“Sé impecable con tu palabra. No uses tu palabra para hablar mal de nadie ni a ti mismo.”
Ahora entiendo por qué. Todos los seres formamos parte del universo—somos parte de Uno. Si critico a mi vecino de la Tierra, me critico a mí misma también, porque en realidad no somos seres separados. No me sirve de criticarme porque entonces faltaría confianza en mí misma y tendría bajo el autoestima, y así nunca realizaría mi verdadera integridad.
“Be impeccable with your word. Don’t use your word to speak ill of anyone, not even yourself.”
Now I understand why. All of us are part of the universe—we are part of One. If I criticize my Earth neighbor, I’m criticizing myself as well, because the truth is we are not separate beings. It does me no good to criticize myself because then I would lack self-confidence and I would have low self-esteem, and I would never bring to fruition my true integrity.
I’ve been reading a book by Stephen Batchelor called “Buddhism Without Beliefs,” and I quote the following:
“As empathetic beings in a participatory reality we cannot, without losing our integrity, hurt, abuse, rob or lie to others. Ethical integrity originates in empathy, for then we take the well-being of others to heart and are moved to be generous and caring.”
La idea de esto dice que si causamos daño, abusamos, robamos o mentimos a los demás, perdemos nuestra integridad porque la integridad ética tiene su origen en la empatía.
Si me trato bien a mí, tengo que tratar bien a mi vecino porque es parte de mí y soy parte de él.
Being good to myself, I must be good to my neighbor because he is part of me and I am part of him.
Soy Lorena.
9/24/07
