Monday, September 05, 2005

Staying centered

How can we cope - emotionally, psychologically, spiritually - with the awareness of so much suffering being experienced on the Gulf Coast right now? Here's a wonderful quote by Krishnamurti that tells us how:
It is a great art to have an abundance of knowledge and experience - to know the richness of life, the beauty of existence, the struggles, the miseries, the laughter, the tears - and yet keep your mind very simple; and you can have a simple mind only when you know how to love.

Let us keep our mind simple. And simply be willing to send love to all beings who are suffering right now. Love in action, of course, means sending contributions to the relief effort and may well involve volunteering our time and effort if evacuees come to our community. But whatever we do, let us keep our mind simple.

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