Zen Master Tich Nhat Hanh was once asked what we need to do to save our world. To which he replied, without hesitation:

“What we most need to do is to hear within us the sound of the earth crying.”

Given the the escalation of violence recently, and most notably those actions born of fear and intolerance — I wanted to take this opportunity to help all hearts heal.
“Man is not the enemy”, he has often reminded us. “Our enemy is hatred, anger, ignorance and fear.”

At the core of which threads the tangled roots of misunderstanding; a parasite feeding upon the insecurities of this world.

In order to heal, we must appeal to the most compelling of truths; a realization that we can not use force to bring about peace.

Likewise, we must be willing to broaden our perspective – to know the true depths of a wounded soul. And, absent the limitations of label or presumption. To take action from the sacred heart of compassion.

As Gandhi himself once so poignantly reminded, that instead of blinding the world through an ‘eye for an eye, we must strive to become a source of light; a glimmer of hope even within our ‘enemies’ eyes.

To hear the earth crying implies a boundless compassion; holding humanity’s needs higher than even our own.

A little something to consider today, my loves ~ and begging the question;

“Are we the spark of life, or the fire that burns through it?”

In peace…

Namaste ❤️