Focus on what is most important: love.
What is love? Giving. You can give flowers. You can give your smile. You can make this very beautiful gift, your kindness. Kindness is one of the most important values. We can never be too kind. Never. Kindness has no limits. But some people feel that if they are too kind, they will look stupid. The truth is that if you are not kind, you look really stupid.
The opposite is trying to look tough, “Why should I give my time or my belongings to someone else?” That is the ego and it applies to everyone. Try to remember every time you wanted to give love to others but held yourself back, out of fear of being judged; judged as being too kind. There is never such a thing as too much kindness. Try to remember the kindest action of your life. It was not enough.
There is a sentence from Buddha that I particularly love, “As long as you don’t give all, you give nothing.”
You cannot be a little bit kind. If you are only a little bit kind, you are not kind. You give all and it is never enough. Even if you give all, you should give more; more than all. When you smile, like a beautiful open smile, people may judge you and think you look stupid. Not enough. More kindness. More smiles. Look into the eyes of others without shyness. When you look into someone’s eyes, there is often a fear of being judged, “Why is he looking at me like that?” There is no rule, no law, no limitation. Look into someone’s eyes and give your love, not just all, but more than all, infinitely.
“All” is not infinite. The love you are giving, and your kindness, must be infinite. And people may judge you because you give too much. Look at them and say, “Thank you. Thank you for judging me because you help me give more. I will try to be even more ‘crazy’.” When you truly give love – all, and more than all – you may look crazy. So what? Be crazy, with love.
There is a disease in humanity today. Everyone wants to look serious. Everyone wants to look intelligent.
Everyone wants to look wise. All these things are very difficult. It’s very difficult to be intelligent. It’s very difficult to be wise. But to be kind, it’s so easy. So easy that when you do it, you may look crazy.
I remember being with a wonderful Angel in a beautiful restaurant, very good service, elegant waitresses. But this wonderful Angel, instead of stopping at a simple “thank you very much,” domo arigato – that’s too simple – she really paid attention to the waitress. I always do that. She probably learned it from me. You have seen me when we go to restaurants, I always ask the name of the waiter or the waitress. It is not just a robot bringing food. It is a human being, and that person deserves infinite love. Of course, they are doing their job, but feel – I do not just see – I feel a human being.
And this “crazy” girl noticed that one shoe was not laced properly. She is a customer. We are eating in this restaurant. We are supposed to be treated like a king and a queen. “Thank you very much, domo arigato”, not enough. She saw that the shoe wasn’t laced. You look at the waitress, but she looks at the shoe. So, she stood up, went down on her knees, and laced the shoe. I was crying like a baby. So proud of my student; because before being my partner, she is my student.
What was it? Love. Kindness.
You see a shoe that is not laced, and the waitress is busy; you get up and fix it. That’s love. And that’s what you must do all the time. Pay attention to other people, especially those who are not your friends.
It’s not important if they are your friends. What matters is paying attention to everyone.
Somebody once asked me, “So you are here to save the Raelians?” No. I am here to save everybody, including those who hate me. Some journalists, and some people, are very harsh toward me, but I would gladly lace their shoes. I don’t need to receive love to give love. Love is not a transaction, “You give me; I give you.” “You love me; I love you.” That is a transaction, like in a store. That is not love. Love is, “I expect nothing from you. I don’t even want to think about it. I simply give.”
Why? Because I am crazy, crazy with love. Crazy to want to help everyone. Because it is crazy to love your enemies. But that is exactly what Jesus said. Love your family? It’s easy, even a rabbit does that. Love your friends? Of course. Love your enemies! That is another level. And that is our mission. That is being Raelian.
We all work together to bring peace on Earth. You are doing it very well with “Meditate One Minute for Peace”. You don’t meditate for peace only for your friends. You meditate for peace everywhere, even for the most violent people. That is love. That is kindness. Please continue, because you are doing a great job with “One minute for Peace”. And the more there are wars and dramas in the world, the more we need to meditate for peace.
We are the medicine. We are kindness.
“You hate me? I love you. You hate me more? I love you more.” Remember one of the most beautiful examples in the world: Gandhi. When a man came to kill him with a knife, his reaction was, “Poor you!” Because the suffering is not in the knife, it is in the one who kills. Those who kill, those who are violent, they need compassion. The victims are victims. But those who do harm, they need compassion. And when you think this way, you become kind with everyone.
Remember another sentence from Jesus, “Forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” Please Elohim, forgive them. Compassion. Forgiveness. The opposite of hatred. And this is not only good for others; it is good for yourself. Because if you feel anger toward people who harm you, you suffer from their actions, but even more from your own feelings. If you are love and kindness, your whole body becomes harmony.
As someone said, being angry is like someone throwing a burning piece of coal at you, and when you are angry, you pick it up and hold onto it. You continue to burn yourself. When you forgive, you drop the coal and you transform hatred into love.
So, think about it. When you are kind to people who are kind to you, be even kinder to those who are not. And then you become love. You become kindness. Remember it. And do it. Even if people think you are crazy, continue to be crazy with love.
