More self, less connection to the larger world.*
Alan Lightman
[The Dalai Lama] teaches that there are two ways to get above the noise of your life:
1. Lift your attention to the divine and develop your spiritual nature.
2. Look outward and serve others with compassion.**
Arthur Brooks
You are not me–
Aren’t you glad?–
But you are You–
An odyssey of the Ego–
You are more than You–
Aren’t you glad?–
You and I can be We–
The pilgrimage of True Self.
Together, we are more than We–
Aren’t we glad?–
We are part of everything–
Life’s unfolding path–
*Alan Lightman’s The Transcendent Brain;
**Arthur Brooks’ The Meaning Of Your Life.
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