[The Buddha] used to make monks and laypeople alike practice a certain discipline called the “immeasurables,” because it made you bigger. You sat and you sent out waves of benevolence and good wishes to the whole world, not excluding anyone from your radius of benevolence. It’s a radius. You have to start off when you’re…
Category: kindness to all living beings
The speech that can change your perspective…Carl Sagan “Pale Blue Dot” speech (3 minutes video)
From this distant vantage point, the Earth might not seem of any particular interest. But for us, it’s different. Consider again that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of…
Spirituality from Daily Word: “Prosperity” (Espiritualidad de la Palabra Diaria: “Prosperidad”)
Prosperity My prosperous attitude blesses my life. I live and thrive in abundant prosperity. Every breath I take fills me with an awareness of abundance. I greet each day with gratitude for the many possibilities that await me. As I begin each day, I expect good, look for good, and find good in my life….
Spirituality from Daily Word: “Grace” (Espiritualidad de la Palabra Diaria: “Gracia”)
Grace I extend God’s grace to others. Throughout my life, I have been healed, protected, and blessed and have prospered by and through the grace of God. Today I extend God’s grace outward. Rather than be pulled down into discord, I rise above it, losing the need to be right and choosing forgiveness and understanding…
POEMS ON KINDNESS: “At set of sun” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
AT SET OF SUN If we sit down at set of sun, And count the things that we have done, And counting, find One self-denying act, one word That eased the heart of him who heard, One glance, most kind, That fell like sunshine where it went— Then we may count that day well…
A wonderful short video (3 minutes) to celebrate “respect for fish Day” the story of a lasting friendship under the sea
The amazing story of a lasting friendship under the sea Scuba diver Hiroyuki Arakawa and Yoriko are the unlikeliest of friends. While they both share a love for the sea, Yoriko’s gills and tail make her a little more aquatically inclined. Nearly every day for the past 25 years, Arakawa has been diving into…
MYSTICAL POEMS: “I have come into this world to see this” by Hafiz
I have come into this world to see this: the sword drop from men’s hands even at the height of their arc of anger because we have finally realized there is just one flesh to wound and it is the Beloved’s. I have come into this world to see this: all creatures hold hands as…
Daoism Spirituality by elquanah (re-blogged)
Daoism Spirituality It is always interesting to explore different beliefs, philosophies and religions to find commonality. It seems especially important today with our world turned upside down. The Chinese word Tao or Dao is used in an attempt to identify, by name, that nameless Infinite Energy, a Divine Intelligence beyond our understanding. The energy makes…
MYSTICAL POEMS: “As I move through the earth” by Hafiz
“As I move through the earth” I Do not Want to step so quickly Over a beautiful line on God’s palm As I move through the earth’s Marketplace Today. I do not want to touch any object in this world Without my eyes testifying to the truth That everything is My Beloved. Something has…
A quote from Neale Donald Walsch about “making a difference”
“You are making a difference, whether you know it or not. So have no doubt about that. You did it again yesterday. The way you touched someone’s life just yesterday made a difference. And you are always doing that, do you know that? Yes, yes…your smile, your encouraging word, your willingness to just be “present”…
“Giving” by Kahlil Gibran
Giving You often say, “I would give, but only to the deserving.” The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture. They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish. Surely he who is worthy to receive his days and his nights, is worthy of all else…
