AHIMSA

This quarter we will be studying the first yama, Ahimsa, which means non-harm, loving kindness and compassion.
I read once that the opposite of love is not hate but rather indifference. It is important that we care. Caring involves the heart. Caring involves being connected to our deepest love. If our path, our journey, does not have a heart then, as Carlos Castaneda says, "it is of no use".
No one can define what our path should be. We need to allow the question to resonate within us, to listen deeply and eventually the answer will become clear.
Where do you put your time, your strength, your creativity, your love? Does what you are choosing reflect what you most deeply value?

In order to follow a path with heart, we will need to learn to let go over and over, and allow change to unfold.
We may find that love and letting go can be the same thing. Both allow us to be present and accept whatever comes next.
Deeply caring asks us to be in the moment and accept change as it comes.

Reference: Jack Kornfield, A Path With Heart