How to really gain
I received this in the mail from a friend:“While walking out of work on the public holiday, I grabbed a fruit juice fromone of the fridges.
As I cross the road I see a beggar in an old gown scratching throughthe bin for some food. he pulls out an old Iced Tea can and pourssome of the remaining liquid out that has ash, insects and other thingsfloating on the top. Without thinking, I cross the road again to him,push his hand down with the can in his hand and asked him to pleasenot drink that. I gave him my juice instead and have never seensomeone so happy. That made my women’s day.”
it is something that i see with every day. when you spend money on yourself, it gives a certain amount of satisfaction. buy something for someone that really needs something, see their real joy, and see how much more you gain from it.
and it is not really about charity, or being soft or too liberal. the yoga teachings state it simply, that the more advanced a human is, the more they realise how closely they are connected to other humans, and other beings. in fact, this is a direct test of someones state of development.
the simple man cares only about himself. then as he grows through lifetimes, he starts to care about his family, then his tribe, then his race, then his nation, until eventually he cares about all people. the advanced human does not feel peace until all of his fell0w humans, know happiness.
the reason behind this, is how closely we are linked. ultimately, we are one being. if you hurt another, you hurt a part of yourself. when we treat the poorest being with compassion and dignity, we are honouring the source from which we all come. because we all have the same spark inside of us, some just have more rubbish around the spark. but that spark is there, and gives them their divine nature.
www.freethought.co.za
As I cross the road I see a beggar in an old gown scratching throughthe bin for some food. he pulls out an old Iced Tea can and pourssome of the remaining liquid out that has ash, insects and other thingsfloating on the top. Without thinking, I cross the road again to him,push his hand down with the can in his hand and asked him to pleasenot drink that. I gave him my juice instead and have never seensomeone so happy. That made my women’s day.”
it is something that i see with every day. when you spend money on yourself, it gives a certain amount of satisfaction. buy something for someone that really needs something, see their real joy, and see how much more you gain from it.
and it is not really about charity, or being soft or too liberal. the yoga teachings state it simply, that the more advanced a human is, the more they realise how closely they are connected to other humans, and other beings. in fact, this is a direct test of someones state of development.
the simple man cares only about himself. then as he grows through lifetimes, he starts to care about his family, then his tribe, then his race, then his nation, until eventually he cares about all people. the advanced human does not feel peace until all of his fell0w humans, know happiness.
the reason behind this, is how closely we are linked. ultimately, we are one being. if you hurt another, you hurt a part of yourself. when we treat the poorest being with compassion and dignity, we are honouring the source from which we all come. because we all have the same spark inside of us, some just have more rubbish around the spark. but that spark is there, and gives them their divine nature.
www.freethought.co.za
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