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I read this email from , and she asked some all important questions:

"How do we know we're connected? If connectedness was another fad, then everyone would be connected or would they? How do I know if I am really connected? I mean I think I am, but what if I was subconsciously telling myself I was connected because thats how you stay alive?"

So, I want to know what you think. Tell me, how do you know if you're connected? And how do you know that you're not just telling yourself that you're connected because it's easier than accepting the weight of knowing that you're not? Just what you have to say about yourself or fill out the form.

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"One Is Connected When They Don't Have To Ask The Question And Do Not Have To Battle Their Own Conscious Rationale. I Am Connected Without Hesitation. I Know This Without Question, Without Thee Question."-

"Are you connected yourself? You can't really say if you are or not if you don't know who you are. You must know who you are and your purpose in life to be truely connected to yourself."-

"To know you're connected, you need to ask another question first. Do you know yourself? To be connected to yourself, you have to know yourself. If you say you're connected, it doesn't mean you are, though I don't suppose there's any way to really tell if you are. But if you think of it a certain way, then everybody is connected to themselves. How else would we be alive?"-

"Im connected because I know about dead" -

"I am connected to everyone"-

"You know when your connected when your connections with the loved ones and things in your life and you are strongly connected. We you can easily say you're connected to them you can say you're connected to yourself. It's just not a strong connection."-

"I am connected to everyone"-

"You are conected when you know who you are, or are at least striving to find out. As for me, I am still seeking."-

"you can't just tell yourself. You just know it you can feel it, it's not telling yourself because you want to stay alive. the way you know you are connected it is a feeling. no a thought."-

"You are connected when you choose to live because it makes YOU happy, because you give yourself a reason to live, as opposed to living just because somebody else in the world needs you."-

"I think you're connected to yourself when you're happy."-

"Desire to know more about the world and myself"-

"You're connected to yourself when you don't feel ashamed of who you are. If you'll happily say, without hesitation and without thinking about it, "I'm connected to myself. I am me." You're connected to others when you realize that everything you do affects everyone else, and you do not resent the connection between yourself and others. If your resent your connection to others or are ashamed of who you are, you are not connected."-

"I know I am not connected to myself...I constantly have to ask myself what would help me know why I am not...and for whatever reason, I am still here, without an identity of my own, and for the longest time, I have been searching for the answer."-

"Wishful thinking does not make one connnected to himself. The possiblity of already being connected but not knowing what is keeping you connected or like many, losing sight of what connects you. Perhaps the point is that you need to think about everything rather then yourself your others at random points. Aren't we all connected to ourselves? Regardless if you feel connected or not, you are. You're to blind to see the connection." - Gabriel

"Your connections are the hold you have on the world. Every person you talk to, every action you take makes a connection that ties you into physical existance. If you truly LIVE then you are truly connected...don't be afraid to live your life....experience everything and fear nothing."-

"I don't know about death, because I haven't experienced it, but I do know that you are connected to yourself when you are able to feel. When you're happy, sad, angry, you hear what your inner heart screams out, therefore you are connected to yourself."-

"i don't know that i am i want to know i think i am but i am not sure"-

"you are connected when you can feel what makes us human; love. I am connected to the people I love. I fear with them, I laugh with them; I know when something is up. And I will never loose these close bands. Even if I die. I live"-

"Each conection is different. The conection itself is a reason to live, a reason more importan than any other thing. A reason that goes with life itself. I don't think I'm connected, 'cause I'm not living for any reason of my own. I'm living for other people's reasons. I'm conected to them, *their* reasons. But when they die, the reason will end. My conection will be broke, 'cause I'm not conected with *myself*."- Kami

"I am alive, therefore I am connected to myself and everyone else who is alive."-

"Only by introspectively analyzing one's place in the world.... blah, blah, blah.... go Oakland Raiders!"-

"Look at it like this....whether you think you are or whether you think you arent............you're right."-

"You know you're connected when you feel pain. Not just your pain, but other's pain. Cause then you really are connected. With friends, with family, with the world around you. You have to be open, you can be selfish. The only way to live is to stay connected."-

"I would say that you know you're connected to yourself if you are satisfied with who you are. Sure, you could be self-conscious, but you wouldn't care what other people say about you. You wouldn't change yourself because of friends, family, or strangers at all."-

"I don't know if I'm connected to myself. I'm sure enought that i have to stay alive, but i don't know why.... maybe I don't have any connection whit everybody else... but whitout whishes and dreams for my life I started to think that my connection doesnt exist... i'm just a rock in the rain... perhaps is too soon to know my connection... I HATE THIS QUESTION... i'm not sure if I can even answer someday"-

"I live my life the way I want to live it. They way it makes me happy, I wake up everyday and smile because nothing is standing in my way. I love her because it makes me happy, if she were to get in the way of what I want to be happy, then she'll be treated the same way. I don't care about being connected, I'm just happy."- Shane Simmons

"You can only be connected if you love yourself, if you take pride in what you do. I am not yet fully connected, but i will be soon."- Ariel

"No matter where you go, we are all connected."-

"I am connected, I have found my place in life, I know what I can do to benefit others. I have found my happiness."-

"Well...you know that your connected in the same way you know that your hurt, or that someone or somethings watching you. You can easily just tell yourself your connected even if its not true but its not that easy. If you are hurt you cant simply forget that your hurt...you can shelter it out and ignore pain but no matter what you do your still hurt...its the same way with knowing whether or not your connected. You can lie to yourself and say you are connected even if you really arnt, but no matter what you believe, your still not connected and you know that deep down in your heart. I am not connected. I am not because i can look at myself and say im not just because i can see how i am and how i am not becuause it comes natural in the human heart..."- Lee

"Being connected to yourself is akin to finding yourself after soul searching. To be connected with yourself, you must be able to know who you are without hesitation. You cannot simply be connected to yourself the same way you cannot find your soul in an hour. Everyone's connection with themselves will vary, because everyone is different and thusly no one can connect with themselves in the same way. To be connected to yourself, you must hold yourself in the same light as you hold those who you are connected to -- i.e. your friends and family. People who are suicidal are not connected with themselves... they are the opposite; they are so disconnected from themselves that they can take their own lives. When one is honestly and truly connected with themselves, they know their purpose in life and accept who they are. Many people tell themselves that they are connected simply because the thought of not being connected to yourself is unsettling, in the same way that some people believe in a god or gods because they cannot come to terms with the thought of no life after death. Enough rambling... :)"- Jess

"I am me. And You are you. And the fact that we all exist in this world is all the evidence of all connection."-

"I born to be connected with others, so i am connected to myself, because i live to create these connections. If i die these connections will live on, but soon or later they will disappear. I am connected because i am alive."-

"you need to know your goals in life, what is really important to you and of course you need to realise the value of your own life- then you can achieve connection."-

"You know you're connected because you just know. You can close your eyes and think about the world around you and just know that you are connected. To be connected to yourself is to be detatched from material possessions, to love someone so much you want to cry, to look inside yourself and find calm; to live because you want to live, not because you want to stay alive. It's like asking "How do I know if I'm a Tao master?" You dont. You just are."-

"You are connected to yourself when you acknowledge both your ties and your separation to others. You are yourself. You have your mind. But without others, without experiencing happiness and pain, you can't be connected to yourself, for those are the ties that validate existence."-

"You just know ur connected. If u had no connection how are u able to post this question for everyone to answer?"-

"You're connected when you know you're the only one who matters, if you want to see a future, it is on you."- Aiko lee

"Being connected to yourself is when you love and know yourself for who you really are. It's isn't being happy as much as having faith in your own being."-

"I know I can only be connected to myself for sure, for others I have to take their word for it..."- Randomeis

"One can only be connected when one has no fears. they must not be hesitant to do anything. If one is truly connected one would not question whether or not One is connected. One will know when One is connected."- Leo

"i don't know if i'm connected to myself. i've thought about it, but what's the use? either you are or you're not and if not, what's the difference? i just try to live life as it come to me and try not to be manipulated."-

"Well, I think that a way to tell if you are connected to yourself is id you are truely happy with your self.I for one don't really think I am connected to myself.I am not truely happy with myself or my life but, when I realize that I have a connection with my family and friends, that's what keeps me alive and make me feel connected to myself, the love for my friends and family.Maybe,just maybe I am connected to myself because I love my friends and family."- Mion013

"If you cant say yes on the spot without the slightest regret afterwards, you're not connected.... or are we being too harsh, and trying to turn this into another fad? Are we trying to use the connection as a means of biggening ourselves, and belittling others?"-

"Are any of us really connected? Maybe the truth is none of us are connected to ourselves but we lie and hide the truth. Maybe no one is really connected to themselves. Even so, I'd like to believe that I am connected to myself, regardless. I am me. No one can ever change that."-

"Well seeing as how we can only define ourselves through language which in all casses is arbitrary symbols, we must all feel a bit dissconnected. Not to mention the subconcious...there are levels of the human psyche that I for sure dont want to know about...I have had dreams so fucked up that I wouldnt dare tell another living soul. I'd have to say that everyone is fragmented, but to different extremes and extents. The important thing is that we dont worry about it to much and also dont jump in front of the inbound Tokyo Express train."-

"Hm. I think being connected means that you're willing to face yourself--all your insecurities, flaws, talents. Everything. You understand what you want and the drastic measures you will or won't take to do it. You understand the real reason behind your actions instead of hiding behind some excuse that lessens the harshness of the truth. I think it's just facing yourself and accepting it. Pretty cheesey explanation, huh? ^^0 Sorry."-

"you are not connected when you feel alone even when surrounded by people...but when you are alone and you feel at peace...when you feel safe secure and sure about yourself - who you are and what you stand for...then my friend...you ARE connected" - RoscoeRotten

"Your connected when you know who you are." -

"I think you are connected when you need to be. Sometimes in life, you need to unconnect yourself to do things or whatever. I know that is the case with me. Sometimes, I need to let go and other times, I am connected 100%." -

"If you have to question the fact then you really are not connected to yourself." -

"Being connected to yourself lies in you perception of the world and accepting yourself. The understanding you are an individual when it comes to your own needs, wants, desires, and so on- and accepting you have a place that is only meant for you because of who you are. Yet also empathetically able to allow yourself to understand others totally different from yourself and feel what they feel. No matter how different they are and their place in this world." - Samantha Boyden

"I know I am connected to me. And everything around me. Everyone helps everyone else to stay alive by takeing their place in life. My place in life, is to be there for people who need it. Even When I fight with my friends, they know they can count on me for help. And that is one of the reasons I sing. To give other people spirit to go through their hard times. I know who I am. And what I was put here to do. I wish I could help people, who donLt understand. But the best i can do is wish you good luck. And I will tell...ItLs deffinately a feeling. You will feel if you are connected. So to everyone still searching...Buena Suerte" -

"私は、私に関係あるワタシ よ。" -

"you are connected to yourself only when you finally let yourself realize you can face even death, and then you are connected." -

"I am connected I'm learning more and more about myself as life goes on. I don't have to tell myself. But not everyone is connected, I don't think everyone can ever be connected." -

"if i talk to anouther my self and am anouther my self then am i not connected and understanding of the other me?" -

"i think there is a certain emptiness you can feel if you're truly disconnected from yourselve.i think that if you were truly connected you know exactly what you are and what you stand for and what you do and like is truly what you like and not because others tell you to like it." -

"To be 'connected' is like, your relations. What they mean is, even if you die, you will be remembered and you will be alive in that way. Even if your whole family and you died, those connections will still be there, cause not everybody who you know would die." -

"Well, we wouldn't know if we're really connected with ourselves until we die, right? Or, that's how I think it goes, dunno. But the person that finds out that they're connected are dead, or planned out to die, right? You wouldn't know if you're connected unless you know who you are, why you're in this world, and what you're supposed to do. >.>;" -

"I know I'm connected because I feel pain. Once I cannot feel, I will know I'm no longer connected, and then there will be no more fear, and I'll no longer need to breathe." - Miggy

"I'm connected to myself becuase I understand what I want to do with my life and I don't need anyone telling me what to do. To be connected is to be yourself." -

"we are all connected, but you canNOT escape the storm" -

"we are all connected. even if we dont want to be.. everything is connected one way or another" - rykelle

"Im connected to myself when I feel this beautiful silence in my mind... when Im feel complete... Im feel connected to myself when Im feel that everything that I do is fine... is good... to myself." - Melisa Blanc

"how do I know i'm connected?... I got no idea. Only when I read martin28's theory that finally a spark suddenly ignited. I'm connected when I face may deepest fears, try to reexamine of convictions and belief. I'm connected when I can see how the environment, the society, has turned me into the person that iam. im connected when i finally accepted my weird actions, and strange desires. i'm connected when i can feel my actions, and NOT afraid of what others mgiht think of me." -

"I believe that to be truly connected with yourself, you have to be happy with the way you are. Maybe not with everything that's going on; I don't think you have to be happy with life in general, because honestly- who is everr 100% happy with life? But I think those who are connected with themselves accept that they're not always going to be happy, and that things won't always go their way, but still like themselves for who they are and what they do. As for me, personally, I know I'm not connected to myself. I have no idea what my purpose in life is, I have no idea what I’m going to do out of school. I don't even understand myself, all my feelings, so I know I'm not connected to myself. At the same time, I don't believe I'm completely severed from myself- I would never think about killing myself or anything. I guess I'm somewhere in between there, trying hard to understand myself fully enough to be able to love myself. My only hope is that one day I can, but until then all I can do is try." -

"Its not about telling yourself you are connected to you nor is it knowing- it's about feeling. Feeling the connection in you and knowing that that connection is what binds you and once you know who you are you remain in sync with that." -

"everybody is connected, whether its by internet or schools, malls or video games, ext." - tayler

"You are connected to yourself, when you come to realize that you are your own reason for existing- others may rely on you, and you may rely on others. In the end, that you recognize that you are your own reason for simply 'being.'" -

"Being connected. And the questions with it. You are connected simply by the fact you are here. Human complextity has a tendicy to make us doubt, lead us to question. You're never going to fully feel connected simply because it is in human nature to feel two ways about something. You will feel connected in due time, and even when you do feel that connection, deep within you will always lay that question." - Genesis

"I'm connected with Gaia, the mother of everyone." -

"How can someone be connected with themselves if they don't know who they are in the first place? I am connected to myself because I know who I am and I know that I'm living for me and me alone." -

"I think, to be connected, you have to know everything about your life. Do you know your friends, your family, yourself, inside and out. And can you appreciate that and every responsibility that comes with it? If so, then I think that you can say you are truly connected to your life and your world. If you understand the beauty and the horridness of everything, you are connected." -

"'When you understand yourself and others then you are connected. Until then you're just telling yourself you are.' I know I am connected without a doubt in my mind." -

"im as connected as Kuroda was." - darzolo

"When I know I'm connected I feel my life and my pain and other emotion. I am connected because I can be alone and I need noone to help me feel. I am me." -

"I am not connected with anyone, but then again, wouldn't that mean I was connected with those who think that they are not connected to anyone?" -

"You are connected with yourself if you are happy with who/what you are. Meaning, that you don't want to be like EVERYONE else and you don't have to try to be unique, you just are. That's what I think." -

"Your connected with yourself when you follow along with your voice and not the voice of others." -

"I don't know that i'm connected with myself. Because i'm a cutterist. I'm so bored with this life. I feel not comfort with my friends. I need a friend who care about me. I want to go to a new place! New palce that make me comfort... forever..." -

"el vacio es soledad, la soledad es pureza, la pureza es dios y dios esta vacio como yo" - Javier

"I am connected because I need to Know." -

"To be connected to urself, you must be able to think of your life. Dont be afraid to be urself & show to other who really you are.. But dont be impulsive,coz it can make you blind. If you arent connected,dont think that die is the answer.. Coz when you will die,it will be over." -

"How should I know the connection to myself or the people around me? I mean in my mind we aren't connected unless we allow ourselves to be, and still that connection isn't even real." -

"Is one connected to who they are? I am connected to myself, my essence, my soul although I feel disconnected from the world. I do not understand the need to be connected to such an ugly and painful place, it's safer here inside my head. Or is it?" - Roxanne

"when you know that in other way you have another destiny, and some how you doesn't know why you can see everyone but you can't see yourself without a reflection. it's mean that you are connected to yourself and started to think what exactly oyu are. that's make you live and never think of doing suicide. remember how precious your life is" -

"i'm connected,if i know who am i?n i know who i am...so i connected wit myself,my friends,my family..." -

"I wish I could say, "I am connected" with confidence, but somehow, I feel as though I am not connected...to anyone or anything in my life. Just because I want to believe it though, doesn't mean it's true" -

"I am connected because I know myself." -

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