How Complicit Is the United Nations in Perpetuating Division—and the Chaos It Breeds?

what happens when we cling to the concept of nationalities—the crowning achievement of the United Nations.

Imagine a world where grown adults argue endlessly over which imaginary friend is better, forming clubs to discuss their favorite myths while harming those who disagree. Sound ridiculous? Yet, this is exactly what happens when we cling to the concept of nationalities—the crowning achievement of the United Nations.

Nationalities are like drawing lines in the sand and declaring, “This is mine, and that is yours,” while the tide washes it all away. They’re arbitrary human constructs that don’t exist anywhere in nature, yet we treat them as sacred truths, fueling division, conflict, and war.

But it’s not just the lines that are imaginary—it’s also the perceivable differences between us. Every human being lacks an internal nature that can bring about their own existence. Humans are not made from unique “human” parts that have always been exclusively ours but from the entirety of existence itself. Each of us is the product of trillions of atoms from the infinite universe, each atom a timeless, ever-changing fragment of eternity, forged in the hearts of ancient stars that died to be reborn as us.

No particle of an atom is a singular or permanent entity. Every particle is a composite of an infinite number of ever-smaller parts perpetually reacting in a chain of causes and conditions from beginless of time, a perpetual dance of smaller interactions, endlessly becoming, endlessly transforming. The differences we obsess over and kill for—skin tone, eye color, the shapes of our cheekbones or noses—are nothing more than fleeting ripples in an infinite ocean of unfolding existence. We do not produce or possess these traits; they are the universe, momentarily expressing itself through countless shapes and colors our minds label "us" or "them". From the smallest particle of an atom to the vastness of the universe, nothing exists independently, in and of itself. Everything is full of everything else, devoid of a separate self. Thus, all is interconnected, selfless, and ultimately identical in essence.

And yet, we build walls. We draw maps. Build bigger bombs. We invent stories of separation and enshrine them in institutions like the United Nations—a global club of people clinging to the delusion that these imaginary lines and differences are real. They act as though managing these illusions can somehow heal the very wounds they create. It’s like adults debating the logistics of Santa’s workshop while ignoring the cries of hungry children outside their door—or the cries of wounded soldiers, brainwashed to die in the name of baseless fantasies.

Here’s the truth: the Earth doesn’t care about your borders. From space, there are no nations, no lines, no “us” versus “them.” There is only one fragile planet, spinning in an infinite void, carrying a species too busy fighting over imaginary divisions to notice the beauty of their shared existence.

We are not Americans, Russians, or Nigerians. We are identical stardust. We are the universe, experiencing itself as human for a brief, precious moment. To believe in nationalities is to believe in a lie that blinds us to this truth.

It’s time to wake up. Tell the leaders of the United Nations—the ones waving their flags and redrawing their maps—that their beliefs are as baseless as arguing over the validity of Santa’s passport. The belief in the validity of borders and differences are relics of past ignorance and belong in museums. The future does not belong to borders or nations. It belongs to those who see through the illusion, who recognize the unity beneath the surface.

Let us leave behind the myths of division and step into the reality of our interconnectedness. Only then can we move beyond artificial boundaries and build a world rooted in peace, cooperation, and the infinite wonder of seamless existence.

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