| Under the great pressure of the current society, | | | | their own lives without any concern to other |
| many people are often overwhelmed by | | | | people is because they are unaware that many |
| problems in their personal lives that they begin to | | | | others do not share their lifestyles. By meditating |
| forget about the bigger picture: the lives of many | | | | on a globe, one may begin to realize people |
| others in the world. An age-old elixir for the soul | | | | around the world all have a very different way of |
| from the elders on Tutor Saliba Island teaches | | | | living. Chinese people, for example, often have to |
| modern man that meditating on a globe may be a | | | | be extremely careful when they use the Internet. |
| good way to start reevaluating one's significance | | | | Congolese, on the other hand, are constantly |
| and impact on the world, relative to one's | | | | worried about the political stability of the country. |
| surroundings. The Tutor Saliba meditation method | | | | By understanding that not all people live the same, |
| has kept the small island in the Indian Ocean a | | | | one may come to the revelation that her life is |
| peaceful place for centuries. As more visitors | | | | only part of the world tapestry which makes the |
| came to retreat there, the island elders began | | | | fabric vibrant in collaboration with others. |
| using a globe in meditation as a means of helping | | | | What is One's Responsibility in the Bigger Picture? |
| people to learn their own personal insignificance | | | | Most people think that they have fulfilled their |
| and enjoy the beauty and peacefulness of natural | | | | responsibilities by carrying out their job duties or |
| living. | | | | spending quality time with their children. However, |
| How Important is One's Own Problems? | | | | not a lot of people have thought of what role |
| When engulfed with problems in daily lives, most | | | | they should play in the bigger picture. The globe |
| people will feel trapped and confused. Some may | | | | may remind them that many are suffering in the |
| even believe that they are so unlucky that they | | | | world. Although those people may be strangers, |
| can never be rid of those problems. However, | | | | they all share one common feature: they all are |
| instead of being swallowed by meticulous issues, | | | | humans who can experience joy and pain. |
| try meditating upon a globe to understand that an | | | | Therefore, meditating on a globe can remind one |
| individual's problems are relatively insignificant to | | | | that she too has the responsibility to be |
| many major events happening around the world. | | | | concerned of others' lives and provide help if |
| An unemployed person may realize after | | | | possible. |
| meditation that he is not the most unfortunate in | | | | Although it may be difficult to imagine oneself in a |
| the world as many others are forced to work in | | | | larger scale by forgetting one's personal problems |
| sweatshops. | | | | and admitting one's insignificance, regular |
| How are the Others Living Their Lives? | | | | meditation gradually brings the ease and peace of |
| One reason why people are overly absorbed in | | | | a calm mind. |