To measure the human spirit, one would have to give up Hertz, Kelvins, Angstroms — and any Planck length.
It becomes obvious that diversity and unity together defy and transcend all of our isolated endeavours trying to place a sculpted likeness on a wave or on an ocean and call it reality, conclusive, accurate, precise — or even an "ism."
With billions of years of evolutionary wisdom moving with the ebb and flow of emerging violent geology, and the fragile balances in an ancient rain forest ecology, we sometimes find it difficult to stop and really watch and listen to the mastery in the silence.
One would think that by observing the coming together of various natural phenomena and material substance — energy and its expressions — we could consider letting go of arguing over our differences and be encouraged to share and harmonise our perspectives in a "yes and" forum. One would hope we could utilise the innate wisdom of how symbiosis acts in the world and how one can align with the paths of harmony and life itself.
It is by understanding, compassion, and vision that we will be able to travel past adversity with loving kindness and courage — our humanity intact, made wiser by the integrated truths of the sciences, arts, and cultures that have risen with us from the mud of creation.
These all point to the diamonds in the rough of our greatest untapped and unexpressed potential. We don't have to look far to see the extreme possibilities that greater cooperation can bring — as well as the great failures our ignorance can create.
Mental wellness does not exist in a vacuum. It is a skill set and a material expression of an interactive, interrelated, and interconnected whole — not only of parts but of systems within the human being and their entire communities. It is this unity that determines true power and capacity.
Do we have the courage to dare to paint, sing, sculpt, or envision a future of lasting peace and creative vigour — to transform competitive individualism into a science, art, and culture that fosters and celebrates health, abundance, and joy?
There is an indigenous saying: "Best to ride the horse in the direction it is going." If nature's wisdom is the lead horse, let's recognise the milestones of courage, vision, foresight, and abundance that our natural sharing can generate.
Here at the Sunder Foundation, we celebrate discovery and innovation in the sciences, arts, and cultures of mental wellness — and to that end, we invite and support the visionaries and the torch-bearers to share their fruits with the world.
May our passions be shared and become abundant. May our griefs be shared and become healed wisdom. May our hearts be shared so fear can finally be shown the door of truth — as it has no more home in the spirit of the human being.