80 Quotes About Interconnectedness

In spiritual moments we nearly perceive a grand, divine conspiracy of interconnectedness between us and everything.

Far from making me feel different and special, my [spiritual] experiences made me feel the same, ordinary, and interconnected. If I felt more spiritual, everyone else felt more spiritual as well. (276)

When we look at waves in the ocean, we see each one as independent in its formation and at the same time inseparable from the whole. The is no such thing as a wave without the ocean. In the same way we are inseparable from each other and are connected to the whole body of life

When we look at waves in the ocean, we see each one as independent in its formation and at the same time inseparable from the whole. There is no so such thing as a wave without the ocean. In the same way we are inseparable from each other and are connected to the whole body of life.

Flowers magnetize us with their beauty and reflect back to us our own essence. Their qualities magnify positive aspects of ourselves. They serve as messengers to remind us of the preciousness of life at the most crucial times of our lives. Flowers are doing this for us all the time, and all we have to do is pay attention.

All of our ancestors live within each one of us whether we are aware of it or not.

The more we understand the One Idea, how all of life is interconnected and interdependent, the more we can act in positive ways for the good of all.

Violence is central to patriarchy, and Western society’s various forms of systemic violence are interconnected. Recognizing similarities across forms of oppression such as racism, child abuse, speciesism, and sexism, for example, is essential . . . . We can curb this tendency only if all forms of violence are exposed and challenged—rape and slaughter, rodeos and brothels. We cannot expect to put out a fire by removing only one coal.

I felt part of a group for the first time in my life. Not a family, just a group of people who liked being together, who sat as we did, leaning towards each other, leaving just the right amount of space in between, whose thoughts and words flowed easily and naturally, whose voices and accents were so different from each other and yet mingled in harmony as though in a song.