Our understanding of ourselves as discrete
beings separate from each other grows out of conditions of our life in time and
space. The less we feel this separation, the more we feel our unification with
all other living creatures, the lighter our load, and the more joyful our life
will be.
For
the body is not one member, but many . . . And if one member suffers, all the
members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with
it.
— 1
Corinthians 12:14, 26
A
small branch cut off from a big limb is separated from the whole tree. In the
same way when a person is in an argument with another person, he is separated
from all humanity
—
Marcus Aurelius
God
created heaven and earth, but they lacked the ability to understand the
happiness of their existence. Then God made creatures who could understand the
happiness of their existence, and who could create a single body from all of
its thinking parts. All people are members of this one body; in order to be
happy, they should live in harmony with the will that governs its life. We
should live in harmony with this great soul and love it more than we love
ourselves.
—
Blaise Pascal
We manifest in love our understanding of
the unity of our being with others, and in so doing we make our life greater.
The more we love, the wider, larger, and more joyful our life becomes.
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