{"quotes":[{"text":"I don't trust anybody who isn't a little bit neurotic.","author":"Mohadesa Najumi","tags":["acceptance","ascension","bell-hooks","brain","connectedness","consciousness","crazy","embodiment","enlightenment","fetters","genius","happiness","heartbreak","life","loss","love","matrix","mental-power","mohadesa","mohadesa-najumi","najumi","neuroscience","normal","norms","osho","pain","philosophy","psycology","relationship","self-awareness","self-help","self-love","self-mastery","society","sociology","spirituality","third-eye","understanding"],"id":9566,"author_id":"Mohadesa+Najumi"},{"text":"If we don’t live in the same vibe, it is hard to be aware of each other. When our reading differs from our neighbors’ reality, our surroundings may take a range of discordant shades and daily episodes become unrecognizable. But if we endeavor to find out, the “who is who”, the “what is what” and the “where is Waldo”, we might demonstrate our social literacy and connectedness. ('Fish for silence.').","author":"Erik Pevernagie","tags":["be-aware","become","connectedness","daily","demonstrate","differ-from","discordant","endeavor","episode","find-out","fish","literacy","live","neighbors","range","reading","reality","shades","silence","social","surroundings","take","unrecognizable","vibe","where-is-waldo","who-is-who"],"id":15400,"author_id":"Erik+Pevernagie"},{"text":"If they criticise you before they cheer you on, they are not your people. Simple.","author":"Nikki Rowe","tags":["connectedness","connections","family","inspirational","inspire","life","soul","soul-family","tribe"],"id":24039,"author_id":"Nikki+Rowe"},{"text":"When there is no connection at all between people, then anger is a way of bringing them closer together, of making contact. But when there is a great deal of connectedness that is problematic or threatening or unacknowledged, then anger is a way of keeping people separate, of putting distance between us.","author":"Audre Lorde","tags":["anger","connectedness","relationship"],"id":32099,"author_id":"Audre+Lorde"},{"text":"We must therefore rediscover, after the natural world, the social world, not as an object or sum of objects, but as a permanent field or dimension of existence.","author":"Maurice Merleau-Ponty","tags":["connectedness","perception","reality"],"id":34610,"author_id":"Maurice+Merleau-Ponty"},{"text":"Along with the mystical wonderment and sense of ecological responsibility that comes with the recognition of connectedness, more disturbing images come to mind. When applied to economics, connectedness seems to take the form of chain stores, multinational corporations, and international trade treaties which wipe out local enterprise and indigenous culture. When I think of it in the realm of religion, I envision smug missionaries who have done such a good job of convincing native people everywhere that their World-Maker is the same as God, and by this shoddy sleight of hand have been steadily impoverishing the world of the great fecundity and complex localism of belief systems that capture truths outside the Western canon. And I wonder—if everything's connected, does that mean that everything can be manipulated and controlled centrally by those who know how to pull strings at strategic places?","author":"Malcolm Margolin","tags":["connectedness","control","disconnection","diversity"],"id":37079,"author_id":"Malcolm+Margolin"},{"text":"People cannot escape the looming specter of a deathwatch and the imposing emptiness that comes with the termination of their existence. People resist going silently into the night. We seek to howl at the moon and make known our search for a diagrammatic overture that voices our unquantifiable existence. Terrified of squandering our existence, we each seek to break out from our muteness and strike an accord with our brothers and sisters whom share our inherent desire to reach a global consilience.","author":"Kilroy J. Oldster","tags":["communication","connectedness","death","human-existence","muteness","self-expression","writing"],"id":37401,"author_id":"Kilroy+J.+Oldster"},{"text":"The flow of spiritual connectedness and oneness with life will dwell in you if your heart and mind is open and innocent.","author":"Bryant McGill","tags":["connectedness","innocence","life","oneness","openess","spirituality"],"id":40876,"author_id":"Bryant+McGill"},{"text":"Life is a useless passion, an exciting journey of a mammal in survival mode. Each day is a miracle, a blessing unexplored and the more you immerse yourself in light, the less you will feel the darkness. There is more to life than nothingness. And cynicism. And nihilism. And selfishness. And glorious isolation. Be selfish with yourself, but live your life through your immortal acts, acts that engrain your legacy onto humanity. Transcend your fears and follow yourself into the void instead of letting yourself get eaten up by entropy and decay. Freedom is being yourself without permission. Be soft and leave a lasting impression on everybody you meet.","author":"Mohadesa Najumi","tags":["acceptance-of-others","ascension","bell-hooks","brain","connectedness","consciousness","crazy","embodiment","enlightenment","fetters","genius","happiness","heartbreak","life","loss","love","matrix","mental-power","mohadesa","mohadesa-najumi","najumi","neuroscience","normal","norms","osho","pain","philosophy","psycology","relationship","self-awareness","self-help","self-love","self-mastery","society","sociology","spirituality","third-eye","understanding"],"id":41025,"author_id":"Mohadesa+Najumi"},{"text":"No life is a waste,' the Blue Man said. 'The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we're alone.","author":"Mitch Albom","tags":["connectedness","inspirational","interdependence"],"id":50483,"author_id":"Mitch+Albom"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":60,"pages":6,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}