"Belonging is  the innate human desire  to be part
of something larger than us. Because this yearning
is  so  primal, we  often  try  to acquire  it  by
fitting  in and  seeking approval,  which are  not
only hollow  substitutes for belonging,  but often
barriers  to  it.   Because  true  belonging  only
happens when we present  our true imperfect selves
to the world, our sense  of belonging can never be
greater than our level of self-acceptance."

"True belonging is not  ownership; it never grasps
or holds  on from fear or  greed.  Belonging knows
its own shape and  direction. True belonging comes
from within. It strives  for a harmony between the
outer forms  of belonging  and the inner  music of
the soul. We seem to have forgotten the true depth
and  spiritual nature  of intimate  belonging. Our
minds are over-saturated and  demented. We need to
rediscover ascetical tranquility  and come home to
the temple  of our  senses. This would  anchor our
longing  and  help  us  to  feel  the  world  from
within. When  we allow dislocation to  control us,
we become  outsiders, exiled from the  intimacy of
true  unity   with  ourselves,  each   other,  and
creation. Our bodies know  that they belong; it is
our minds that make  our lives so homeless. Guided
by   longing,   belonging   is   the   wisdom   of
rhythm. When we are in rhythm with our own nature,
things flow and balance naturally.  Every fragment
does not  have to be relocated,  reordered; things
cohere and  fit according to their  deeper impulse
and  instinct.  Our  modern  hunger  to belong  is
particularly  intense. An  increasing majority  of
people feel  no belonging.  We have  fallen out of
rhythm  with life.   The art  of belonging  is the
recovery of the wisdom of rhythm."