ONLY LOVE ENDURES

“The whole of planet Earth is a sacred site. All people are the chosen people, and the purpose of our lives is a spiritual one. May we care for each other, and for the Earth, for everything relates to everything else. Feeling this oneness, may we radiate the light of love and kindness that all may live in unity and peace." ~ Radha Sahar. ‘‘It occurs for me to say—no, to remember—that any thought, word, or deed we may offer into this world as people, as sentient beings, that is not rooted in kindness and compassion, bears no fruit. It flowers not. However clever, however justified it may seem in the moment, if it is not born of love, it carries no enduring light.. For what does not arise from love cannot return to it. And all things—sooner or later—must return to Love. That is the great arc of all existence. The journey out and the journey home. We often believe that the measure of our lives lies in our accomplishments, our convictions, our brilliance or even our suffering. But what if the true measure is simply this: Did we love? Did we move through the world with tenderness in our hands, with mercy in our speech, with the stillness of grace in our gaze? So much that passes for strength in this world is just fear in disguise. So much of what is defended with loudness and anger is a cry for the very gentleness we withhold—from others, and from ourselves. But in truth, the only thing that matters, the only force that endures, the only language the soul understands… is Love. As it was in the beginning, so it will be in the end. And in every sacred moment in between.” ~ Nigel Lott teaandzen.org Get full access to Tea and Zen - Threads at teaandzen.substack.com/subscribe In the quiet between heartbeats a whisper calls you home, you are not broken you are becoming. These threads of silence and sound are letters from the threshold, offerings from the edge of stillness. Nigel TEA AND ZEN - MAIN LIBRARY DONATE