The HKL Time is a warm, uplifting publication shared every two weeks to celebrate the global impact of the Humility, Kindness & Love movement. It highlights community efforts and strengthens connection among HKL volunteers and supporters around the world.
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- Vol. 1 Issue: 14 August 30, 2026©2026 THE HKL TIME Tony Childs on stage (far left) is an American-born Australian singer-songwriter. Volunteers stepped into the aisles carrying flowers, each accompanied by a small message inspired by the timeless virtues of Humility, Kindness, and Love.
- “I’m Here to Listen”CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA New Members Join the HKL Movement Across Sydney
- Page 3WHAT IF THE DARKNESS WAS GUIDING YOU TO THE LIGHT? lights another lamp. Then an other and another.
- BEYOND I, ME & MINE The Neuroscience of Experiencing OnenessWhat Johns Hopkins Researcher Dr. Andrew Newberg’s Scientific Findings Can Teach Us About the Daily Commitments of the Humility, Kindness, & Love Movement For thousands of years, spiritual traditions have invited us to turn inward: to become still, quiet the noise of the mind, remember the Divine, and discover a deeper reality within ourselves.
- Page 5spiritual seekers have expressed for centuries: beneath the surface of our individual identities, there is an experience of connection that words alone cannot adequately capture. Bringing the mind back to the present. Practicing gratitude. Connecting with Mother Earth. Sitting peacefully and observing the state of our consciousness.
- No Religion or Race, Just Sharing HumanityMALAYSIA On the evening of 29 July, HKL volunteers from Malaysia were invited to partake in the Guru Purnima celebration at the Ramakrishna Mission in Malaysia for an evening of Humility, Kindness, and Love. The Guru Purnima celebration is held annually by the Ramakrishna Mission to honour the Gurus and their teachings. When the HKL volunteers were invited to the event, the event managers requested that Kirtan (spiritual hymns) be sung, Langar be served, and Seva be performed so that the devotees could experience the culture of selfless service.
- The Midnight LibraryBy Matt Haig Book Recommended by Gurpreet Kaur Grewal SURREY, BC, CANADA
- DAILY HKL AFFIRMATION“WE ARE HUMILITY, WE ARE KINDNESS, WE ARE LOVE” True transformation doesn’t come from words, it comes from practice of turning inward and connecting with yourself. Commit to this practice for 7 days and feel the shift.
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spiritual seekers have expressed for centuries: beneath the surface of our individual identities, there is an experience of connection that words alone cannot adequately capture.
Bringing the mind back to the present. Practicing gratitude. Connecting with Mother Earth. Sitting peacefully and observing the state of our consciousness.
Not merely to understand Love.
And not even merely to understand Oneness.
It is to experience it.
It is one thing to say, “We are One.”
But perhaps their power lies A Weekly Invitation precisely in their simplicity.
This week, each day, practice
It is another thing to become A commitment gives us the HKL Commitment.
still enough to feel it.
an opportunity to re
What happens when you look at To experience the softening ofI, peatedly return our at another person and remember me, and mine.
tention inward.
that they, too, are simply trying
To look at another person and no longer see them as completely separate from ourselves.
And what we repeatedly attend to, we begin to become conscious of.
To sit beneath a tree and feel connected to life.
To pray and feel held by some thing greater.
This is why HKL does not ask us simply to believe that we are Humility, Kindness & Love.
It invites us to experience it.
to find their way through life?
What happens when you meet the earth, nature, and another human being with reverence? We begin to discover that Humility, Kindness & Love are not qualities we have to manufacture.
To serve another person and Practice makes the discover that giving and receiving are not as separate as they invisible visible appear.
The truth becomes lived rather than merely understood.
The purpose of an HKL Com mitment is not to add another task to our lives.
From neuroscience to HKL practice
It is an invitation to pause long enough to notice what is already here.
This is where the work of HKL becomes especially meaningful.
The HKL Global Movement in vites us to awaken to Humility, Kindness & Love not merely as ideas or words, but as noble qualities already present within us. HKL emphasizes that transformation requires a sincere commitment to daily practice.
Every week, the HKL community is given a simple practice: to pause, become aware, turn inward, and bring Humility, Kindness, or Love into an ordinary moment of life.
When we practice these commitments, we begin to experience something deeper than our usual stream of thoughts.
This is where science and spiri tuality can meet, not by trying to prove one another, but by asking the same beautiful question from different directions: What happens when we turn within?
Newberg’s research gives us one lens through which to explore that question. HKL gives us another: practice it in your own life and see.
These practices may appear small.
Lowering our heads. Remembering the Divine. Watching our behavior. Remaining awake while eating.
Because the ultimate invitation is not merely to understand Humility.
Not merely to understand Kindness.
They are what remains when we become quiet enough to re member who we truly are.
This is why the HKL journey begins within.
We are Humility. We are Kindness. We are Love.
Not simply as words to repeat, but as a Truth to experience.
Dr. Andrew Newberg
Dr. Andrew Newberg is an American neuroscientist who is a professor in the Department of Intergrative Medicine and Nutritional Sciences and the director of research at the Marcus Institute of Intergrative Health at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, previously an adjunct professor of religious studies and a lecturer in psychology in the Biological Basis of Behavior Program at the University of Pennsylvania.