Just as a note...

[kellan_the_tabby]

I'm leaving this here mostly as a note to myself, though others may find it of interest.

intoku: Just as the number one can never be reduced to zero, once we act or speak, our action or speech is never completely erased.

An old Oriental saying tells us, "Sow good, and the harvest will be good. Sow evil and reap evil." We must understand that everything we do comes back to ourselves.

Therefore before wishing for our own happiness and welfare and that of our children we must do good in secret. To do good in secret means to act without seeking attention and praise, to act without any hope of reward. This is called intoku.

Among the various ways of performing intoku, to walk the way of the Universe and to lead others along this way is best.

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[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

In one of those flashes of synchronicity, look at this excerpt from today's readings at church:

"Practice what [the scribes and Pharisees] teach you, but do not do what they do: for they do not practice what they preach. They bind heavy burdens and lay them on men's shoulders, but they themselves will not lift a figer to move them. They do all their deeds to be seen by men; for they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long, and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best sets in the synagogues..." [Matthew 23:3-6]

Which reminded me of part of the Sermon On The Mount:

"When you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your alms may be in secret; and the One who sees what is secret will reward you." [Matthew 6:3-4; see also verses 6 and 17-18 in this chapter.]

[kellan_the_tabby]

Seems to be one of those things which most any religion (or other kind of moral structure) tells its adherents...

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

Yeah... it was just the timing of you posting the one on the same day as the other being read at church, that I found noteworthy.