Dear Sangha - The Law of Love

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Dear Yosy, Wim, Vicki, and Tony and others. I

appreciate your kind comments and especially your

seeing beyond the words straight to my heart. When we

are heart to heart, we are OK.

 

We all know that where there is love, there is no need

for rules. It's just that sometimes, love goes in the

background because we are just human.

 

It's a difficult balance for all of us in life and Wim

described it well in the letter that he wrote recently

to the list. What Wim wrote was so warm and reflective

about how, even knowing better, we get caught up. in a way, using different words, said the same thing.

This is true of all of us without exception.

 

There are some famous stories from the purnas,

Mahabharata, and other scriptures showing how even the

wise rishis and sages who have meditated for years can

be overwhelmed by emotion in certain situations and

give into anger, bitterness, and revenge.

 

So we have these ideals, nonviolence being the primary

principle, and we are not always able to live up to

that. This is why Sangha is considered important in

almost all spiritual traditions. In a circle of

friends, the strength lies both in the individual and

the community and the caring. For human beings to fail

and fall is natural. In a true Sangha, we can pick

each other up.

 

Well anyway, it is a nice ideal to have.

 

When all is said and done

when the day and night have become one

We see that we are the light of love

in our own Heart.

 

Lots of love

Harsha

 

 

 

 

 

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