Are We Connected...?

Today, when watching a hong kong series "阿旺新传" (Life made Simple), strangely there is a question pop up in my mind. Silently in my mind, I asked "Why is it when the actors and actress acting a sad scene, they will make us sad too?". Or, perhaps to ask differently, why is it when a sad scene or sad story presented to us, we will feel sad? even when the persons involve is stranger to us. Are they really "strangers" or we are really connected in some way or spiritual way...

Perhaps some will say the actors or actresses have very good acting skill. Perhaps, some will answer me this is the natural way human react, that's no big deal about it. But why? Why is that this is the natural way? Is there any purpose for this natural behavior programme in us? Are we really connected in some way that when i see or when i listen you, I can sense what you feel? Wow, that sounds really powerful to me. We are naturally bornt to share other people feeling. Or, we are bornt to put ourselves into other people shoes. Is this a new discovery or something like Newton discovered the power of gravitity?

Looking back to our society or community, why are there so many robberies around? Why are there so many people cheat or take advantage of other people to earn money? Are they no longer feel what others feeling? or they have chosen to ignore the feeling? What will happen when a person ignore the ability to feel? Could be something like ignoring the gravity?

If one is to ignore the gravity and jump for a 15 floor building and die immediately. But what could happen to a person that ignore the ability to feel what others feel, and insist of hurting someone to get what they 'think' they needed.... Perhaps, the feeling is not so far away from death...where everything become so silence, and so lonely that one will be disconnected. No one will be able to feel what you feel, and you will be unable to feel what others feel too... until that moment, even when you scream, no one will be able to listen... when you need help, no one can feel and come to help you...

Luckily, we are still connected... since i can still feel the feeling of people around me when i see them and talk to them. Fortunately, we can choose to have the feeling or ignore the feeling. And, I think no one will like to choose to ignore the feeling if they know the choice will lead to worse than death experience......

Value the people around us, and Value our feeling as that's what make us connected.