Each of the Four Methods has an Anti-method which opposes it. Togetherness is opposed by individualism. There’s a tug-o-war happening between these two principles. Babylon has individualism, but the Kingdom of God has togetherness. Togetherness leads to life, but individualism leads to death.

The question becomes: What defines you? What side of the tug-o-war had pulled you more? Togetherness or individualism? Life or death? In your day-to-day activities, what do you show more of: Togetherness or individualism? It’s not “Oh, I do those things sometimes” but “what describes me more accurately as a whole?” Not only you as an individual, but what defines the culture around you more? What is the world that you’re creating?

So what does someone look like when they’re defined by togetherness? These people live together under the same roof: the same house. They eat together, talk together, change together. When they fight with their friends or family, they make up with them. When they fight with members of their community, they make peace with them. They’re warm with friends, and warm with strangers. They see differences between people, but it doesn’t cause them to fracture. They know that each person will live a bit distinctly. Each person will have a distinct understanding. They gather people together to form a common understanding. They gather with others to a place of worship, and there they worship God. They feast together, and fast together. They form institutions, and actively engage them. They know that individual charity only goes so far. They love peace, and they hate war. They make peace between nations, between groups, and between individuals. When they do have to battle, they go out as a group. One person the foot, and the other the hand. As one body, they strike down death. The people defined by togetherness make peace with God, and make peace with God.

So what does someone look when they’re defined by individualism? They live in different houses, having separate lives. They eat by themselves, they’re silent by themselves, they remain stagnant by themselves. When they have fights with friends or family, they cut them off. When they fight with members of their community, they take it as a reason to start a war. They’re cold with friends, and cold with strangers. They see the differences between people, and it causes them to fracture. They see that each person lives a bit differently. Everyone has a different understanding. They see this and scatter, everyone doing what is right in their own eyes. They isolate themselves to do “spiritual” practices, and they end up worshipping themselves. They eat by themselves, and fast by themselves, if they do, in fact, ever fast. If they give, they don’t pool their resources with others, making their giving less effective. They love to war, and they hate making peace. They battle against everyone at all times, and complain about loneliness. Finally, death strikes them down. The people defined by individualism make war against God, and make war against his creation.

Togetherness is not just about being around people. Just being around people can be an empty unity. Just because you say you’re together doesn’t mean that you are. You can gather a bunch of workers at a construction site, and let each of them do something different, regardless of what the others are doing. They’re around each other, but not working together. This is individualism. Togetherness is gathering the workers, and letting each do their part. One person pours the foundation, and another works on the electrical wiring. One person grabs the bricks from the pile, and the other places it. Each worker does something distinct, but not separate from what the others are doing.

With togetherness, you join yourself to life. With individualism, you scatter yourself towards death. God is the life of the world, and the consciousness above all consciousness. Gather together, and be gathered to God. Be one, and be one with the One.