We are part of one family, and we are fundamentally good

We are bad men living among bad men, and only one thing can calm us—we must agree to go easy on one another

The earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth.
 All things are connected like the blood that unites us all
Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand of it. 
Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself -Chief Seattle’s letter to the American Government, c. 1854 

If I own a can of tomato juice and spill it into the sea so that its molecules (made radioactive, so I can check this) mingle evenly throughout the sea, do I thereby come to own the sea, or have I foolishly dissipated my tomato juice?- Robert Nozick

You may talk doctrines by the millions, you may have sects by the hundreds of millions but it is nothing, until you have the heart to feel. Feel for them as your Veda teaches you, till you find they are parts of your own bodies, till you realise that you and they, the poor and the rich, the saint and the sinner, are all parts of One Infinite Whole, which you call Brahman - vivekananda

"What anybody does is their business. When people take drugs, it is none of your business. Why dont you leave them alone?" l replied, "My friend, eventhough l disapprove, l will compromise and accept what you are saying that it is none ofmy business. If you can guarantee that when someone takes drugs, and when they getbehind the wheel of a car and have an accident, the only thing they will ever hit is a tree, l will compromise. But if you cannot guarantee that when they take drugs and have anaccident, then you or your kids or l or my kids could be dead under the wheels, you betterbelieve it is my business. l have to get this person off the road."This one phrase, "It is my life, I will do what I want," has done more damage than good.People choose to ignore the spirit and derive the meaning that is convenient to them.Such people have tied this phrase to selfishness and Im sure that was not the intent.These people forget that we dont live in isolation. What you do affects me and what I do affects you. We are connected. We have to realize that we are sharing this planet and we must learn to behave responsibly. - by Shiv Khera


♥ Connection is why we’re here. We are hardwired to connect with others, it’s what gives purpose and meaning to our lives, and without it there is suffering