Empathy is absolutely essential if you value the human spirit and all of humankind. In fact, without it, it’s impossible to experience that oneness that every religion teaches is the universal reality that contains all life and God and the infinity of space. Empathy is that capacity to experience our connection with each other and all living beings. Empathy is the sentient equivalent of gravity: it’s what binds us together. Any movement concerned with human rights, the health of the planet,
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On Monday, June 10, 2013, The Guardian reported that Edward Snowden was behind the disclosure of numerous top-secret documents to the public, stating “he was determined not to opt for the protection of anonymity. ‘I have no intention of hiding who I am because I know I have done nothing wrong’, he said.”
On Tuesday, June 11, 2013, Glen Greenwald, Ewen MacAskill and Laura Poitras , writing for The Guardian, wrote an article entitled Edward Snowden: the whistle-blower behind the NSA surveillance revelations.
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