David Howenstein Blog
This blog focuses on putting spirituality into action, and is based on the bookJUMBO JUMBLE(by this blog's author).
- Each blog entry includes:
- JR - the author’s reflection of the writings in the book
- PP - a personal question for the reader
- PA - My own personal answer (not included in the book) to the question
3/4/2024
Illustration by Miki Howenstein
(From page 80 of the book “Jumbo Jumble”)
……. T he purpose underpinning these ponderings, and towards cultivating a loving spirit, is not to express an abstinence from unpleasant feelings towards others or existing personal barriers preventing us from fully loving others. Rather, the idea is to search for and understand these obstacles to love and find ways of diminishing or overcoming them..
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Author’s Comment: “You should love everybody.” How easy to say, and difficult to do. There are always going to be those who rub you the wrong way, or you despise their behavior. Cultivating a loving spirit (which indeed comes to love everyone despite the “bad feelings” some may engender) takes much training and effort, and those who have been able to do so remain humanity’s inspiration throughout the ages.
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