Harmony Quote

We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth

 – George Bernard Shaw

One of the surest proofs of spiritual awareness is that you will have respect and concern for all people, whatever country they come from, whatever the colour of their skin, whatever religion they profess. 

When you become aware that you are the part of the whole, something amazing happens in your life; you will be able to act spontaneously, almost effortlessly for the good of all. You won’t have to do research about famine to understand the needs of children in Africa and Asia who are unable to find enough food. You will understand and you will find it impossible to waste food. Now you know that when a community in South America suffers, the whole suffers. You will find ways and means to help: perhaps change to a vegetarian diet so that the grain that is used to feed animals may be sent to countries that sorely need it. You will be impelled into action, which is what awareness of unity means. 

From ‘Words To Live By’ by Eknath Easwaran, founder of the Blue Mountain Center of Meditation, copyright 2005; reprinted by permission of Nilgiri Press, P. O. Box 256, Tomales, Ca  94971, www.bmcm.org.