April 11, 2026
In contemplation
Express Lovingkindness
Stop! You are getting nowhere. You are like a blind person walking in a dust cloud. Stand still. Let the dust of the world settle.
Your eyes have been shut. Now they are open. Just for a moment, let yourself be. Do not move forward by judging the past and putting hope in the future. Move forward by letting the still silence of the room-within embrace you and guide you.
To be in the moment is like breathing. When you breathe you are not seeking your next breath. You are not trying to make it happen. You are not trying to shape it into your idea of breath. You let that next breath come as it may. You do not judge it by those you have taken before. They have come and gone. The breath you take now is natural. You accept it as it is. You let it sustain you in the moment without judgment or hope.
From the room-within, let things be as they are. Come out from under the weight of Marley’s chains. Free yourself from its burden. You have the power within you. That power is joy. Joy is a choice. You can choose to love all without fear, or not. Just remember, joy in the world begins with you. Express joy in the world as lovingkindness.
Acts of lovingkindness keep you connected to the whole of the all. To know the whole of the all is to know no other. The other that you perceive is a product of separation. Your perceptions of this and that form in existence. As the me of the body, you perceive separation where there is none. Through ignorance and fear, you identify with false fragments of reality instead of with the whole of the all. The whole of the all is consciousness in existence. Choose its path and you will know joy as your true nature.
Lovingkindness is timeless. It exists in the moment. It cares not for the past. It leaves the future to the morrow. It cares not for itself or what you think of it. It has no desires or expectations. Lovingkindness is a gift of grace with no strings attached. Once given it is not drawn back. It has no requirements. It is given freely and received freely. Lovingkindness is the broad canopy of the tree that shades all in the noonday heat. Lovingkindness is the soft rain that falls on saint and sinner alike. Lovingkindness is the table set for all to eat together as one.
But be careful. Attempts at lovingkindness can become another form of attachment. Desire and expectation are tricky. Your expressions of love may contain requirements. Such expectations taint your love with fear. Lovingkindness has no fear. It has no desire or expectation. Lovingkindness is limitless. Expressing lovingkindness brings joy to the world as you act under the guidance of your true nature.
Release the me of the body with its fears, desires, and attachments. It does not know. The me of the body lives to survive. It struggles to find food, shelter, clothing, acceptance, and affection. Beyond that it seeks identity and purpose through achievement, attainment, and affirmation. All of this occurs during constant transition and change. Trying to control the transitory nature of your existence is futile. Failed expectations lead to increased suffering. The more that you are attached to the bonds of worldly desire and expectation the harder it is to relinquish control to the voice within.
Stop struggling! Relinquish control to your true nature. Find peace of heart within. With less fear, love is strengthened, your heart opens, and joy seeps into your life. Lovingkindness increases. Your world changes. You feel your connection to the whole of the all. You are grateful for life’s abundance. You live day by day, moment by moment. Joy endures in your heart. With joy, love is the natural state of your being. You reflect lovingkindness to all.
Lovingkindness is gentle rain nourishing a meadow. Lovingkindness is the bloom, the fragrance, the blue of the violet. Lovingkindness is joy in all of nature. You are lovingkindness. You are joy in the world.
