My friend got me two great books for my birthday. One is a book of Buddhist sayings for every day of the year. The other book, How to See Yourself As You Really Are by the Dalai Lama, is blowing my mind so far. It is thus far saying the same kinds of things that What the Bleep Do We Know?!? was saying. Things do not exist in and of themselves. Things are dependent-arising. They depend on certain causes; depend upon their parts; and they depend upon thought. "Physicists are discovering that phenomena do not exist objectively in and of themselves but exist in the context of involvement with an observer." The way we "see" things affects the way that they are. Buddhism is full of empowering information for being in the world. You do not exist in and of yourself but are the sum of your parts, events in your life and the way people "see" you. It explains things that I just "knew" but did not really know.
It amazes me how people seem to be getting more and more individualistic even as the world seems to be getting smaller-with all of the ways to interact with people all over the world. Plus, as the population continues to grow even as our resources dwindle, how can we continue to justify an individualistic existence? We need to work together as a world community to make the world a better place for everyone. Further proof that nature intended cooperation, read the following article from National Geographic.
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."-Abraham Lincoln
These words ring as true today as they did in 1858.
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