Rising Spirit this was a great post.  I resonate with a lot of this.

I alluded to something similar earlier.  

I need a heart to live.  Therefore the heart is part of me.

I need a brain to live.  Therefore the brain is part of me.

I need concentrated air to live.  Therefore the air is part of me.

I need a biosystem to concentrate the air.  Therefore the biosphere is part of me.

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I need the entire universe in order to to live.  Therefore the entire universe is a part of me.

If I am everything.  Then so is everyone else.

If everyone else is everything then there is no individual self!

If there is one thing I am wholly certain of it's that the teachings of atman and anatman are two sides of the same coin.  Different teachings required to jar different ego's into new views.   The centuries of arguing between Vedanta and Buddhism is just retarded.  They are headed to the same place yet arguing about semantics.    

Rising Spirit I think your signature line accurately describes this.

It is a pleasure and an honor to have found people such as you that will engage in such deep converstations.  Alas I often try to engage my facebook frieds and only a few respond.  At the nexus though everyone responds and they respond with yeah cool, but have you thought of it from this angle?  That's why I love you guys.

I really need to spend more time reading about the  Bahá'í faith.  I know little, but I have to say I don't agree that Allah is not 100% present in all things.  But then most abrahamic religions still think in terms of God outside the universe. 

Peace