Fueled By Love

Click here to read a nice article written by Timber Hawkeye. Following is my reflection on the article:
This writing by Timber Hawkeye reminds me of St Francis of Assisi's Peace Prayer. It begins with," Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon;  where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy." And it ends with these uplifting  words: "for it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal life." This is the spiritual dimension of living. Knowing it and practicing it, contemplating and acting, extends and expands our awareness leading to pure awareness. As the Budha says, "Asho dhammo sanatanaha. This is the Eternal spiritual law." When I am quiet not justifying my wrong doing or reacting to other's wrong doing, I see the light of this spiritual wisdom. I understand my wrong doing  empathically as a human being and of the other too like me as a human being. When I see myself  and the other with the sense of empathy and compassion, I hear the underlying cry for love behind anger and hatred and violence.

This is an ongoing journey in my life and I am going through it slowly and steadily. My path gets more enlightened with each step and I am grateful to great spiritual teachers for guiding me in the journey of my life. My journey becomes a pilgrimage.
I would like to conclude with the words of wisdom by my favorite Russian author Leo Tolstoy: " Love is the only way to rescue humanity of all its ills."

Namaste!
May we sow love where there is hurt, hatred and injury!