Meeting Our Own Mortality

Below is my reflection based on the passage by Navin Amarasuriya:
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Cultivation of empathy for me, for others and the world depends on the way I perceive. If the lenses of my perception are narrow, clouded and self-centered, my realization of the reality will reflect my perception. As I know the Reality is One but it is perceived differently by different people according to their ways of looking at it. About 5000 years ago Indian Sages have proclaimed "Ekam sat vipraha bahudha vadanti"-The Reality is One and is seen differently by different seers. It is my realization that there is Oneness in Manyness. I need to go beyond my personal narrow brand to broad brand. If I don't expand my vision, my empathic relationship with me, with others and the world will be limited. When I was young my mental model was narrow and rigid brand. Over the time my mental model has become more brand. By practicing Mindfulness Meditation and cultivating and sustaining an attitude of nonjudgmental awareness and loving kindness I have been able to see the word as ' a complex yet beautiful spectrum of colors.'

Namaste.