Living interdependence is the opportunity you have been waiting for. Perhaps the most valuable opportunity it offers is the opportunity to love. We need to expand our access to the love we have within us. This requires that we put ourselves in situations that ask us and allow us to love.
17th Karmapa
from the book Interconnected: Embracing Life in Our Global Society
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Further quotes from the book Interconnected:
- Limitless aspirations
- Inner freedom is key
- Our closest and most reliable allies
- The workings of interdependence
- An important source of closeness and love
- Webs of interdependence
- A Vast and Complex Web of Causality
- Delight in positive thoughts
- Touching the core of our equality
- Acting against self-serving impulses
- We hold nothing back
- Bringing about real change in the world
- Experiencing connection rather than isolation
- Opening up to the view of interconnectedness
- Remaining indifferent to the suffering of animals
- Self-discipline
- The power of our senses
- The ability to experience genuine closeness
- Dismantling the walls that separate us
- Everything and everyone is benefiting you