The Dalai Lama on Oneness
Adapted from The Pocket Dalai Lama, edited by Mary Craig (Shambhala, 2002).
The universe we inhabit can be understood in terms of a living organism in which each cell works in balanced co-operation with every other cell to sustain the whole. If just one of these cells is harmed, as it is when disease strikes, that balance is harmed and there is danger to the whole.
This in turn suggests that our individual well-being is intimately connected both with that of all others and with the environment within which we live.
It also becomes apparent that our every action, our every deed, word and thought, no matter how slight or inconsequential it may seem, has an implication not only for ourselves but all others too.
I really like this. Have you read The Art of Happiness? I highly recommend it.
We all need to listen and learn.
You know what they say, there’s no mayonnaise in Ireland.
Wait! No man is an island.