溫故知新 Old wisdom, today’s insight — ONGO
Even an Unexpected Bond Becomes a Deep Love
Do I count only a prepared love as real, brushing off an unexpected bond as mere chance?
One who sees all others as being like oneself, and looks on their joy and pain alike — that one truly knows union.
The Gita said that true union comes from regarding others as oneself.
📝The Classic Answers
The Gita said that true union comes from regarding others as oneself. Love, more often than beginning when planned conditions align, grows as two lives overlap in an unexpected place. An unplanned marriage becomes a love deeper than anything in the world, and the grief of losing it, in turn, raises a man into a father. I try to measure bonds by a checklist, but life often slips past the list. When the heart that regards another as oneself opens, even an unprepared meeting becomes fate. I choose not to belittle a relationship that arrived off-plan as mere chance.
🌱Apply It Today
Recall one bond that entered your life unplanned, and consider what it has given you.
The film is honored as an equal questioner; its plot is rendered only as a universal dilemma. The classic source is an ancient text (Public Domain), and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
