Just as the human body is one whole interconnected system, the entire world is one whole interconnected system.
Just as the human body is made up of different parts and systems, the entire world is made up of different parts and systems.
The human body works in harmony and balance:
- The heart doesn't work for itself, it works for the entire body.
- The lungs don't work for themselves, they work for the entire body.
- The knee isn't right and the elbow isn't wrong. They're just different parts of the same body.
- If your toe is sore, your entire body limps. If one part of your body is harmed, it affects your entire body.
- Even the brain is not greater than the body, the brain is a part of the body. The brain doesn't control the body, it listens to the body and coordinates systems within the body to achieve harmony and balance. For example, your sore toe sends a pain signal to your brain, and when your brain receives the message it coordinates action to eliminate the pain, heal the wound and restore harmony and balance to the entire body.
- In this interconnected and interdependent system, the whole is greater than the sum of it's parts, meaning the whole body is something greater than the individual parts that it's made of.
Unlike the human body, which is connected in harmony and balance, the entire world today is disconnected. We don't work in harmony with others, nature or the entire world.
Today, we're all immersed in the quality of selfishness, seeking only to benefit ourselves. We care only for ourselves with no regard for others, nature or the world.
We're engaged in selfish individualistic pursuits without any concern for how our negative behaviour affects the entire system. As such the entire system is broken and disconnected.
We cause harm to ourselves, to others and to all of nature and in this way we cause harm to the entire system, because the entire system is interconnected.
This selfish behaviour has to stop.
Our internal qualities have to change from selfishness to bestowal/love of others/altruism. We have to seek to benefit others (and the whole world) instead of our individual selves. We have to think of others instead of thinking only about ourselves.
We have to realize that we're part of an interconnected and interdependent system that's one unified whole. We're not above the system, we're a part of it. Within the system, there is no right or wrong, there's just different parts that have to work together.
We have to work together for the sake of the whole world. We have to seek to benefit others instead of ourselves. Once this happens, we'll become connected in mutual concern and responsibility.
We'll take care of each other (and all of nature) because we'll become genuinely concerned for each other's welfare and well-being.
We'll work together as one family, because we are all one family. This will bring harmony and balance to the entire system and we'll become united as one.
In front of God we are all equal, one body. God doesn't prefer the knee over the elbow. He relates to us as ONE. As such, no one is greater than or lesser than the other.
When we unite as one, the whole will be greater than the sum of it's parts, meaning when we connect with each other and with all of nature, we'll become something greater than the individual parts that we'll be made of.
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