I like the direction this is heading, I just think there are some things that need to be fleshed out or resolved.

Assuming that we all partake of the same consciousness, and thus harm done to another is harm done to ourselves, how can we justify self defense? Do we have to assume that an ignorant (and violent) individual has separated themselves from a cosmic unity, or are they still inevitably part of the whole?

Is unity a choice, or is the presence of division merely an illusion?