Daily Meditation: Friday, September 18, 1998

So many people want to work for honesty, for justice, for …

09/18/1998

So many people want to work for honesty, for justice, for the good of humanity. But because they do not know how to go about it they gradually become discouraged and even sometimes end up hating the entire world. Is this an intelligent outcome? If you really want to work for the good of humankind you should begin by leaving people alone and you should focus solely on perfecting yourself. And then, the day will come when you become so enlightened that, when they see you, people will be moved to ask you to enlighten them, because they will see how miserable they are, and sense how bogged down they are in a quagmire. But do not then be tempted to go and deal with this quagmire, because if you plunge into the morass in order to purify it, you yourself will get bogged down. Work towards enlightenment so that, even without a word being said, your very presence will make others begin to understand they have lost their way, and they will ask you to guide them.