What is it?

(In the human organic sense)


Connection....being a part of this world....feeling present, and a participant...a contributor.


How do we find it?

By paying attention to the reactions and responses we have to different stimuli...when 'engaged' we FEEL a response...rather than just a thought....we feel affected.

And then acting on those responses...moving them from the emotional to the physical...by DOING.


How do we lose it?

By turning inwards....by focussing inwards, by becoming the 'centre of the Universe'.

By NOT being in the present moment.....to be a passive observor rather than a participant, creates the detachment....the disconnectedness.


What is the significance of it?

Connectedness, (a sense of participation) creates a sense of responsibility, of ownership, of accountability, it opens up the desire for empathy, for compassion, for the loving emotions to flow freely...it's a desire to be present....to do...to create....to BE HERE NOW.


In a more spiritual way....

Connectedness is all of the above...expanded outwards, past the organic world, into the ether, the cosmos, the 'out there', and still feel present, a participant, a part of the All.


(that's my first 'cab off the rank' thoughts...it may expand down the thread)

Wow! Awesome! Well said. I was thinking empathy was the main thing we are missing, but affection brings a kind of empathy. (And welcome to mingle2, Th3Friend!)