots: many are never really separated
"One is that there are many roots that have never been broken." It means: no matter how far you go, it will never get out of the roots.
Not everyone "remembers" this. It is precisely because of forgetting that the world has isolation, loneliness and alienation. But forgetting does not mean disconnecting. The root is still there, but it is no longer felt.
This is why "return","recognition","seeing sex" and "going home" have become the most traditional words in many places. They are not looking for a lost past, but are re-feeling that they have never really left.
Much is not just taken back. Most of them suddenly realized that they were not broken in extremely different situations.
6. What does this judgment mean in practice
If "much is the complete manifestation of one, and one is the root that has never been disconnected" is regarded as an existential judgment rather than just poetry, it will change the way we see the world.
First of all, we no longer have to regard "more" as a chaos that needs to be overcome. The difference between all things is not a manifestation of loss of roots, but a manifestation of fundamental abundance. A root that can make all things different and allow them to share the same root is not a barren one, but a truly viable one.
Secondly, there is no need to regard "one" as a high point to withdraw from. One is not beyond many. People don't have to leave the world to return to unity, but in specific people, specific relationships, and specific differences, they can still feel the unbroken line.
Finally, it redefines "harmony without difference". And not erase the differences. Harmony means that differences still exist, but no longer obscure each other. Because they all know that they have come from the same undivided land, but have only taken different paths.
7. Conclusion
More and one are not two answers that need to be chosen.
Most of them are the complete manifestation of "one" in the world. The first is the root of "more" that has never been disconnected in the depths.
Everything is different, which in itself is already a miracle. The greater miracle is that they are different, but they are still connected.
Therefore, there is no need to ask "Which flower is the real one" in the myriad of colors. Every flower is real because they are still flowers that bloom from the roots. At the same time, every flower is not the whole, because the root is still under all flowers and is never monopolized by any flower.
Much is the manifestation of one, and one is the root of many. Seeing this layer, people will no longer be torn between "sameness" and "differences", but can hear the string that has never been broken at the same time amidst the noise.