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Tue, Feb 25, 5:50 PM (11 hours
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The phrase 'no man is an island' expresses the idea that human
beings do badly when isolated from others and need to be part of a community
in order to thrive.
John Donne, who wrote the work that the phrase comes from, was
a Christian but this concept is shared by other religions, principally
Buddhism.
What's the origin of
the phrase 'No man is an island'?
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'No man is an island' is a quotation from the English
metaphysical poet John Donne (1572-1631).
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No man is an island entire of itself,
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less,
As well as if a promontory were,
As well as any manor of thy friend's,
Or of thine own were.
Europe is the less,
As well as if a promontory were,
As well as any manor of thy friend's,
Or of thine own were.
Any man's death diminishes me,
Because I am involved in mankind.
And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee.
Because I am involved in mankind.
And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee.
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Tue, Feb 25, 6:17 PM (10 hours
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Karals,
I read a book in the 1980s titled
'Psychic discoveries behind the Iron Curtain' by Sheila Ostrander & c.
She described an experiment carried out in a lab in Moscow of the Soviet Era.
A rabbit which had a litter was selected. The litter was separated from the
mother rabbit and was taken on board a Soviet submarine, going on
patrol to the Arctic. The captain of the submarine was told to kill one
member of the litter at a time and the date and time of the killing
noted on a diary. The mother rabbit was monitored in the lab in Moscow,
with EEG recordings and basic parameters observed and noted.
The scientists in the lab could
see the alteration in the EEG and basic parameters every time a member
of the litter was killed, when they compared notes later.
This brings us to the proposition,
that the entire life form of our planet earth, is a multi-nucleate syncetium,
inter-connected.
The teachings of all religious
leaders carried this message.
The mystics could see this very
clearly, when they were full of Maithry and Karuna.
When you hurt another living
being, you are hurting yourself.
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'No man is an island entire of
itself,
Every man is a piece of the continent, A part of the main ...'
This is a vision I try to develop
and live by.
Philip
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