“The point, which can hardly be repeated too often, is that differentiation is not separation. The head and the feet are different, but not separate, and though man is not connected to the universe by exactly the same physical relation as branch to tree or feet to head, he is nonetheless connected - and by physical relations of fascinating complexity.” MenDifferentMotivationalUniverseTreeFeetRelationConnectedSeparationComplexityBranchesFascinatingOften IsDifferentiation Book:The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are Source: The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
“The human race, my intuition tells me, is not outside the cosmic process and is not an accident. It is as much a part of the universe as the trees, the mountains, the aurora, and the stars.” HumansUniverseStarsProcessRaceTreeMountainIntuitionAccidentsHuman RaceCosmicAurora Book:Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure Source: Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure
“Many of us are caught in separateness and we look for love out there, out there. But then as we proceed inside there will be the love. The universe is an example of love. Like a tree. Like the ocean. Like my body. Like my wheelchair. I see the love.” LooksBodyUniverseTreeExampleOceanCaughtWheelchairsLooking For LoveSeparatenessExamples Of Love Author:Ram Dass
“When we suddenly awake to the realization that there is no barrier, and never has been, one realizes that one is all things mountains, rivers, grasses, trees, sun, moon, stars, universe are all oneself. There is no longer a division or barrier between myself and others, no longer any feeling of alienation or fear there is nothing apart from oneself and therefore nothing to fear. Realizing this results in true compassion. Other people and things are not seen as apart from oneself but, on the contrary, as one's own body.” PeopleHas BeensFeelingsBodyUniverseStarsRealizingResultsCompassionSunTreeMoonMountainAll ThingsRiversOneselfContraryRealizationGrassAwakeBarriersDivisionAlienationSun Moon Author:Bruce Lee
“Material things have closed boundaries; they are not accessible, cannot be penetrated, by things outside themselves. But one's existence as a spiritual being involves being and remaining oneself and at the same time admitting and transforming into oneself the reality of the world. No other material thing can be present in the space occupied by a house, a tree, or a fountain pen. But where there is mind, the totality of things has room; it is "possible that in a single being the comprehensiveness of the whole universe may dwell.” WorldMindMayWholeRealitySpiritualUniverseHouseSpaceRoomsExistenceTreeMaterialsOneselfBoundariesPensFountainTransformingTotalityAdmittingMaterial ThingsSpiritual BeingsFountain Pens Author:Josef Pieper
“I try to keep this in mind when tied in to a rope 75 feet up in a tree... The history of ideas about our place in the universe has been a long series of let-downs for those who like to believe we are special.” TryingMindBelieveLongHas BeensIdeasUniverseTreeFeetSpecialSeriesTiedRope Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson