<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Because of our interconnectedness, we all know... > {{Because of our interconnectedness, we all know that extreme poverty and exclusionary practices are violations against the basic dignity of people.}} {{The vast and beautiful world is the home we share together.}} Nature is our salvation, not technology or the intellect. {{Technology can neither save us nor destroy us, it can only aid the will, thus it is the will and our choices which determine everything.}} {{Nature is the ultimate technology; a technology we are still too immature, arrogant, possessive and careless to care for responsibly.}} {{Rather than trying to master nature we should start with the basics of trying to understand nature}}, cooperate with nature and share nature's life-sustaining blessing with our brothers and sisters everywhere. There are enough resources in the world for everyone. {{We must stop treating the environment possessively, and as an expendable commodity.}} {{We must protect and share the world.}} Sharing IS caring. {{A great deal of struggle and sorrow in the world comes from misguided feelings of pride of ownership and possessiveness}}, versus the humble spirit of stewardship as common temporary inheritors of the great resources of earth. {{The world has been loaned to humanity by the universal powers of creation.}} {{To believe we own anything is a ridiculous notion.}} We only own our brief, ephemeral experiences, during a flash of an appearance, in a small sliver of time. When we leave this earth, then every property, thing and even idea — all that was us — is left behind for the next generation. **Source:** [[books/Voice of Reason Book (2009-2012)|Voice of Reason]] <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->