Today’s post is in response to BlogCatalog’s May 15, 2008 “Bloggers Unite for Human Rights.” I chose not to pick one particular issue of human rights to discuss. The following quote points out the importance of recognizing our interconnectedness to all others.
“We all matter. Every one of us has an essential contribution to make, and we can do so only by taking the risk of being uniquely our own selves.” ~ Carol S. Pearson
“As we grow in knowledge and understanding of ourselves, we discover our unique abilities and opportunities for self-expression. We find the validity of our own experience, viewpoints, and talents. Even our particular difficulties and flaws can be seen as special challenges for growth.
The insight we gain into our true selves reveals our similarity and interconnectedness to all others. We are each an important part of many larger systems. Discovering our part and contribution we can make grows out of an inner quest for self-discovery. As Duane Elgin writes in Voluntary Simplicity, “We cannot expect there to be peace within the human family if we are at war within ourselves.” Inner harmony and peace within ourselves enable us to share these same qualities with others and the world. It all begins within each one of us.” ~Veronica Ray “Green Spirituality: Reflections on Belonging to a World Beyond Myself
“The most beautiful and most profound emotion we can experience is the sensation of the mystical. It is the sower of all true science. So to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead. To know that which is impenetretrable to us really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty which our dull faculties can comprehend only in their primitive forms-this knowledge, this feeling is at the center of true religiousness.” ~ Albert Einstein
“But the best way of knowing the meaning of life is by learning from one’s student. A teacher can only make us aware of our capabilities but finding the right path is up to the student.” ~Paulo Coelho
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“A Reiki master holds no lordly power over his or her students. A Reiki master is simply a person who has chosen to take the next step into mastership by accepting a greater level of responsibility for his or her life. He or she openly accepts the effects of causes which are self-created. By accepting this responsibility, the Reiki master is empowered to use specific processes to assist others in further empowering themselves.” ~Paula Horan
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“The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple.” ~Amos Bronson Alcott
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“The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.” ~Kahlil Gibran
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“A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary.” ~Thomas Carruthers
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“The Master gives the student nothing he or she does not already have, nor does the Master take away anything that is not already present.” ~Phyllis Furumoto
“The transformative relationship is a shared journey toward meaning.” ~Marilyn Ferguson
Our relationships with other people are the first steps out of ourselves and into the world. Every relationship that touches our lives presents us with opportunities for learning and adding something to the lives of others.
As we recognize our interconnectedness with other people, we begin seeing the far-reaching effects of what we do. A smile freely given, a loving word spoken or an angry one held back — these are the simple ways we make powerful differences in others’ lives.
Together, we journey toward finding and understanding the meaning in our lives. Together, we discover that we are not so different from one another. Together, we find the strength and support that none of us has alone.
Whether or not we recognize it, we are responsible, one to another. We affect each other profoundly, every day of our lives. When we consciously and deliberately take responsibility for ourselves in relation to others, we can transform ourselves, our relationships, and, ultimately, the world.
From Green Spirituality: Reflections on Belonging to a World Beyond Myself by Veronica Ray
“Love cannot be born of mere determination: through the exercise of will one can at best be dutiful. Through struggle and effort, one may succeed in assuring that one’s external action is in conformity with one’s concept of what is right; but such action is spiritually barren because it lacks the inward beauty of spontaneous love.
Love has to spring spontaneously from within; it is in no way amenable to any form of inner or outer force. Love and coercion can never go together; but while love cannot be forced upon anyone, it can be awakened through love itself.
Love is essentially self-communicative; those who do not have it catch it from those who have it. Those who receive love from others cannot be its recipients without giving a response that, in itself, is the nature of love.
True love is unconquerable and irresistible. It goes on gathering power and spreading itself until eventually it transforms everyone it touches. Humanity will attain a new mode of being and life through the fee and unhampered interplay of pure love from heart to heart.”
From leaves from the tree: thoughts from Meher Baba
Today’s post is in response to BlogCatalog’s May 15, 2008 “Bloggers Unite for Human Rights.” I chose not to pick one particular issue of human rights to discuss. The following quote points out the importance of recognizing our interconnectedness to all others.
“The transformative relationship is a shared journey toward meaning.” ~Marilyn Ferguson
