If Gratitude Is at the Root, Your Love Will Embrace the Earth
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In truth, there are no good people and no bad people. There are no people you like and no people you dislike. And yet, there are still times when you think that way, right?
That is just something you think in the world where the consciousness that believes “this body is who I am” is standing.
But as I have always told you, that is not the true human being at all. The true human being is the universe.
Taking the universe itself as oneself, giving birth with the light of love to the stars, to the humanity living on those stars, to nature, and to all living things, keeping them alive, and helping them continue and grow: that is the working of the life of the true human being.
To come closer to that true self, try asking yourself, “What should I do right now, in this moment?” Do what you can do now.
It’s fine to move forward aiming for the goal, but just because you want to reach the goal doesn’t mean you can reach it right away, right?
For example, whether you run or walk a distance of 100 meters, you move forward step by step, putting your feet forward: right foot, left foot, right foot, left foot. It’s precisely because of each of those steps that you can reach the goal, right?
Then, instead of staring only at the goal, it’s good to live putting your strength into what you can do right now, in this moment: putting out your right foot, putting out your left foot, putting out your right foot, putting out your left foot.
If you are living earnestly in the now, you shouldn’t have time to think complaints and dissatisfaction about other people or about society. You understand, don’t you?
Live in the now. Live this very moment doing your very best with all your might. But you know, that doesn’t mean forcing yourself to push forward. You know what happens if you push yourself too hard, even without being told, right?
There are people thinking, “Then what should I do?” You just need to become someone who can rejoice in moving forward, in being able to take one step after another. That’s why I always, always tell you that gratitude is important.
If gratitude isn’t at the root, neither consideration, nor a kind heart, nor compassion will come out at all. Even if someone says, “I live with consideration for others,” that consideration is only a show of consideration.
The consideration of a person without gratitude at the root is like calculation sitting there with a coating called consideration.
I want you to live with eyes that see through to that truth of the heart. That will, in the end, lead to raising the evolution of consciousness of all the people of Earth.
When you can’t even take care of your own affairs, wanting to make other people better is just meddling. Look back on yourself carefully, and while polishing and raising yourself up, be kind to others too.
Being kind to others, giving love to others, and polishing and raising yourself up are like the two wheels of a car, the right tire and the left tire. If either one is missing, things become unstable.
Before talking about love and peace, please nurture a heart of gratitude. As long as that is at the root, the love you send out will embrace the Earth. The word “peace” that you send out will become a great power that brings peace to the Earth.
