Meditation on Water

Think of the heart with which the Father of Heaven and Earth created water.

Think of the nature of water and how much we humans, being ourselves largely water, should learn from it.

Water always seeks to equalise.

It fills in gaps, so that all is levelled and connected.

Water covers perfectly, touching every bit of surface – we too can touch others with our love and connect to them without hesitation and fear.

Water flows downward – it seeks a lower place in order to embrace all and create equality.

We too want to go down and seek a lower place where we can embrace others and make them feel their value.

Let us give to those who have less than us, let us give from our substance spiritually and physically.

Water is life-giving. We thirst for it like seeds in the desert of the world.

Let us not keep the water of life to ourselves but quench the thirst of others, giving them life by showing them God.

Let us be as humble and adaptable as water, taking on any form and mode of life that God needs.

Let us be wise like water, which does not insist on making its own form, but seeks to harmonise and unify by filling in for the gaps of others.

Water shows the way of true love: life-giving, sustaining, purposeful, it utterly transforms stubborn rock, just as love transforms minds and the world.

Let us be ceaseless in our action and purpose like the tireless water cycle.

We shall never tire in our striving for goodness lest we become polluted and spoilt like a stagnant pool.

We shall keep moving forward, unflinching in our purpose, until the earth is equalled out, until the continents assemble as equal brothers.

Like water, let us know no borders – the world is one.

“The knowledge of God shall fill the earth as the water covers the oceans.”

Let us learn from the simplicity of water.

Let our lives be transparent as the mountain stream, yet deep and powerful as the mighty ocean.

Like the great Pacific Ocean, let us absorb every filthy element of this world and transform it into good.

Let us create music in our lives, ceaseless as the tinkling, jingling mountain stream.

“Let the thirsty come; let whoever wishes accept the water of life as a gift.”