I was reading my favorite book “The Mustard Seed” today and it makes a very beautiful reflection for me..
I know the sun will rise every morning, even there are clouds,I know the birds sing melodious songs because I have heard them from the empty enclosure of my room. I know the sky is blue through the clouds,that the grass is green even I stand in the desert.I know the branches of tress dance to the movements of the wind even though now the wind is still.I know flowers have beautiful smells,that the ocean never sleeps and that rain falls upon high mountains.I know deeply all human beings are beautiful if they are born free to follow there hearts.
It has been said,long before these words were written,that if you build an archway for your heart,with neither lock nor door,life will pass freely through that archway in harmony with your senses.
Touch your friends, your husband or wife, and they are strangers no more.Hold them as you would touch the delicate petals of an orchid, or put your hand in a gentle stream, or feel the sand beneath your feet, or climb upon the rocks and crags on the shoreline.
Listento their words, their breathing, their heartbeat, their footsteps on the stairway or at the door as they come to you, as you would listen to the rain, or to the cock crowing in the early morning, or at the bark of a dog, or the cascading of a waterfall or a tiny breeze.
Seethe expressions on their faces of their different moods. See in their eyes the longing for love, companionship and a meaning in their lives. See their body move, uniting themselves with life. See their hands create their being, as you would see a quite pool, the splash of a wave, a new portrait made by falling rain, the landscape of a valley, the changing of the sunset.
Speak to them of love, of the harmony of nature, of quite understanding among men, of the simple things in life in which one can find peace of the truth you have found,as you would speak to God.
Ride the crest of the waves to the shore. Follow the river till it merges with the ocean. Look at the clouds till they disappear. Watch the sunrise trace its path across the sky,then vanish.
When you have experience these things, you will know your heart . Follow it. When you have freed yourself from the dogma and conditioning of society, where will you go? To those things you love.
Let your mind and your action explode,with awareness as you light yor forgotten lanterns of happiness, as you find a peaceful clearing in the jungle of our society.
Love is everywhere. It is in the night where the stars smile. It is in the field of rice dancing in the wind. It is in the waves sculpturing the rocks. It is in the sound of music, in man’s creation of art. It is a seed nourished by two human being. Love will find you and you will find love — if love becomes your attitude.
That is a very cute excerpt. However, as with similar things in life, it is easier said than done.
For example, I find that for the past seven months straight I have not been able to feel truly happy at heart (a result of no longer being with someone I loved dearly). I can see that there is happiness around in the world, maybe around me too, and even though I try to grab it, to embrace it, to feel it, my heart remains unhappy deep within. I just can’t for the life of me bring it to be happy even though I so desperately want it to be happy. Sigh.
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I couldn’t understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting
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