Our Circle of Compassion ( 06 / 21 / 015 )
Our Circle of Compassion ( 06 / 21 / 015 )
Every single human being is a part of a single , massive entirety -- a single ― everything ‖ – a totality some call ― the Universe .‖ And even though this Universe is by its very nature without limitation of either time or space , each one of us is limited -- by the relatively short length of our physical lives , by the very few places we will be able to visit in that time so fleeting , and by the relatively few others with whom we will be able to interact in all those then ' s & there ' s …
Yes , even though we are inextricably linked and solidly melded into the very fabric of the entire Cosmos , each one of us experiences ourselves -- our thoughts and our feelings , our hopes and our fears , our beliefs and our deeds -- as somehow ours alone ; as somehow fully individual ; as somehow fully separate from the rest of the Universe … And this at times diabolical and at times delicious delusion of individuality builds and reinforces a kind of prison for us all ; restricting us to thinking that we are right and others are wrong ; restricting us to feeling affection for those we see as ― friend ‖ and hatred or distrust for those we label as ― enemy ‖; restricting us to reveling with those who share our beliefs of the here &/ or the Hereafter and judging those who believe differently as being ― strange ‖ or ― ignorant ‖ or even ― damned ‖ …
And as such , we each have a Great Task before us -- a Task that we each must engage with boldness & with bravery if we are ever to free ourselves from our shackles of separateness & the sufferings of isolation & ignorance they bring … Simply put -- we must boldly shatter those shackles by purposefully choosing to widen our Circle of Compassion to include all living creatures ( and indeed the whole of Nature with Her still-resplendent Beauty ) -- and then we must bravely exit our prison cells … by acting accordingly .
Amen ... Let it be so ,
(~ inspired by Albert Einstein )
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