Is conscience really pure and clean?
Reading the news on injustice, scattered all over the pages of newspapers, I wonder why it's so hard for people to acknowledge and follow 'conscience'. If only people always followed their 'conscience', the world would be always in peaceful atmosphere.
Facing the real daily life, encountered by series of problems, I realize that it's difficult, indeed, just to listen to 'the sound of the pure heart', only to find out what the 'conscience' says. Though I know what the conscience tells me, I find it hard to act as it says. I tend to obey my logical if not emotional decisions.
The tips for me are: stop a while before deciding anything, pray to the Almighty God, keep a distance from the problem, and then decide. The decision I make will then fit any justice viewpoints.
I hope so.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
LIVING LOVE
One of Dhammapada teachings: living love in thought, word, and action,
That teaching really fits me right. What I have learnt from other 'spiritual' masters just sounds the same. Christ also said so: This is command: love others as you love yourself.
Living love, to me, means living my life with full of love to others as well as to me myself.
Love is patient, generous, sincere, humble. Love doesn't hurt. Love understands all. Love both closes and opens everything.
Love the universe and all the inhabitants.
Love,
Happy
That teaching really fits me right. What I have learnt from other 'spiritual' masters just sounds the same. Christ also said so: This is command: love others as you love yourself.
Living love, to me, means living my life with full of love to others as well as to me myself.
Love is patient, generous, sincere, humble. Love doesn't hurt. Love understands all. Love both closes and opens everything.
Love the universe and all the inhabitants.
Love,
Happy
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
The Paradoxical Commandments
I just wrote down "The Paradoxical Commandments" for my status in Facebook. Some people gave comments and questions. Actually, you can just simply click www.paradoxicalcommandments.com. It was written by Kent M Keith. I know nothing about him and I haven't read his book either. What I know is just the commandments consisting of a list of anyways.
People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.
If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.
The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.
People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.
People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.
Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.
Later, the commandments were quoted by someone who wrote them down on Mother Teresa's wall:
People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway.
What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway.
Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway.
In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.
In my opinion, it elaborates His commandment: LOVE YOUR ENEMIES, which I realize that it is easier said than done.
People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.
If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.
The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.
People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.
People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.
Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.
Later, the commandments were quoted by someone who wrote them down on Mother Teresa's wall:
People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway.
What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway.
Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway.
In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.
In my opinion, it elaborates His commandment: LOVE YOUR ENEMIES, which I realize that it is easier said than done.
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