how recognizing our interconnectedness with everything around us transforms how we experience emotions and relationships.

Everything is Connected

Let me prove to you that everything is connected - that you exist in everything, and everything exists in you.

When I was younger, I remember the day I realized this. I didn't want to go to school (which happened most days, to be honest), so I decided to take a walk in nature while my parents thought I was in school. I vividly remember looking at the flowers and plants, watching how they all moved toward the sun, reaching and facing to be in front of the light.

In that moment, something extraordinary happened in my body - I recognized myself inside the flowers. I saw myself in them.

Here's the profound truth: Every single time you've felt love in your life - toward someone else, a pet, a person, or even a location - it was you loving yourself. And every time you've felt resentment, it was you feeling resentment toward yourself.

If you've ever gotten mad while driving, angry at other people's behaviors on the road, you're usually mad because you recognize that behavior in yourself. Every hate is self-hatred. Every love is self-love.

The Physics of Connection

When you look at a box or rock under a microscope, you see that most of it is empty space. But what isn't empty is constantly moving - electrons, molecules, everything in constant motion. A rock is constantly moving internally, yet the rock itself doesn't appear to change.

It's the same here on Earth and throughout the universe. Everything is constantly moving, but nothing is truly changing. Energy shifts to different energy. Materials transform into different materials. We are like a rock together, even though we're constantly moving.

We're all part of something bigger and bigger and bigger, and smaller and smaller and smaller - an infinite universe. This isn't just philosophy; this is physics.

The Oneness of Everything

When we understand how everything is connected - not just connected, but fundamentally the same - we realize we are one with our friends, one with the tree in front of us, one with the sand, even with the oil. Same molecules, same electrons. Even the things we can't measure, see, or feel - everything is connected, everything is one. Different faces, different looks, different colors, but all one.

If the world based its foundation on this realization, imagine what we could build on top of it.

The Mirror of Emotions

This leads to a crucial question: How can I resent something if that something I resent is me? How can I hate something if what I hate is me? How can I be angry if everything is me?

If you're looking for a mirror to understand your emotions and yourself, pay attention to the emotions you feel toward others. Do you feel love? Are you apathetic? The emotions you direct outward are reflections of your inner state.

It's often easier to love those similar to us - like how it might be easier to love a dog than a cat because dogs seem more similar to us. But when you have a cat, you can fall in love with them too. Some people even love snakes, which is remarkable because snakes are so different from us and can be dangerous. Yet the fact that people can love snakes, flies, insects - the most different creatures from us - shows that they recognize themselves in them. This love they feel is a reflection of their love toward themselves.

The same applies when you love your baby. You love them because they look like you. It's so easy to find yourself in your baby, in any baby, because all babies are similar to us.

Transforming Unpleasant Emotions

Now it becomes a fascinating game. Every time I feel an unpleasant emotion, I get excited because it's a chance to explore these feelings. Every time I think the source is outside myself, I remember - it's not. It's inside myself.

These are amazing opportunities. Every unpleasant emotion is an incredible opportunity to explore myself deeper, to heal, to love, to let go, to release tension, to simply let be.

That's the real gift - discovering yourself through the experiences we have with others."