Brummet's Conscious Blog

Kindness Explained  * Written by Vijaya Jayaraman, with extensive editing by Lillian Brummet You can act kindly only when you think positively; it's an expression of your thoughts and you cannot fake it. Kindness comes from the heart! The thought becomes your words.  "If you cannot speak kind words, better to be silent".  This quote from Bhagavad Gita {Ch 17, verse 15} emphasizes the importance of thinking before speaking. Consider how easy it is to be kind to someone if you already have a preconceived positive notion about that person, but your kindness vanishes when you have a negative thought about the same person. A mother's love is the ultimate kindness. She is the symbolic epitome of kindness and we all learn what kindness is through her. Kindness is expressing love without expecting anything in return. If we can emulate that very same love to everyone around we would be in a wonderful world! Kindness is expressed in the same way whether it's directed toward...