Daily Meditation: Monday, May 12, 2003

For centuries thinkers have said that humanity is like a …

05/12/2003

For centuries thinkers have said that humanity is like a body, and that the countries of the world are its organs. These organs of humanity must become inspired with the same wisdom, the same disinterestedness as the organs of the physical body, but in fact very few people are working to bring this about. Each country thinks only of itself, to the detriment of its neighbour. It is time therefore to take the example of the human organism that nature has so skilfully designed and to study how it functions, when it is in good or ill health, and to understand that the same rules apply to the whole of humanity. When the brain is lucid and the heart dilated, even the feet feel well. Yes, when an organ is in good health, all the other parts of the body feel it and rejoice; and when an organ is deficient, the others, poor things, feel undermined as well. So why, when a country is in difficulty, do its neighbours rejoice? This proves that they are unhealthy organs, and do not realise that sooner or later they too will suffer the consequences.