Family We are all one family, All people of this earth. The earth is part Of this family and All are interdependent on the other. Nothing exists in isolation. Look around you and see More of the interconnectivity of things. How each relies on another in some way. The family unit is no different To this global family for Each feeds and nourishes the others. Nurture strength of spirit, Teach forgiveness and righteousness In your family. Set the example to those you raise. Teach them about the god Within all creation. Be kind and helpful To them in all ways. In time such practice will spread To all beings, For the father is father to all And the mother is the mother to all. In truth there is only one family.
--> As a retired Dorset Police officer who spent thirty years serving around the county, even I was surprised to hear today, that forty percent of the calls which the police now receive are related to mental health issues! What is going on? Many will ask. We all know many factors play into the reasons for this exponential increase in mental health problems for people in recent years, so I do not think I need to list them. However, what I do believe needs to be addressed among the more obvious reasons for this dip in the mental well-being of society in general, is the ‘void’ of emptiness that so many people complain of feeling within themselves and often for no apparent reason. This is in my opinion driven by the neglect of the spiritual well-being of the individual. This is largely because of the lack of spiritual teaching during the upbringing of most people that we receive especially here in the western world these days. The materialism all around us, is enforced by ...
The Buddha once came across a man and offered him the gift of enlightenment and it came in the form of a most beautiful crystal tree that the man could hold, as it was small and hand sized. The Buddha told the man," whenever you wish to feel the ecstasy of true enlightenment just pick up and hold the crystal tree that I have manifested for you as a gift from me to you". The man left having thanked the Buddha for his gift. The man revelled in his gift from the Buddha for some time, until a shop opened in his village selling crystal trees identical to the one the Buddha had given to the man. All around him the man saw other villagers carrying crystal trees the same as his and all the villagers said when they held the tree they felt as if they were 'enlightened'. This sent the man into a rage as he felt it could not be so as his crystal tree had been given to him by someone no less than the Buddha himself and their...
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