my heart !!
Monday, July 14th, 2008
When you have faith and continue to push forward with something you love,
Only then will that something lead you in the way you should go.
Everything in the universe follows a strict law of transactions.
If we want something earnestly with all of our heart,
Heaven and Earth move in an effort to achieve it for us.
The question is how to have a whole heart.
Devotion is the answer.
We show devotion toward some place higher, clearer, wider.
We give devotion toward some place holy, toward center and root.
So devotion is a state of mind that seeks to grow,
To move to a place brighter and higher than where I now stand.
Hope never leaves those living with a heart always full of devotion.
But those who have lost devotion live in constant gloom.
When devotion has gone, we become indolent and are caught up in complaining and dissatisfaction.
Devotion is not learned, nor is it a form of knowledge.
A deep-seated habit of practicing devotion is all that matters.
From Ilch Lee’s lecture
My past life was totally different than now, I really willing to use my whole heart for my growth.