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Duvidf- I have learned the Chovos Halevavos’ Shaar Hayichud. I have a hard time believing that you did. He discusses the concept of Yichud Hashem at length in Perek 8-9. For example, he writes in Perek Tes:
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Later in the perek he writes:
????? ??? ????? ?? ?????? ??? ????? ?? ?? ??? ???????? ?? ??? ????? ????? ????? ???? ???? ??????? ?????? ??? ?????? ?? ???? ??? ????? ???? ???? ???? ???? ??? ??? ????? ??? ???????. ??? ??? ???? ???? ??? ????? ?? ????? ?? ?? ?? ???? ??? ?? ????? ????? ??????? ??????? ???????? ????????? ??? ?? ??? ???? ???? ???? ?????? ???? ?????
That means that only Hashem is truly One, or like you wrote, Unique / Unequalled / Unlike any other and above time and space. Nothing else created is truly One, because it can be divided into parts. This is true of the Creator, not of anything created, like the neshama.
