We are all connected.
The connection of minds throughout the entire world is becoming more and more evident. Communication and the sharing of ideas have become almost effortless these days. A person can share his ideas to the entire world and in turn see the ideas of many others all over the world. A person can find that many other people have the same beliefs, opinions and concepts. A person can find that their understanding of the world is similar to ancient beliefs. In ancient times, "word of mouth" or what was written down and copied by hand limited communication. Ancient philosophers and teachers would spread their beliefs to only the people that lived around them. Yet in other parts of the world similar beliefs were developed at the same time.
I see that some eastern philosophies have similar points to the Middle Eastern beliefs. I see that western religions have similar messages to Asian beliefs. Yet these cultures are not physically close, their beliefs evolve in a similar ways. Even after mankind has developed a way to produce mass quantities of copies in the form of textbooks and newsprint. And information was proliferated worldwide through the writings of papers and books. Even then, many writers develop their ideas independently from each other. I have read from many different authors that explain a similar concept in different independent ways. Writers build on the information from the ancient beliefs. Other writers build on information from other writers. I have seen Dr. Deepak Chopra take quotes from the Bhagavad-Gita, and the Bible. I have seen Dr. Wayne Dyer take quotes from the Bible and Einstein. I have seen similar concepts from the Dalai Lama and the teachings of the Kabbala. Even now, in the world of the Internet, where millions of people share their thoughts with the entire world, I can see similarities to my own beliefs. It may be a possibility that we developed our beliefs from a common source. Or another possibility is that our ideas developed independently.
To give a better example of this concept, I like to use an example from the history of the cathode ray tube. A cathode ray tube is a technology that revolutionized media. The cathode ray tube is also knows as CRT which is how television displays the images. I live two miles from the David Sarnoff Research center in Princeton Junction and I was surprised to see a documentary about the history of David Sarnoff and the CRT on television. As I understand it, two inventors from two different parts of the world came up with the concept of the cathode ray tube almost at the same time. As you can see, a very significant discovery was made from two people and two totally different parts of the world. There are a number of other examples where concepts were developed independently from each other at the same time. One cannot help but wonder how did they both come up with the same concept? Can it be that they are connected? Can it be that knowledge is evolving the same way through out everyone in the world? How is it that no single person in this world can claim to be the inventor of the internet? It seems to be something that evolved worldwide. It was just people sharing knowledge with each other until it grew and grew. If it is possible that we are all connected, what is the means to this common connection? In other words, how can we connect to this knowledge when we need it? Whatever it is that connects us all together, it is still amazing to see that other people believe and think the same as you.
