Daily Meditation: Monday, March 22, 2010

Friendship - its demonstrations must be conscious

03/22/2010

Special attention should be given to handshakes, kisses or any other expression of friendship when meeting another person. Otherwise, it is not only pointless but even harmful, as this form of unawareness in human relationships has negative effects on the psyche for all involved. If you give outward signs of affection to someone without engaging your mind or soul, something is lost to you as the giver as well as to the receiver. This something of course cannot be measured, but what is essential to our joy and our blossoming can never be measured. And so a glance, a silent moment, a smile in which the soul is expressed can give much more than any more concrete expression or any gift.