Midweek Thought For Meditation- 7/22/26
Hi Everyone,
Fidelity is recognized as the foundational safeguard of spiritual,emotional,and relational integrity. When commitment is broken, turmoil and self inflicted harm follows betrayal. True intimacy relies on a sacred trust that shields both partners from temptation. These passages urge us to guard our hearts and spirits by emphasizing that honor in love requires active, intentional and spiritual discipline.
Don’t commit adultery.
Violating and misusing love is the gravest of all crimes.
Unification Church. Sun Myung Moon, 3/20/77
CHRISTIANTY
Guard yourself in your spirit, and do not break faith with the wife of your youth. Malachi 2:15
Can fire be carried in the bosom without burning one’s clothes? Anyone who commits adultery lacks judgement. Proverbs 6:27,32
ISLAM
Don’t come nigh to adultery: for it is a shameful deed and an evil, opening the road to other evils. Qur’an 17.32
BUDDHISM
Four misfortunes befall a careless person who commits adultery: Acquisition of demerit, disturbed sleep, blame, and a state of woe. There is acquisition of demerit as well as evil destiny. Dhammapada 309
HINDUISM
“Let mutual fidelity continue until death,” this may be considered as the summary of the highest law for husband and wife. Law of Manu 9.101
A man should not think incontinently of another”s wife, much less address her to that end; for such a man will be reborn in a future life as a creeping insect. Whoever commits adultery is punished both here and hereafter. Vishnu Purana 3.11
JUDAISM
Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well. Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth… be intoxicated always by her love. Proverbs 5. 15- 19
You shall not commit adultery. Exodus 20.14
CONFUCIANISM
Don’t do what shouldn’t be done and don’t desire what shouldn’t be desired. That’s all there is to it. Mencius VII.A.17
TAOISM
Do not approach your neighbor’s wife or maids. Tract of the Quiet Way
It is true that you commit no actual crimes; but when you meet a beautiful woman in another’s home and can not banish her from your thoughts, you have committed adultery with her in your heart. Treatise on Response & Retribution, Moral Tales 12
*Musical links - You’ll find these songs mirror the concepts of mindfulness, pure motives, and internal reflection.
I Will Be Here https://youtu.be/Ed6eAXcr-K8?si=by2zwrhVN2Xv3hPn
I Walk The Line https://youtu.be/1hyWnA7cgyU?si=betOvMp8EhyN90S9
Hi Everyone,
Fidelity is recognized as the foundational safeguard of spiritual,emotional,and relational integrity. When commitment is broken, turmoil and self inflicted harm follows betrayal. True intimacy relies on a sacred trust that shields both partners from temptation. These passages urge us to guard our hearts and spirits by emphasizing that honor in love requires active, intentional and spiritual discipline.
Don’t commit adultery.
Violating and misusing love is the gravest of all crimes.
Unification Church. Sun Myung Moon, 3/20/77
CHRISTIANTY
Guard yourself in your spirit, and do not break faith with the wife of your youth. Malachi 2:15
Can fire be carried in the bosom without burning one’s clothes? Anyone who commits adultery lacks judgement. Proverbs 6:27,32
ISLAM
Don’t come nigh to adultery: for it is a shameful deed and an evil, opening the road to other evils. Qur’an 17.32
BUDDHISM
Four misfortunes befall a careless person who commits adultery: Acquisition of demerit, disturbed sleep, blame, and a state of woe. There is acquisition of demerit as well as evil destiny. Dhammapada 309
HINDUISM
“Let mutual fidelity continue until death,” this may be considered as the summary of the highest law for husband and wife. Law of Manu 9.101
A man should not think incontinently of another”s wife, much less address her to that end; for such a man will be reborn in a future life as a creeping insect. Whoever commits adultery is punished both here and hereafter. Vishnu Purana 3.11
JUDAISM
Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well. Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth… be intoxicated always by her love. Proverbs 5. 15- 19
You shall not commit adultery. Exodus 20.14
CONFUCIANISM
Don’t do what shouldn’t be done and don’t desire what shouldn’t be desired. That’s all there is to it. Mencius VII.A.17
TAOISM
Do not approach your neighbor’s wife or maids. Tract of the Quiet Way
It is true that you commit no actual crimes; but when you meet a beautiful woman in another’s home and can not banish her from your thoughts, you have committed adultery with her in your heart. Treatise on Response & Retribution, Moral Tales 12
*Musical links - You’ll find these songs mirror the concepts of mindfulness, pure motives, and internal reflection.
I Will Be Here https://youtu.be/Ed6eAXcr-K8?si=by2zwrhVN2Xv3hPn
I Walk The Line https://youtu.be/1hyWnA7cgyU?si=betOvMp8EhyN90S9
July 15 Don't Steal
July 8 Be Trustworthy
July 1 Be Honest
June 24 Purify your Heart
June 17 Examine your motives
June 10 Lead with virtue and concern for others
June 3 Love and take care of your family
May 27 Honor your parents and respect your elders
May 20 Find harmony with your spouse
May 13 Admit when you're wrong, and repent
May 6 Be humble and honest, not proud
April 29 Be tolerant of others' beliefs
April 22 Live in harmony with everyone
April 15 Overcome hate with love
April 8 Be Impartial. God's rain falls even on the witch
April 1 Forgive, and let go of resentments
March 18 Look at the heart, not the face
March 11 Do No Harm
March 4 Doing Good Deeds
Feb 25 Giving
July 8 Be Trustworthy
July 1 Be Honest
June 24 Purify your Heart
June 17 Examine your motives
June 10 Lead with virtue and concern for others
June 3 Love and take care of your family
May 27 Honor your parents and respect your elders
May 20 Find harmony with your spouse
May 13 Admit when you're wrong, and repent
May 6 Be humble and honest, not proud
April 29 Be tolerant of others' beliefs
April 22 Live in harmony with everyone
April 15 Overcome hate with love
April 8 Be Impartial. God's rain falls even on the witch
April 1 Forgive, and let go of resentments
March 18 Look at the heart, not the face
March 11 Do No Harm
March 4 Doing Good Deeds
Feb 25 Giving
