Show me your heart

I am reminded of the words of Thomas Merton at this sad time in human history-during this awful terrible, painful and heart wrenching times ; tears flow like rivers, and there is unimaginable pain on all sides intermingled with immense suffering at every juncture in this human tragedy. A child, is a child; to a parent which ever side; pain chooses not its victim- a brother is a brother, sister...father, mother .....irrespective of which side of the fence we are observing the action from. 

Some will understand, some will not, some will understand but do nothing, out of fear and hate, others, a select few will act according to their heart. We each have our own conscience to answer to.Just remember- we are all connected, arise and return to one- compassion, mercy, forgiveness, understanding and love is not simple the birthright of one, but a duty of every single human soul that exists on the planet. A wise tale from Lord Buddha....."it is the dharma of the scorpion to sting, but it is the dharma of the monk in the river to save the scorpion from drowning when it falls into the water".

Thomas Merton:
"I stand among you as one who offers a small message of hope, that first, there are always people who dare to seek on the margin of society, who are not dependent on social acceptance, not dependent on social routine, and prefer a kind of free-floating existence under a state of risk.
And among these people, if they are faithful to their own calling, to their own vocation, and to their own message from God, communication on the deepest level is possible. And the deepest level of communication is not communication, but communion. It is wordless. It is beyond words, and it is beyond speech and beyond concept."