“I’ve reasoned that we’re meant to be stewards of the earth. We’ve been given a divine kind of consciousness that allows us to experience a sense of separation, duality- that is used to observe the world around us, our place in it, think of the past, and try to predict the future. I think we use this divinity rather selfishly (which lends to a lot of our psychological sickness, I think), where-as it could be best used to facilitate harmony. I think we all are different manifestations of the same energy source. To quote Deepak Chopra- “I am you, and you are me, only in disguise.” And to take the thought past only you, or me, and extend it to a flower, the mountain, a whale- brings me a lot of solace. There are times when I let my sense of duality fade, and I feel all mixed up with the world, and earth around me, and something about it feels so right- like home. But, I think it is with our sense of separation that responsibility steps in. We have a responsibility to heal and take care of the world around us.”