Compassion
First for you, then for others
Compassion isn’t about fixing someone
else, or trying to help them. Compassion
is being willing to treat others, as we wish
they would treat us; it is approaching
people with respect and communicating
with empathy rather than arrogantly
thinking that we are special, and they are
not. Compassion is about us shifting our
focus from automatically judging, to being
innocent and wide open with people. The
following has been transcribed from the
book Second Thunder by MSI.
“Forget about helping others. You cannot
presume to know anything about how to
help another until you know how to help
yourself. You can never be compassionate
to others until you can be compassionate
to yourself. It is not possible to love others
until you love yourself. When you know
who you are, then love, compassion and
understanding will blossom in your heart.”
Sometimes it is a challenge to relate to
some people, but it is far more rewarding
to see the good in that person compared to
judging them. There is always something
worthy to see and appreciate, we just have
to look with fresh eyes and not pre-judge.
We can never accurately determine the
circumstances a person is in from the
outside, because we never really know
what is going on in their life. By being
willing to listen and learn, and to let others
live the way they do, then we are practicing
compassion. Everyone on this planet
wants the same thing - peace of mind,
love, happiness and contentment - we are
all negotiating our way through thi s life to
achieve it, and if it looks a bit different from
one person to another, so be it.
By Mahakala Ishaya
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