If we look down on another, believing them less than us in any way, feeling sorry for what they don’t have or feeling guilty or righteous for what we do have, we are not in harmony with them and keep them apart from us, rather than allowing them to be a part of us.

Trying to pick up another out of pity and guilt, or out of superiority only creates further separation. Encouraging another to raise themselves up, standing by them to stabilize and ground them, is an act of unity, like raising the arm and asking the fingers to grasp a piece of fruit in order to nourish the whole body.