Hi Larry
I agree that we are not alone. The West has a big push for individualism.
I believe that the human experience is pretty universal. At some point in our lives we all have pain caused by different things. It is still the same pain, despite the belief that ours is somehow different and special. Pain is pain.
As people we are all equal, we are all similar, yet we are all a bit different.
While pregnant a baby shares the mother’s nervous system. What you feel, it feels, what it feels, you feel. And once born a baby can still sense its mother’s mood even without looking at her. For a while a baby has no concept of self. To a baby, the mother and baby are one and the same. Like a limb, she is the hand that feeds, that cleans, that comforts and protects.
Love and best wishes! ❤️🙏