Entry 48 - Open Yourself - Quote of the Day
8/1/19
If you find yourself threatened or feel a desire to judge what you're reading as instantly incorrect, try to release yourself from that fear and recognize it can't stop you from growing or appreciating others, only you can. Also, if you can move past that blockage you've set up unknowingly, then doors will be opened and boundaries that once confined you will be torn down. I'll assure you that you can indeed retain your beliefs while appreciating what others have to say and while you're at it, you might just learn a few things or two which in turn will help grow your appreciation for others.
Today's quote comes from the Bahá'í faith:
"O children of men! Know ye not why We created you all from the same dust? That no one should exalt himself over the other. Ponder at all times in your hearts how ye were created. Since We have created you all from one same substance it is incumbent on you to be even as one soul, to walk with the same feet, eat with the same mouth and dwell in the same land, that from your inmost being, by your deeds and actions, the signs of oneness and the essence of detachment may be made manifest. Such is My counsel to you, O concourse of light! Heed ye this counsel that ye may obtain the fruit of holiness from the tree of wondrous glory."
I love this quote because it helps people realize how similar and one we truly are and, interestingly enough, it is in line with what the Bible says in Genesis: "For dust you are and to dust you shall return." We were all made from the same dust, we were all born, and we shall all die back into the dust. How many times does our brain automatically focus on what is different from one person to another rather than focus on what we have in common? Could that be the reason behind the wars? Behind the racial genocide? Behind the justified maltreatment of others who aren't from our country? This realization that we all share the same substance, birth, and death can hopefully help us move past ourselves and the temporary things of this world such as money, fame and power and instead focus rather on the reason why we're here, recognize our interconnectedness, and to gain awareness of what truly life is all about.
"O children of men! Know ye not why We created you all from the same dust? That no one should exalt himself over the other. Ponder at all times in your hearts how ye were created. Since We have created you all from one same substance it is incumbent on you to be even as one soul, to walk with the same feet, eat with the same mouth and dwell in the same land, that from your inmost being, by your deeds and actions, the signs of oneness and the essence of detachment may be made manifest. Such is My counsel to you, O concourse of light! Heed ye this counsel that ye may obtain the fruit of holiness from the tree of wondrous glory."
I love this quote because it helps people realize how similar and one we truly are and, interestingly enough, it is in line with what the Bible says in Genesis: "For dust you are and to dust you shall return." We were all made from the same dust, we were all born, and we shall all die back into the dust. How many times does our brain automatically focus on what is different from one person to another rather than focus on what we have in common? Could that be the reason behind the wars? Behind the racial genocide? Behind the justified maltreatment of others who aren't from our country? This realization that we all share the same substance, birth, and death can hopefully help us move past ourselves and the temporary things of this world such as money, fame and power and instead focus rather on the reason why we're here, recognize our interconnectedness, and to gain awareness of what truly life is all about.
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