If All Things Be Regarded With Love

You have heard it said*: "If all things be regarded with love, Heaven and Earth are one with me."

But I say unto you: "If all things be regarded with love, the Kingdom of Heaven and this Earth are one and the same."



*So-shi

Love Is Our True Destiny

You have heard it said*: "Love is our true destiny.  We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone -- we find it with another."

But I say unto you: "Love is our true destiny.  We cannot find the meaning of life by ourselves alone -- we can only find it with, and through, each other."


*Thomas Merton

Countless Paths

You have heard it said*: "Countless paths
                                          lead to the mountain's summit
                                          yet from it
                                          the same moon shines
                                          over the land."

And I say unto you that this is the truth as is what I now say unto you: "Countless paths
                                                                                                                   lead to a view of God
                                                                                                                   yet from them all
                                                                                                                   the same God blesses
                                                                                                                   the people and the land."


*Ikkyu

Love Stays

You have heard it said*: "Love doesn't want people to stay ignorant and frightened.  Love doesn't value obedience over all else.  Love doesn't judge and find some lives - or loves - more valuable than others.  Love doesn't use people and throw them away.  Love stays, and makes you stronger, even when the person you love is gone." But I say unto you: "Love does not want people to stay ignorant and frightened. Love wants people to be enlightened and unafraid. "Love does not value obedience over all else.  Love values compassion and justice over obedience. "Love does not judge and find some lives - or loves - more valuable than others.  Love finds the presence of God in all lives and all loves. "Love does not use people and then throw them away.  Love values people and cherishes the positive contributions that they make. "Love stays and makes you stronger, even when the person you love leaves or is gone." "Love, after all, is omnipresent and is eternal. "Love never ends. "Love is God." *Stacey Jay