Thursday, September 22, 2016

inactivity kills

It is not enough to

TALK

about what is wrong in this world

 

and not be DOING anything

 

to help put it right.

 

we are creatures of energy, energy is not static

it needs to be creating

it needs to be DOING

or it implodes.

                                                                                   gg

Sunday, September 11, 2016

Gift to self

 “Tell me, if you buy a gift for someone and that person does not take it, to whom does the gift belong?”

“It would belong to me because I bought the gift.”

The Buddha smiled and said “That is correct. And it is exactly the same with your anger. If you become angry with me and I do not get insulted, than the anger falls back on you. You are the only one who becomes unhappy, not me. All you have done is hurt yourself.”


(ps. it also applies with racial prejudice, religious intolerance, in fact almost all of the things that have their manifestation in some form of anger).

Monday, August 29, 2016

all that glitters is not gold….

But in this case the shiny golden looking thermal wraps embrace immigrants rescued from the Mediterranean. In this case the great human (godlike) attribute of overwhelming compassion

is what wraps these desperate people.

all that glitters is not gold

The really great thing here is that all the arguments about religions, politics,wars, rights and wrongs – all have been subjugated in favour of the most important reason of all – saving human life.

The rest of the prattle,waffle and arguments can come later…for now, the priority is rescue, saving life.

Here lies the greatest challenge to the major religions and religio/politico powers in this world. Here is the yardstick by which your integrity and understanding of the One God shall be measured:   when you place the God-given preciousness of life above all else, then, and only then, can you claim to have heard the voice of God, the voice of humanity, the voice of decency.

 

photo sourced via the guardian.com where a brilliant article can also be read