Daily Meditation: Monday, December 29, 1997

Human beings are part of the large body of God, of which …

12/29/1997

Human beings are part of the large body of God, of which they each represent a cell. So when they behave badly towards their neighbour, believing he is a stranger, an outsider, and that they can manhandle him with impunity, they are mistaken, because there is a connection between all living creatures, just as there is a connection between all the cells of the physical body. When we harm others, we are also harming ourselves, even though we may not feel this immediately. And in the same way, if we are good to them, we are also being good to ourselves. You have no doubt found this out for yourself, when someone you love is suffering or is being subjected to shocks, it feels as if you are at the receiving end, and if good fortune happens upon them, then you are as happy as if the good fortune were yours. This is because instinctively, intuitively, you have entered the consciousness of unity, and this consciousness of unity lies at the basis of true morality.