Compassion

Compassion is an aspect of cosmic consciousness which initiates the release of inspirational knowledge from the realms of higher mind. These include revelatory ideas to ease the pain of the physical body, such as the discovery of anaesthetics, vaccines and advancements in medical technology. Compassion, as an agency of the civilising process, only affects us self-conscious human beings and not the rest of the species. In the wild, instinctual intelligence operates as a movement of impersonal love. We observe this in the tenderness of the natural creatures in raising their young, which is often in stark contrast to their often savage and brutal (to us) displays of behaviour.

A deepening compassion for all things in existence develops in accordance with someone’s conscious state of being. It’s this state of receptivity to life which can move an individual to help alleviate some form of suffering in the world. However, compassion is not a feeling that arises when a person is moved by the apparent plight of their fellow man or woman. Compassion is inherent within the being as a spiritual discernment which determines who or what to serve in the moment. It may be that someone walks past a beggar in the street, but does nothing. Why is this? Because it wasn’t deemed appropriate or necessary by life for them to receive at that time. Next moment someone may give money or their coat to another in need; but the point is that, either way, it will be an action supported by the integrity of the moment and not according to religious dogma or double standards of our western global society.

It is compassion which keeps a teacher of truth from being arrogant and looking down on their fellow man and woman. This essential quality is often absent in self-proclaimed young ‘gurus’ who come forward to declare themselves before it’s time. In disregarding what they themselves once were while floundering in the stream of ignorance of life, they make themselves and their truth exclusive. Consequently, what they impart takes something from creation as a taint of self yet to be purified through the experience of living. It’s through time spent in existence that the personal perspective is eventually transcended. Compassion is the perception that each of us is living for something greater than the transient appearance of a physical body.

Sometimes compassion arises suddenly from the depths of the being as a spontaneous inrush of God or reality. The impact is never forgotten. It’s the recognition of the suffering of all created life forms and the unswerving love from the Source that embraces all things in existence. The individual is the temporary vessel for this extraordinary moment to occur. Afterwards, when the cleansing tears subside, what is left is the knowledge that I alone am responsible for my world. This is a humbling experience since the personal life is seen to be irrelevant to the bigger picture of an impersonal and immense system of intelligence called life on earth. What emerges is the broader spiritual vision which sees that, in the totality of life, everything is perfect although particular forms of life may have to undertake great suffering as part of the price of being born.

People often intuit an essential goodness in their fellow human beings, despite their behaviour to the contrary at times. This intrinsic love within the being is an aspect of compassion that ensures a gradual evolution of consciousness in the becoming of humanity as a whole. Each one of us is inwardly connected to a vast psychic network of the experience of all life since time began. It’s through this shared universal experience that people are sometimes moved to dedicate their whole lives to help and care for others. But all of us, in our own way, can live with an openness to life that truly perceives that everyone and all things have a right to exist and be what they are, according to their nature. This will then allow the power of spirit to enter more readily in the world so that those in need may be comforted through the divine compassion of life.

Extract from e-book: Living the Truth: http://www.amzn.com/B0C4FNZ59D