A Way of Being In the World

When you come to recognize that all consciousnessThe greater your station in life, the more it behooves
is aligned in a vast network of cooperation, then youyou to become cordial to all; for, ultimately, you are
come to find a unique way of being in the world.answerable to yourself.
You come to recognize that it is rare that one isTransformation can only occur when you are in
born a human being. It is difficult and rare to get thesympathy with all of life; when you reflect on your
opportunity to understand spiritual teachings that leadexperiences and sweeten them with correction and
to an exceptional way of being in the world. And it isresolve to express even more compassion and
rare, indeed, for one to make one's life a blessing togenerosity in the future.
all.Caught in the cycles of economic survival and social
If you make an effort to be kind to all creatures, nointeraction, we miss the central message of how rare
matter how simple or primordial their form, and if youit is to be a human being and how necessary it is to
make it a point to be slow to anger and quick touse our short time on this planet to work on evolving
forgiveness, then you are on your way to finding aa better way of being in the world.
way of being in the world that will magnify evenTo be kind to all creatures, to be forgiving of all, to
beyond death.be reflective of your past experiences, and to be
Adopt this way of being in the world and revelation,determined to bestow cordiality upon all will make
a complete understanding of things, will come to youyou a blessing to all of life.
spontaneously. You will see that gratitude is aAll your other successes are but a footnote to this
blessing, and that kindness, generosity, andtype of greatness, for only in expanding the
compassion are the only options for true and abidingmagnanimity of your soul will your life have been well
success.spent.