When I click “send” from my Quicken application, three icons appear; one represents my computer; one, the bank; and one for their connection-a line of tiny balls of light moving from my computer, then back and forth as information is traded.
This little graphic display mimics invisible human exchanges. In 1970, German physicist Popp discovered that all living things, from single cell plants to humans, emit a tiny current of light which communicates with itself, the outside world, and other beings. Connecting, once light waves are absorbed by one being, both start trading information synchronously.
Other societies live more in accord with these discoveries of quantum physics. These cultures think of- and therefore experience- the universe as an indivisible whole, and themselves in relationship with all of Life. Lynne Taggart writes, “We see the thing; they [other societies] see the glue between the things—the thing that holds them together. The essential for these societies is not the individual, but the relationship between the individuals, which they see as a thing in itself.”
Community activist Orland Bishop, raised in South Africa, uses this understanding working with L.A. gang members. He teaches that the mere act of seeing another is a call to affirm and investigate both 1) the mutual potential and 2) obligation that is present in a given moment- to help the other to flourish. Bishop views each encounter as a personal Challenge: “How do I have to be for that person to be free to be who they are?” The most important part of dialogue is surrendering to that pull of connection.
What is “connection”? Brene Brown, leading belonging expert, says, “the energy that is created between people when they feel seen and heard and valued, when they can give and receive without judgment.”
Besides you, who would benefit today by your focusing on your bond?
Quote: Rather than a will to power, the essential impulse of all life is a will to connect.. . Indeed so primal is the need to belong that ostracism is one of the most unbearable situations human being endure. — Lynne Taggart, The Bond