Do we find it harder to live together today because of our increasing exposure to graphic accounts of atrocities, violence, deprivations, catastrophe, racism, inequality, and injustices? Whether as families, or communities, or the world at large? Have our senses become blunted by this continual exposure to the alarming events imported into our lives by the advent of the 24/7 news cycle? Have we become deadened to the beauty of the natural world, to daily acts of compassion, kindness, friendship, and selfless love? How might we sharpen our senses sufficient for us to regard the negativity of these disturbing events more for their potential to propagate the nobler qualities of our humanity? What lessons can we learn from the universe with its seemingly infinite ability to create serendipities of reciprocity and harmony? Science, religion, and our own experience teaches us that the whole creation is a web of interconnectedness.

Jennifer Kavanagh explores this theme of oneness at the heart of existence - and shows us how this insight can influence our relationship with the world.