I have just discovered a great new mantra/prayer to learn and use to remind me of the inter-connectedness of all forms of phenomena, animate and inanimate. This mantra combines reflection on interbeingness and loving kindness and I am sharing it courtesy of Charles Suhor and Lions Roar, March 8, 2017.

Connectedness Meditation

I am open to my connectedness with all things.

I am connected with my body and spirit.
May I be at peace.

I am connected with the most beloved in my life.
May we be at peace.

I am connected with friends and colleagues.
May we be at peace.

I am connected with those I see casually and in passing.
May we be at peace.

I am connected with those who have angered me and I have angered.
May we be at peace.

I am connected with all humanity, dead and living and unborn.
May we be at peace.

I am connected with visible animals in the world.
May we be at peace.

I am connected with animal life microscopic and unseen, teeming in the natural world.
May we be at peace.

I am connected with animal life, dead, living, and unborn.
May we be at peace.

I am connected with living plants of the world.
May we be at peace.

I am connected with plant life microscopic and unseen, teeming in the natural world.
May we be at peace.

I am connected with all plant life, dead and living and unborn.
I am connected with all inanimate things, from the clothing closest to my body to the stars in farthest galaxies.
May we be at peace.

I am connected with unknown forms of matter and life and spirit.
May we be at peace.

I accept my connections with all things, and I am open to oneness with All.