http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/the-big-ideas/topics/seeing-truly en-us 60 <p align="center"><em>&quot;He alone sees truly who sees the Lord the same in every creature...</em></p><p align="center"><em>seeing the same Lord everywhere, he does not harm himself or others.&quot;</em></p><p align="center">&nbsp;</p><p align="center">~ Krishna</p><p align="center">from <em>The Bhagavad Gita</em></p><p>The beauty and the power of seeing the interconnectedness of our existence&hellip;</p><p>Reminds me of Abraham Maslow's wisdom:</p><p align="center">&ldquo;<em>Self-actualizing people have a deep feeling of identification, sympathy, and affection for human beings in general. They feel kinship and connection, as if all </em>people were members of a single family.&quot;</p><p>And, what about Donne&rsquo;s famous poem, <em>For Whom the Bell Tolls</em>?</p><p>&ldquo;<em>No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were; any man&rsquo;s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee.&rdquo;</em></p><p>We&rsquo;re all ONE.</p><p>Let&rsquo;s see truly.</p> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:43:14 -0000 forums.thinkarete.com:503:240:240 brian http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/503/topics/240