9 June 2022 — WORK FOR PEACE AND COMPASSION (the DALAI LAMA )

The full quote reads: ’NEVER GIVE UP! NO MATTER WHAT WILL HAPPEN! NEVER GIVE UP AND DEVELOP YOUR HEART.

THERE ARE TOO MANY CONDITINS IN YOUR COUNTRY THAT DEVELOP THE INTELLECT INSTEAD OF THE HEART.

DEVELOP COMPASSION NOT ONLY FOR YOUR FRIENDS BUT FOR ALL SENTIENT BEINGS .

WORK FOR PEACE AND COMPASSION.

Heart over head and NOT head over heart! It seems strange to many of us that some religions (The Jains) are careful not to step on grass in order to avoid harming insects.

In order to develop peace and compassion for others we need to have peace and compassion for ourselves. When we find ourselves feeling cross and judgemental with others we are projecting anger on to them which is coming from within us.

NEVER GIVE UP! DEVELOP YOUR HEART. Once we find ourselves in a certain situation we need to accept it and work with it rather than wishing things were different.

PONDER POINTS: on reading the above my thoughts were….my feelings are …. I feel I allowed my head to dictate to me rather than following my heart when….what I was able to embrace with my heart although my head rued the day it happened was ….