Text of the meditation
Love is far beyond the reach of all selfish argument and can only be lived. Jesus gave the world a code of rules, by the observance of which all people could become children of God, could live the Perfect Life. These rules or precepts are so simple, direct and unmistakable that it is impossible to misunderstand them.
So plain and unequivocal are they that even an unlettered child could grasp their meaning without difficulty. All of them relate directly to human conduct, and can be applied only by the individual in their own life. To carry out the spirit of these rules in one's daily conduct constitutes the whole duty of life, and lifts the individual into the full consciousness of their divine origin and nature, of their oneness with God, the Supreme Good.
People everywhere, in their inmost hearts, know that Goodness is divine.
James Allen (1864–1912), Book of Meditations for Every Day in the Year (1913) – public-domain text, gently modernised.
The original 1913 text is in the public domain.
