LOVE (40)

 

Makoto* – the spirit of love and integrity –

Is the one power that can build a new and better world.

Though the world is full of worry and hardship,

We can live with peace of mind

Because we have the staff of love to lean upon.

Whatever problems and troubles may arise in life,

Those who choose pure love as their guiding principle

Will never be afraid.

 

The key to the solution of all problems, whether they

concern an individual, a nation or the world, is makoto –

love.

The lack of administrative ability stems from a lack of

love. The shortage of material blessings is caused by a

shortage of love. The absence of morality is due to an

absence of love. The deterioration of social order is the

result of the deterioration of love. Indeed, the basic cause

of all distressing problems is an insufficiency of love.

Religion, education and the arts are only skeletal forms

without love at their core.

Ah, makoto, makoto! I say to all humanity that the key

to solving all problems is love and love alone.

 

*Makoto: A Japanese word meaning love.  It also means inclusively integrity, sincerity, devotion and dedication.

 

From: Foundation of Paradise, p328, “Makoto” – January 25, 1949