MomoのKokoro

The Indian sage Nisargatta...challenged his students by saying, "The problem with you is not that you have desires, but that you desire so little. Why not desire it all? Why not want complete fulfillment, joy, and freedom?" Nisargatta did not mean boundless greed. He spoke from the state of consciousness that knows it is not separate from the world. Kabir, the Indian mystic poet, put it this way, "I laugh when I hear the fish in the sea are thirsty."

We already contain all that we desire...the truly abundant heart is already whole. It embraces our world with all its joy and fear, gain and loss, nobility and selfishness. It even embraces death...

Sometimes our generosity is the giving of a smile, silence, listening, warm touch. Sometimes it involves action, time, money, our commitment to justice, our vision for a better world. Every form of giving is a blessing.

...Like all human beings, you already give in a myriad of ways. Delight in whatever you do. And discover you can let it grow...Sometimes we worry that we will regret our generous acts...don't believe the doubts. Instead, look for any spontaneous thoughts of generosity and follow them. You will find that they inevitably make you happy. Try it.