Compassion Love Nonduality

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Nisargadatta , Noel <noel_beau wrote:

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> It seems there is a great deal of discussion about

> love. Maybe I have missed it but I do not recall

> seeing any discussion on compassion, particularly

> related to nonduality and/or Nisargadatta.

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> Dictionary Definition of Compassion:

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> Deep awareness of the suffering of another coupled

> with the wish to relieve it.

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> I wonder what others may think about compassion.

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> Noel

 

 

it is a sympathic, tenderhearted, and full of mercifullness.....and

it allows us to feel quite satisfied with our position, as it is a

position of pity....we pity those for whom we have compassion most of

the time, and most of the time it is our own selves that are in need

of this pity....for having betrayed ourselves, to ourselves, as the

self important fools we are. compassion really needs no

discussion.....if it's being talked about or if we are being told how

much someone else has of it for others......we're either lying or

being lied to. pity's the lot of the compassionate who don't see

there own log in the eye.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Nisargadatta , Noel <noel_beau wrote:

>

> It seems there is a great deal of discussion about

> love. Maybe I have missed it but I do not recall

> seeing any discussion on compassion, particularly

> related to nonduality and/or Nisargadatta.

>

> Dictionary Definition of Compassion:

>

> Deep awareness of the suffering of another coupled

> with the wish to relieve it.

>

> I wonder what others may think about compassion.

>

> Noel

 

 

Q: The world is full of desires: Everybody wants

something or other. Who is the desirer? The person

or the self?

 

M: The self. All desires, holy and unholy, come from

the self; they all hang on the sense 'I am'.

 

Q: I can understand holy desires (satyakama)

emanating from the self. It may be the expression of

the bliss aspect of the Sadchitananda (Beingness --

Awareness --Happiness) of the Self. But why unholy

desires?

 

M: All desires aim at happiness. Their shape and

quality depend on the psyche (antahkarana). Where

inertia (tamas) predominates, we find perversions.

With energy (rajas), passions arise. With lucidity

(sattva) the motive behind the desire is goodwill,

compassion, the urge to make happy rather than be

happy. But the Supreme is beyond all, yet because of

its infinite permeability all cogent desires can be

fulfilled.

 

Q: Which desires are cogent?

 

M: Desires that destroy their subjects, or objects,

or do not subside on satisfaction are self-

contradictory and cannot be fulfilled. Only desires

motivated by love, goodwill and compassion are

beneficial to both the subject and object and can be

fully satisfied.

 

Q: All desires are painful, the holy as well as the

unholy.

 

M: They are not the same and pain is not the same.

Passion is painful, compassion -- never. The entire

universe strives to fulfil a desire born of

compassion.

 

- I Am That, ch. 20

 

 

Q: There are two cases to consider. Either I have found a

Guru, or I have not. In each case what is the right thing

to do?

 

M: You are never without a Guru, for he is timelessly

present in your heart. Sometimes he externalises himself

and comes to you as an uplifting and reforming factor in

your life, a mother, a wife, a teacher; or he remains as

an inner urge toward righteousness and perfection. All

you have to do is obey him and do what he tells you. What

he wants you to do is simple, learn self-awareness, self-

control, self-surrender. It may seem arduous, but it is

easy if you are earnest. And quite impossible if you are

not. Earnestness is both necessary and sufficient.

Everything yields to earnestness.

 

Q: What makes one earnest?

 

M: Compassion is the foundation of earnestness.

Compassion for yourself and others, born of suffering,

your own and others.

 

- I Am That, ch. 84