Connectivity: We are ALL connected

"Based on what you know, explain connectivity"



Based on what I know........hmmm. I tend to think I know very little, other than, perhaps, how I feel in any given moment! Having said that...this I was I think about connectivity.



On all levels, in all ways, we are not only all connected but ARE one.



From a gross physical standpoint, we share an environment, a world, where we all contribute and consume. We are like the trillions of cells in our 'own' bodies, each with its own path and purpose, but working together to create a world.

From a micro-physical (molecular) standpoint, we take in nutrients from our environment and release them as 'waste' which rejoins the nutrient cycle becoming the nutrients of others. I breathe in the very same molecules that were in the blood of both my friend and my enemy. In this way, we are connected in a very western physical way, by the particles metabolize and release. From a gardeners perspective: we are all part of the same compost heap!

Even if one does not acknowledge the physical connectedness of things, it is difficult for anyone to deny the inter-dependence of all things (the slow shift to more micro-organism friendly agriculture practices attests to that!). And inter-dependence is not too far from connectivity...

From a spiritual stand-point: every stone, dew drop, blossom, and creature sprang forth from the same source...what ever one chooses to call that source, be it spiritual, religious or even scientific...one source, one wuji, one big bang, one breathe of life.....

There are creation stories from many different and varied cultures that tell, a similar idea. One of my favorites is from an African tribe that tells of the Great Mother. There was only one thing in the universe and it was her. She did not have self awareness but just existed. Then she breathed and that breath caused a wind and she felt the wind and became aware of herself and also of her alone-ness. In her loneliness she began to dance, to vibrate her body until she began to separate. She separated into two and was no longer alone. She continued to separate into two and two again, on and on until all the creatures and flowers and things were made. And now all things, from the clouds and sea to human begins, interact, coming together and moving apart, as a way for the Great Mother to know herself, to know life.