"A human being is a part of the whole called the “universe,”
a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and
feelings, as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of…consciousness.
This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal
desires and to affections for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to
free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace
all living creatures and the whole of nature in all its beauty, Nobody is able
to achieve this completely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself
a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security." (Albert Einstein)
For me this quote by Einstein really hit home because it
makes a point to speak on what life should have within it for everyone. It’s
too often that yea, we help our family and friends when they are in need but if
someone who we don’t know asks us for a favor we turn our noises up. I remember
an incident that occurred in front of a 7 11 which is a quickie market for all
of you who may not know. This gentleman whom was dressed in kind of dirty
clothes asked another person who was entering the story could he have any
change that the person who was entering the store could offer. Do you know
what? The man who got asked the question said in a very rude tone, “No man go
away.” As the man whom asked the question started to go the other man quickly
said, “hey man, why don’t you go get a job and stop asking people for money? It’s
because you are too lazy to work huh?” Then man whom asked the question in the first
place replied, “Hey, I have been trying to find work” then the other man simply
uttered quietly to himself, “yea right you bum” and walked into the store. Now
was all of that necessary? I mean if he didn’t want to give the man any money
he should have just said no and left it at that. Who knows what the man who was
begging had gone through in his life? Who knows what type of upbringing he had,
who knows what wrong doing may have occurred within his life. It’s a wonder
that people are so judgmental to others when the truth of the matter may be
that if they would have gone through half of the things that the person who
they are judging went though they may be in a worst off condition.
When I look at a person whether it is someone I know or not
I can always see a spark of myself within them. I know that they have good in
them and if they are in a messed up situation they didn’t consciously choose
it. At times in life we all do walk down the wrong roads and then we tend to
find ourselves in a slump. When I was around 26 years old or so I made some
horrible decisions with my money and because of those decisions I nearly got
evicted from my apartment. There was a time when I fell behind on my electric
bill payments and it got shut off for a day. Times when I have done things in
the pass that may have caused hurt and pain to others. I have been in slumps
plenty of times in my life and I’ve been in that sad place. These situations do
tend to make us stronger once we get through them but they do occur for all of
us. You can’t judge someone in a way that you aren’t judging yourself anyway
because we really can’t give out what we don’t have within ourselves.
To come to a realization that we all are One in this world
is to come to a freeing insight. Some people hang around only people that they
have known for a long time. Some people never leave there neighborhoods, they
never venture out so that they may broaden their horizon and to me this is ashame.
They never give to a person who looks as if they are in need, instead they
judge, assuming that the person is just going to go and use the money that they
may give them for drugs. How can anyone make a judgment on what the person will
use the money for? I say if you have it and someone asks, if giving a person a
little money isn’t going to hurt you financially you should give to them every
single time no matter how the person may look. You have no right to judge
anyone, you don’t know what they have gone through or if they are going to use
the money for food or not, if you were in their shoes you may be the one who
would be on the drugs. Plus even if they are on drugs who gave you the right to
tell them that it is wrong for them to do the drugs. I say this, at lease this person
won’t break in someone’s car or house looking for something to sell so that they
may appease their drug habit. My house and car has been broken into before and
for the things that were taken I am assuming a person simply did the act so
they would have something to sell for money for drugs, or maybe for food who
knows but imagine what would have happened if when that very person asked a
stranger for some money and they would’ve just given it to them? That person
may not have broken into my car (the repairs cost more money than what the
person took) or my house. Think about it that way.
Again (this statement needs to be repeated plenty of times)
we all are One. Yes I do love certain people who are in my life but I have love
for everyone to whom I meet and even those that I don’t. This light of love is
bright enough to shine on everyone, not just the people that I know on a personal
level. We are all One with the universe because we are made of the same stuff
as the universe is. We are made of energy just as the universe and even the
particles which make up our bodies can be found in space. We are One with each
other, with all of the plants and animals. We are One with people who live in a
way that we may not understand, that aspect of them does live in us and remember,
if we were to have gone through whatever that person went through then we
probably would be similar to that person if not the same. We are all One, One
universe One Love and One light and we all need to start acting that way.
Animals like that ants who come together as One and live in harmony have been
around a lot longer than animals who don’t live in this way because it is all
of our true natures and it is the way of things. So remember, every time you
make a negative judgment on a person you are simply calling out an aspect of
yourself that you simply don’t like. Why not give away a smile or a little
cash, some food and some insight that is worth getting. Why not be love, share
love and look at everyone to whom you meet as a part of yourself. If everyone
thought this way there would be no wars, no robbing, no murders and no issues
in this world. This Oneness thing is the answer to all of the issue that we are
having and it is a spiritual thing; it’s an inner thing so let’s get it
started. Remember, we are all One. ONE LOVE!!!
Namaste
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