Mark
27th August 2011, 17:53
Physical Abiding in Oneness: The awakening heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5xEFtz0rRU
Compassion is not a simple thing. Empathy. Putting one’s Self into the place of another, feeling where they come from necessitates the quieting of the egoic mind, the stilling of the constant chatter of distraction, that ever-playing chorus of voices and opinions that fills our minds. But sometimes, it is possible to come outside of ourselves long enough to actually feel where another person is coming from and, by so doing, take a short walk in their shoes.
The Bodhisattva vow in Buddhism is the promise to devote one’s Self to the elevation of all Beings no matter their station, and to forgo one’s own transcension of this world until all other Beings have passed on ahead. That is a serious promise. To be a part of the cleanup team as it were, those who wait till everyone else has left Creation before leaving themselves. It is also the epitome of what compassion truly is. Most of us possess the capacity to feel compassion and most of us do, at many points during our lives. But that does not mean that all people do, nor that all people have the capacity to do so. Psycho and sociopaths are ready examples of those who lack the human capacity for empathy and compassion, for whatever reason.
Read the rest of the article here ... (http://rahkyt.wordpress.com/2011/04/22/physical-abiding-in-oneness-the-awakening-heart/)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5xEFtz0rRU
Compassion is not a simple thing. Empathy. Putting one’s Self into the place of another, feeling where they come from necessitates the quieting of the egoic mind, the stilling of the constant chatter of distraction, that ever-playing chorus of voices and opinions that fills our minds. But sometimes, it is possible to come outside of ourselves long enough to actually feel where another person is coming from and, by so doing, take a short walk in their shoes.
The Bodhisattva vow in Buddhism is the promise to devote one’s Self to the elevation of all Beings no matter their station, and to forgo one’s own transcension of this world until all other Beings have passed on ahead. That is a serious promise. To be a part of the cleanup team as it were, those who wait till everyone else has left Creation before leaving themselves. It is also the epitome of what compassion truly is. Most of us possess the capacity to feel compassion and most of us do, at many points during our lives. But that does not mean that all people do, nor that all people have the capacity to do so. Psycho and sociopaths are ready examples of those who lack the human capacity for empathy and compassion, for whatever reason.
Read the rest of the article here ... (http://rahkyt.wordpress.com/2011/04/22/physical-abiding-in-oneness-the-awakening-heart/)