“At its most basic, the spiritual is the experience of the connectedness that underlies reality. The depth of that experience depends on the capacity of the individual to set aside considerations of self, thereby gaining access to connection.” SelfRealitySpiritualSpiritualityIndividualDependsCapacityConnectionsDepthAccessConsiderationConnectedness Author:Arthur J. Deikman
“The greatest intellectual capacities are only found in connection with a vehement and passionate will.” FoundIntellectualCapacityConnectionsPassionateVehement Author:Arthur Schopenhauer
“The recurring theme of all religions is a sympathy, empathy, connection, capacity between the human and the divine - that we were made for union with one another. They might express this through different rituals, doctrines, dogmas, or beliefs, but at the higher levels they're talking about the same goal. And the goal is always union with the divine.” HumansMadeDifferentMightBeliefGoalLevelsTalkingDivineHigherEmpathyCapacityConnectionsUnionsDoctrineThemeRitualDogmaHigher LevelRecurringRecurring Themes Author:Richard Rohr
“The five C's of expanding your capacity. 1. Build your confidence. 2. Expand your connections. 3. Improve your competence. 4. Strengthen your character. If character is not strengthening your capacity is weakening. We need to check our leadership for leaks. 5. Increase your commitment.” IfsNeedsCharacterFiveCommitmentCapacityConnectionsIncreaseChecksExpandingCompetenceStrengtheningLeaksWeakening Author:Sheila Heen
“There have been studies done on people who meditate and they have found that they actually have increased grey matter in certain parts of their brain and more neural conductivity, meaning more connections between certain parts of the brain. They have increased capacity for, in some cases, memory, or reasoning.” PeopleHas BeensMatterDoneCertainFoundMemoriesBrainCasesStudyCapacityConnectionsReasoningGreyGrey Matter Author:Jennifer Ashton
“...there was some kind of connection between the capacity to love and the capacity to love *running*. The engineering was certainly the same: both depended on loosening your grip on your own desires, putting aside what you wanted and appreciating what you've got, being patient and forgiving and... undemanding...maybe we shouldn't be surprised that getting better at one could make you better at the other.” KindRunningWantedDesireCapacityAppreciateConnectionsForgivingPatientGet BetterEngineeringCapacity To Love Author:Christopher McDougall
“Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves, our world contracts as our problems and preoccupations loom large. But when we focus on others, our world expands. Our own problems drift to the periphery of the mind and so seem smaller, and we increase our capacity for connection - or compassionate action.” WorldMindSelfProblemSeemsActionFormCompassionFocusEmpathyCapacityConnectionsIncreaseSelfishnessOur WorldContractsCompassionatePreoccupationAbsorptionSelf AbsorptionPeripherySocial IntelligenceSelfish World Author:Daniel Goleman