+ This is the third post on InterSpiritual Meditation Step 3: May we be awakened and transformed into our highest potential.
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Separateness is an illusion.
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Everything is interrelated — in time, space, and
our very being. Both religion and science reveal this truth — Hinduism's image
of Indra's net, Buddhism's understanding of interbeing, the experiences of the
mystics, the teachings of ecology and physics, even the Internet.
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One definition of spirituality is "the art
of making connections."
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There are certain givens: The one is made up of
many. One thing always leads to another. Everything is related to everything
else.
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The practice of connections reinforces holistic
thinking and our awareness of how the spiritual, emotional, and mental aspects
of our being interpenetrate and nourish each other. It enables us to see the
big picture.
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We need to engage in this practice when we have
a tendency to compartmentalize our experiences, to put them in neat little
boxes instead of seeing them as parts of a whole.
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The history of the world is plagued by dueling
dualisms: mind vs. body, humans vs. nature, God vs. the world, science vs.
religion, country vs. city, male vs. female. The spiritual practice of
connections erases such arbitrary and unnecessary distinctions.
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