As member Dr. Kevin Hall of Do Well Be Well says in Connected through Community, “I think that we are all affected by everyone that we meet and interact with, and that sometimes they mold or reshape our way of understanding things."
In large part this happens because no matter who we are or where we live we all have common experiences as human beings. These experiences are what gives teachers the knowledge to help their students, and is what gives children the ability to teach their elders.
Charla Dury calls it "The Human Experience." "Someone out there has been through what
you’re going through," Charla said. "And it’s possible
that they’re not just like you."But there is more to being connected than our similarities and differences. Connection happens between people and spirit, people and nature, and even through technology.
"Technology has been a bridge to help us understand how connected we all are," Danielle Rose writes in Defining Connection. "It has helped us better understand the butterfly or ripple effect, proving humanity is just as powerful energetically as we are technologically."
Perhaps because of this more than anything, it is so important to just be at times. We try so hard to connect to certain aspects of our lives that we forget to recognize the important connections that simply are. “Outlets for disconnection are what helps me reconnect to what identifies me, beyond what I do for a living,”Mind Key writer Tara Ann Lesko said in "Connected through Community."
This is likely why even people who live in the midst of a concrete jungle find sanctuary outdoors in nature. There are many studies eager to prove why. Shinrin-yoku (森林浴), or forest bathing, has been shown to positively affect hormones and the neurological system. In his book, "Last Child in the Woods," Richard Louv discusses how spending more unstructured time in nature equates to better behavior and better grades. The Tree Whisperer, Dr. Jim Conroy of Cooperative BioBalance teaches that we are all working members of both small and large ecosystems, and as such are able to connect with them to provide genuine healing for ourselves and the world.
Time to start thinking of ourselves as part of something bigger - something in which we all play an integral role.
"Community is more than just the sum of the individual relationships within it, and as a whole functions as a higher vibrational energy."
Danielle Rose
Connected through Community
Want to read more? Click the links below to check out this week's blogs on connection:
Defining Connection
Connection through Community
Charla Dury on the Human Experience, and
Tamara Rokicki on our Connection with Nature
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