We Are All One.

I was reminded this morning of a passage from Nelson Mandela. It reads:

“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”

My darling, there is a capacity to love that is not widely understood. That is to say, that love truly does ‘heal all wounds.’ Though, there must be a willingness, a purpose, an intention. Something much larger than the original hurt inflicted.

We must begin with the intention to offer ourselves unconditionally; separate the burden of past pain and worry. To do so we must practice looking and listening deeply.

My darlings, do you know what this means? It means, that we can not begin to alleviate the suffering of another whilst mired in our own set of trouble and circumstances.

In “A Zen Approach To Life’s Challenges” Pat Enkyo O’Hara writes:

“Followers of contemplative traditions often fall into the fallacy that, “Once I’m enlightened, once I’ve cooled myself down, once I’ve gotten myself together, then I’ll save the world, then I’ll be ready to enter the fire of life.”

Though, in our ‘waiting to get enlightened’ we miss a critical opportunity to practice empathy and unconditional love. Without which, how may we ever transition from ‘self’ to a much needed, deepened connection with this world?

We are all one, my loves – and we alone are responsible for ‘righting’ this course.
Namaste ~ ❤️

About

Tara Lemieux is a mindful wanderer, and faithful stargazer. Although she often appears to be listening with great care, rest assured she is most certainly‘forever lost in thought. She is an ardent explorer and lover of finding things previously undiscovered or at the very least mostly not-uncovered.

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