June 13, 2007

• Compassion

   

  Compassion basically means accepting people’s flaws, not expecting them to behave like you, society rules, or gods, because that expectation is an inner violence, cruelty. 

   

  One of the fundamentals of compassion is to dignify everybody.  Compassion is very understanding.  It understands that nobody is a hopeless case, nobody is unworthy, that whatever they have done to you, they have done it an unconscious state.    And if you don’t forgive them, who is going to forgive them?  It is the finest understanding that is possible to man. 

   

  Remember, being compassionate does not make you higher or better than the person that you have compassion for; otherwise it becomes an ego trip.  Remember not to cripple another person’s growth or humiliate this person in your state of compassion because this is not being compassionate. Behind the actions and the words, your acts of compassion are tainted by a subtle sense of self-importance and desire for recognition. This can become very destructive to other people; in the name of compassion, you can destroy and create bondage.

   

  One of the aspects that I have been aware of is enlightenment without compassion.  This can be extremely selfish.  There are lots of enlightened people, but very few are masters, very few have compassion.  

   

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