When You Engage In Fulfilling The Needs

Unfortunately, Love And Compassion Have Been Omitted From Too Many Spheres Of Social Interaction For Too Long. Usually Confined To Family And Home, Their Practice In Public Life Is Considered Impractical, Even Naive. This Is Tragic.

The Most Important Thing Is Transforming Our Minds, For A New Way Of Thinking, A New Outlook: We Should Strive To Develop A New Inner World.

If Each Of Us Can Learn To Relate To Each Other More Out Of Compassion, With A Sense Of Connection To Each Other And A Deep Recognition Of Our Common Humanity, And More Important, To Teach This To Our Children, I Believe That This Can Go A Long Way In Reducing Many Of The Conflicts And Problems That We See Today.

In Spiritual Growth, It Is Important To Avoid Imbalances Between Academic Or Intellectual Learning And Practical Implementation. Otherwise There Is A Danger That Too Much Intellectualiza Tion Will Kill The More Contemplative Practices And Too Much Emphasis On Practical Implementation Without Study Will Kill The Understanding. There Has Got To Be A Balance.

We Need To Strengthen Such Inner Values As Contentment, Patience And Tolerance, As Well As Compassion For Others. Keeping In Mind That It Is Expressions Of Affection Rather Than Money And Power That Attract Real Friends, Compassion Is The Key To Ensuring Our Own Well-being.