Our life is like a vast net connecting us to all other lives on this planet, and each part of this net is linked to all of the rest. The essence of our life is not limited within the confines of our bodies but rather is distributed across all the people and things that we are connected to. To think about our life in a way that treats it as our individual property is too limited and too small, and leads us to miss seeing its full value.
17th Karmapa
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Further quotes from the book Interconnected :
- The impulse to connect
- Cultivating a spirit of generosity
- Interdependent individual
- Viewing others through the lens of interdependence
- Experiencing connection rather than isolation
- Discovering new potentials
- Bringing about real change in the world
- Recollecting kindness
- Focusing on our inner interdependence
- A genuine sense of affection
- Individualism or interdependence
- Gratitude
- The power of our senses
- The full vividness of direct contact
- Self-discipline
- Inner conditions of interdependence
- Dismantling the walls that separate us
- Extend yourself and connect
- You exist in connection with others
- Remaining indifferent to the suffering of animals