This story narrated by the grand daughter is very timely as we are approaching the gift-giving Christmas time. The conventionalway of buying gifts is so terribly time consuming and people feel confused and inadequate about what to give. The spiritual approach for gift-giving is very simple. We do it as a service to God without getting anything in return. My experience of gift-giving is simple and uncomplicatedlike the experience of the granddaughter Neshume-le. I can easily relate to what the grandfather told his granddaughter, it is not the water the seeds need to grow but" Aii it needs is your faithfulness." Faith is the foundation of all relationships and of all spiritual practices.
Blessing life is the most effective way of creating and nurturinglife in all forms-human and natural. There are times when relationships thin out or break up. Giving unconditional love from the heartbased on the foundation of faith repairs and heals our fragile relationships. Several years ago I had an agonizing and depressive experience in my life. It was a heart-breaking experience. It took time for me to recover from it. My deep faith in the goodness of heart helped meemerge fromthe hurting heart to the healing heart. It was a transforming experiencefor me.
The best teacher is within ourselves. What we need is calmness,patience, empathy, compassion and above all faithfulness. Life offers many opportunitiesfor working on ourselves to repair and heal our relationships. It is a daily metta, loving kindness practice that heals me and others. It is blessing from the heart.
May we relate to us and others with the loving light of faith and kindness!
Namaste!
Jagdish P Dave'
On Dec 23, 2020Neelam wrote :
Beautiful reflection! Thank you for sharing this experience;
Faith in our own Self helps pave the way to Love.
Love for others as well as ourself.
Love for everything!
On Dec 18, 2020 Jagdish P Dave wrote :
Blessing life is the most effective way of creating and nurturinglife in all forms-human and natural. There are times when relationships thin out or break up. Giving unconditional love from the heartbased on the foundation of faith repairs and heals our fragile relationships. Several years ago I had an agonizing and depressive experience in my life. It was a heart-breaking experience. It took time for me to recover from it. My deep faith in the goodness of heart helped meemerge fromthe hurting heart to the healing heart. It was a transforming experiencefor me.
The best teacher is within ourselves. What we need is calmness,patience, empathy, compassion and above all faithfulness. Life offers many opportunitiesfor working on ourselves to repair and heal our relationships. It is a daily metta, loving kindness practice that heals me and others. It is blessing from the heart.
May we relate to us and others with the loving light of faith and kindness!
Namaste!
Jagdish P Dave'