Anatta: Nothing lives on its own, all are interdependent. We are alive not only due to our parents, air, food, water, but the entire ecosystem we live in. Dependent Origination recognizes that everything, including the psychophysical compound that we call individual, exists only in relation to other beings and things and undergoes constant changes responding and reacting to them. There is a plural causality of all things whereby each thing arises in relation to all others, and can therefore be said to be conditioned by all others. There are vast numbers of influences that affect us constantly- some help us thrive, others not. We cannot remain the same for two moments. We are like a flame. Whatever is subject to origination is also subject to cessation. Every form has the rycle of existence- to begin, age, to become disordered, and eventually cease to exist. That which carries on after death is our life elements and trends. There is nothing that can be called a permanent “I”. The identities of ‘I’, “me” and “mine” are illusions that we construct with our minds.
We are all Interconnected even with the Universe 