Purity exists in all things. All the precious virtues and beliefs that have been written about can be either pure or corrupted. What is the driving force and motivation in your lane, humble selflessness or selfish hubris? Purity prevails positively and prevalently when you choose compassion for yourself and for all others. Are your actions benefitting everyone or only one? Our best mindset encompasses caring consideration for all.
Compassion is one of the purest springs of love.
-Anne Truitt
Show up mindfully and be kind to all in the present. Invest your time and attention wisely in yourself and those around you. We have so much learning at our fingertips if we only learn to slow down in order to appreciate and accept it all better. Are you attentively purifying yourself, stagnating, or further corrupting and contaminating your essence?
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
-Simone Weil
Forgive and forget your past. Easier said than done, but we can all turn over a new leaf if we choose to. We can light our inner fire again to begin burning away what no longer serves us and our true purpose. I believe we each have a true and pure reason for being here. Are you in tune with that purity, or has it been hidden? Do you want to look for it, or are you in denial? We can walk through the trials by fire to be reborn again like a phoenix rising from the ashes of our past self. It helps us keep our soul pure and our heart open.
Life is a gift, life is happiness, every minute could have been an eternity of happiness! If youth only knew! Now my life will change; now I will be reborn. Dear [friend], I swear that I shall not lose hope. I will keep my soul pure and my heart open. I will be reborn for the better.
-Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Purity also invokes degrees of flexibility. Our core principles and values will not fluctuate, but our attitudes and approaches to life can look varied and different from situation to situation based on what is best needed at the time. We can be pure in one setting as a teacher. We may be pure in another scenario as a silent observer. Fluid flow like water maintains total and complete purity. Allow the world to exist around you without any judgment of or separation from it. Sift your own sediment. Complete integration to be present and capable of flawless behavior. Rare. Remarkable. Extraordinary. Pure joy.
The self that has developed equanimity, if endowed with pure activities, attains heavenly happiness.
-Kundakunda
Purity will slowly arise over time as a byproduct of becoming your best self, not as a specific goal in and of itself. Pursue perfection as a benefit, not a necessity. We are our best selves here and now. Set aside any striving for a moment to love yourself exactly as you are right here and now. We are as pure as we can be currently. Opportunities will still arise to further purify, and we should accept and appreciate those moments. Find the glimmer and gleam in all that you see. Dance with the shimmers and sparkles far and wide. Build your joy up slowly from deep inside. Welcome in purity to forever reside.
Maybe it is wise. Maybe it is dumb. Time will tell.