What makes us human? In some mythologies we are half God and half human, or half human and half beast. We look around us and see angels and demons, heroes and rascals, saints and crooks. Some people are good and some people are bad. Period. With that, we think we have finally succeeded to sort out the messy reality of human life. But there is more. We are not only half God and half human, we are also half ‘me’ and half ‘we’. We are singular and yet plural. We are all connected. Each person is like another peak of mother earth’s one and same crust. No one is an island. It is only the surface water surrounding us that gives us the false impression that each peak is a separate, distinct island. In reality we are all connected. We all belong. It is just as true that no one is totally good or bad. Good people can do bad things. Bad people can do good things. We are all sinful do-gooders and saintly sinners. Is this a mess or a blessing? We are all human and divine, singular and plural, good and bad, finite and infinite, male, female, trans, bi, straight, gay. Yes, all of this at the same time. Even if only I can be myself and only you can be yourself, yet we are not really ourselves...
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