Silence is a virtue.....But what does virtue actually mean? What does this quote signify? Obviously I have not written in awhile. Why? Life has moved at a very fast pace for me lately as I have accomplished, moved extremely forward and I have gone within. I have no need or urge to speak from my heart for the whole world to listen to my bellows. I am in complete silence. I have come to a quiet stance where I have open and closed ALL my doors that needed to be revisted or dealt with. My buttons were finally pushed for tears to stream uncontrollably out of my eyes to break the wall that I have built so high from many disappointments, failures and struggles to not give up on the drastic decision that i made seven years ago. Therefore I will give you the defintion of VIRTUE through the eyes of Christianity and Buddhism for you to be familar with where I may be. Love and light until I write and blog to you again...
CHRISTIANITY
The three theological virtues are
Faith, Hope and Love, a list which comes from 1 Corinthians 13:13
The same chapter describes love as the greatest of the three, and further defines love as "patient, kind, not envious, boastful, arrogant, or rude."
(The Christian virtue of love is sometimes called charity and at other times a Greek word agape is used to contrast the love of God and the love of humankind from other types of love such as friendship or physical affection.)
The Bible mentions additional virtues, such as in the "Fruit of the Holy Spirit," found in Galatians 5:22-23: "By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit it is benevolent-love: joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, benevolence, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is absolutely no law against such a thing."
BUDDHISM
Buddhist practice as outlined in the Noble Eightfold Path can be regarded as a progressive list of virtues.
Right View - Realizing the Four Noble Truths
Right Mindfulness - Mental ability to see things for what they are with clear consciousness
Right Concentration - Wholesome one-pointedness of mind
Buddhism's four brahmavihara ("Divine States") can be more properly regarded as virtues in the European sense.
They are:
Metta/Maitri: loving-kindness towards all; the hope that a person will be well; loving kindness is "the wish that all sentient beings, without any exception, be happy."
Karuṇā: compassion; the hope that a person's sufferings will diminish; compassion is the "wish for all sentient beings to be free from suffering.
Mudita: altruistic joy in the accomplishments of a person, oneself or other; sympathetic joy -"the wholesome attitude of rejoicing in the happiness and virtues of all sentient beings."
Upekkha/Upeksha: equanimity, or learning to accept both loss and gain,praise and blame, success and failure with detachment, equally, for oneself and for others. Equanimity means "not to distinguish between friend, enemy or stranger, but to regard every sentient being as equal. It is a clear-minded tranquil state of mind - not being overpowered by delusions, mental dullness or agitation."
Love and light
Namaste
We are all one
Blogging will began again soon
But will be moving to a new blog site...
Until we meet again...
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