In case you didn’t already know … the Golden Rule not only transcends the boundaries of your personal religion, the Golden Rule also transcends the boundaries of your personal convenience. Please act (& please eat) accordingly today … Thank you.
… and yet if our primary emotion is to be Peace, our religion must be grounded in serving others.
“We despise all reverences and all the objects of reverence which are outside the pale of our own list of sacred things. And yet, with strange inconsistency, we are shocked when other people despise and defile the things which are holy to us.” ~ Mark Twain The religious dogma you have chosen to profess is […]
I understand how tempting it is to take religious figures and mold their identities to fit our own wishes and bend their teachings to match our own beliefs … We all would love to simply be able to kick back, worship our version of God appropriately and then someday be rewarded with “salvation”. After all, […]
“When dear friends enter my home, I sense their presence in a special way. Why would it be any different with God?” ~ Dalton Roberts . “Rather than our towers and temples reaching up to heaven, maybe we can allow the God of Heaven to reach down to Earth and live among us through our […]
Activity: Read each the following verses aloud to yourself in succession: “Love thy neighbor as thyself.” ~ from the Hebrew Bible, the basis of Judaism “Love your enemies, Do Good to those who hate you …” ~ from the New Testament, the basis of Christianity “And let not your ill-will towards another keep you from […]
“Self-sacrifice is Love with the motivation to alleviate the suffering of others. This supreme love requires involvement in the knotty problems of the world – love that bears with the failings and weaknesses of others, love that is committed to helping others regardless of the cost to one’s self. We have the example of Jesus […]
“The purest service is to help others and seek their welfare without the expectation of personal reward. On the contrary, the way of selfishness brings only disharmony and failure. In the Bhagavad Gita, and paralleled by passages in the Tao Te Ching, the way of selfless service is described as the fundamental principle by which […]
“Good deeds are the manifestation of a healthy spiritual life. Right Actions are those which seek to lessen another’s suffering &/or enhance another’s joy — without thought for any personal recompense as a result.” ~ unknown “Heaven is not attained without good deeds.” ~ Adi Granth, Ramkali-Var, M.1 (Sikhism) “Many garlands can be made from […]
“Sacred texts on kindness, compassion, and heart-felt love for others abound. Some of them affirm a general kindness, benevolence, and gentleness, while others recommend active mercy over mere ritual observances. Some stress the impartiality and universality of the heart that transcends considerations of family, race, nationality, or religion. As a whole, these scriptures all espouse […]
“Though the prescription to ‘love your enemy’ is thought to be an impractical ethic, it is widely taught in all religions as a fundamental principle for pursuing relationships with others – if for no other reason than it is completely effective. Revenge, which requites evil with evil, only multiplies evil in the world, while love, […]
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