Tag: compassion
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Love, faith and compassion: unconditionally
I don’t care whether someone Believes in God, or not Whether they have faith In science or metaphysics Reason or religion Or some mish-mash of them all. What I care about is if they believe in love Have faith in themselves, and others Compassion for others, and themselves Unconditionally Un.con.di.tion.al.ly Because that is the only…
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What is not Love; What is not Light
False: It is possible to work against ideas and actions which run counter to your own without hating the people who espouse and act upon them. For example, I can love and feel compassion for the person who created this meme, even though I feel its underlying philosophy is generally responsible for all violent conflict…
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Until the Rage Released
She came in darkness and pain To find the light of compassion But with her came the darkness And his rage The light was stronger In time, compassion prevailed She was freed The rage lingered And malingered Until that too found its release
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Peace, compassion and suffering.
To make peace extend compassion. To find compassion detach from suffering. One person at a time. So the whole world follows.
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Suffering & Compassion
yep. I love this guy. Well, I try to love everybody. But I love the way Thich Nhat Hanh thinks and speaks and acts, and that makes loving easier. Most of what you perceive other people are doing to you isn’t about you. It’s about them. Their pain. Their suffering. In that sense, while other…
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Choose Love
When I choose to live in my fear, my anger, my hate I see the world through eyes that fear I hear the song of anger in every note I taste hatred as if all sustenance were the bitterest root In my mind I place the world of power, control and duplicity Above the world…
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There is always…
It has been said: There’s always a little truth behind every “Just kidding”; A little knowledge behind every: “I don’t know”; A little emotion behind every: “I don’t care” and A little pain behind every “It’s okay.” This is true. Often, there is rather a lot. But it’s also true that, There is always a…
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Inner voices ~ finding the harmony in cacophony
Voices Intuition is not critical. Critical is the mind’s voice. The master understands The origin of every voice; Its intentions, Desires; Its weakness And strength. In most of us there is a conflict of voices. In many a cacophony. In some a war. Between the master’s voices There is peace, Understanding, Loving kindness, Cooperation and…
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Jane
I tried to make him understand. Tried so hard to give him the images and emotions of my experience. His subconcious is so powerful. It resisted, turned it into a dream about being in a jeep chased by a dinosaur through a jungle. A nightmare, for sure, but not the nightmare I’d lived out, not…