Compassion in action

We have been taught not to be judgemental of others, and for good reason; for we can never fully know the circumstances that may have led a person to his or her present situation.

Compassion is a feeling of deep sympathy for another who is stricken by suffering or misfortune, and is usually accompanied by strong desired to alleviate the person's pain or to remove its cause. In the fullest sense of the word, compassion is using our mental and psychic abilities to bring us to a realisation that what exists in the world is a complex mixture human experiences.

First type of compassion- move to alleviate the suffering of people within our social and cultural circle. At this level we are motivated to help the weak, children, the infirm and the aged.

The second level of compassion is conditional, it encompasses the suffering of those outside our own social and cultural circle. It incudes other different races but excludes the criminal.

Third level of compassion- is what can be referred to as pure compassion. This as we shall see, is the most difficult form of compassion to achieve for it demands complete, unconditional love for another human being. It is entirely uncontaminated by any unconscious feelings of fear and pierces the veil of of all appearances. For love to be real it has to be in action.

Compassion in action can be explained in that one word 'action', and action means service. There is different between service and just helping. Those being helped, could feel perhaps feel in an inferior position, feel in dept to repay help gotten. Service on the other hand , offers love to all parties. Includes empathy, service means doing something to the highest good, and it works for the soul. With service there are no strings attached, no greed, no social kudos, no guilt.

love is not something that is to be thought about , must be put in action, must be felt.

Compassion begins with us. If we are unkind to ourselve, we will be unkind to others, if we are negligent with ourselves, we will be the same with others. Only by feeling compassion for ourselves, can we feel compassion for others.