From the daily prayers of the Jewish tradition, comes Shacharit- the morning prayers done ideally during the first three to four hours of the day, from shachar which means morning light.
Part of the morning prayers is the Shema Israel- "(or Sh'ma Yisroel or just Shema) (Hebrew: שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל; "Hear, [O] Israel") are the first two words of a section of the Torah (Hebrew Bible) that is a centerpiece of the morning and evening Jewish prayer services."
Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God, the LORD is one.
And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
Sounds like ONE LOVE to me. It's also quoted in Christianity. To me, you can believe or not believe in God but every morning realize that there is oneness connecting us all that can't be denied. That could feel overwhelming or reassuring or something else entirely. But for me, it makes me realize I'm not just responsible for myself. I'm responsible for every living thing on this planet, as we all are, because we're all connected.
cummings -
ReplyDeletei thank You God for most this amazing
day: for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue dream of sky;and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes
(i who have died am alive again today,
and this is the sun's birthday;this is the birth
day of life and love and wings;and of the gay
great happening illimitably earth)
how should tasting touching hearing seeing
breathing any - lifted from the no
of all nothing - human merely being
doubt unimaginable You?
(now the ears of my ears awake and
now the eyes of my eyes are opened)