THIS IS AN AD produced for Thailand. Life Insurance? I'd say, if we were to live this way we could insure or guarantee full and meaningful lives. Notice the ad allows for the young man's spiritual life? In this country people often lament that products are only sold by promising they'll make us younger looking, more attractive, more sexy. Here's a different value.
The film reminds me of the saying of Saint Isaac of Syria about mercy, and when Jesus tells the religious leaders "Go and learn what the saying means, 'It is mercy, not sacrifice, that I care for'." Matthew 9:13
What is a merciful heart? It is the heart on fire for the whole of creation, for humanity, for the birds, for the animals, for demons, and for all that exists. By the recollection of them the eyes of a merciful person pour forth tears in abundance. By the strong and vehement mercy that grips such a person's heart, and by such great compassion, the heart is humbled and one cannot bear to hear or to see any injury or slight sorrow in any of the creatures. For this reason, such a person offers up tearful prayer continually even for irrational beasts, for the enemies of the truth, and for those who harm her or him, that they be protected and receive mercy.
Saint Isaac the Syrian
What is a merciful heart? It is the heart on fire for the whole of creation, for humanity, for the birds, for the animals, for demons, and for all that exists. By the recollection of them the eyes of a merciful person pour forth tears in abundance. By the strong and vehement mercy that grips such a person's heart, and by such great compassion, the heart is humbled and one cannot bear to hear or to see any injury or slight sorrow in any of the creatures. For this reason, such a person offers up tearful prayer continually even for irrational beasts, for the enemies of the truth, and for those who harm her or him, that they be protected and receive mercy.
Saint Isaac the Syrian
