Personal Development for Smart People: The Conscious Pursuit of Personal Growth
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Personal Development for Smart People
Compassion
T h e experience of oneness is the key to expressing compassion and kindness. In this state of being, y o u feel a natural affinity for ev- eryone else. Loving actions d o n ' t require willpower or effort w h e n y o u recognize that everyone is y o u . You d o n ' t have to remind yourself to treat your neighbor as yourself. You know that your neighbor and y o u are one, so behaving in accordance with this principle is effortless. O n e morning while I was out for a walk, I saw a homeless m a n sifting through trash cans in an outdoor shopping center. N o n e of the stores w e r e open yet, so he and I w e r e the only people in the area. Prior to my experience of oneness, I w o u l d have passed him by without making eye contact. But this time I knew in my heart that he wasn't separate from m e . He was m e . I didn't have to convince myself of this—I felt it with a d e e p sense of inner knowing. W i t h o u t hesita- tion I walked up to the m a n , smiled at him, g a v e him some money, and told him I wished him well. He looked at me with gratitude and thanked m e . I didn't connect with him because I thought it w o u l d make me feel g o o d . I did it because w h e n I'm in the state of oneness, compassion is my natural w a y of connecting with the world. 72 Oneness My old self w o u l d have seen this m a n as totally separate from m e . I might have felt sorry for h i m . I might have assumed that if I gave him money, h e ' d spend it on alcohol. I might have felt w h a t I thought was compassion, but it w o u l d have only been a shadow of the real thing. On that day, however, none of those negative thoughts w e r e present. I simply looked at that m a n and saw myself. I saw a fellow cell in the larger body of humanity. I saw a cell that seemed to be struggling a bit, and I w a n t e d to offer some help and encouragement. I wasn't re- ally giving anything. I w a s just helping out a part of myself. Oneness makes compassion unconditional. It doesn't matter w h a t race, religion, sexual preference, or lifestyle people have. It doesn't matter if they behave hurtfully toward y o u . You are connected to ev- eryone. No o n e is undeserving of love. Download 1.6 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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