Kindness as a deep and subtle movement of the heart means to have a ground or floor of kindness that I abide in, am always aware of, and act from. Like the author says, it is like the movement of the sea close to the ocean floor, still and peaceful while affecting all behavior at the surface. I feel this deep and subtle movement during parts of every day, and lose contact with it too often such as during some busy or pressured or striving times. The practice that helps me to develop kindness is to start each day with a reflection or meditation that all that is and everyone that is is one, and to go back to that awareness frequently during a day. It's from that awareness that kindness toward self and others and the earth flows naturally. When I hold that awareness I tend to be more kind.
On Apr 25, 2015 david doane wrote :
Kindness as a deep and subtle movement of the heart means to have a ground or floor of kindness that I abide in, am always aware of, and act from. Like the author says, it is like the movement of the sea close to the ocean floor, still and peaceful while affecting all behavior at the surface. I feel this deep and subtle movement during parts of every day, and lose contact with it too often such as during some busy or pressured or striving times. The practice that helps me to develop kindness is to start each day with a reflection or meditation that all that is and everyone that is is one, and to go back to that awareness frequently during a day. It's from that awareness that kindness toward self and others and the earth flows naturally. When I hold that awareness I tend to be more kind.