This week a client was asking
me about the qualities of compassion.
As we spoke of it our
understanding began to shift and change!
We noticed just the word
<compassion> had power and as our attention moved to focus on the aspects
and qualities of the <compassion> it produced a stillness, a peace,
a meditative quality to the room. It felt as if the tensions in our lives
dissolved and we were left to bathe in the light of Stillness. Ahhh…
So
what is Compassion and what is the evidence that I have it in my life?
Master Choa Kok Sui says all
spiritual qualities need cultivation and work in the form of
self-awareness, discipline and determination.
Meditation is not enough.
There must also be character building with inner reflection and the practice of
active virtue in our spiritual practice and daily lives.
It is a vibration, a
state of being, it is a flow of energy through each cell, organ and chakra.
It is not certain words or
actions ... it is an emanation from the inside out.
The simple definition of
compassion…
The word compassion comes from a Latin word meaning to
"co-suffer."
Having
compassion is being able to be with someone who is in the throes
of passion (suffering) and not be negatively affected or drawn into it.
Wikipedia says:
Compassion is more involved than simple empathy. It
commonly gives rise to an active desire to alleviate another's suffering.
Dictionary.com says:
a feeling
of deep sympathy and sorrow for another .. accompanied by a
strong desire to alleviate the suffering.
A more powerful and definitive meaning is given by
Thubten Chodron (Buddhist nun and author of ‘Buddhism for Beginners’)
‘the wish
for all sentient beings to be free from suffering and its causes’
She goes on to say “Compassion is like love
in that it is generated on the basis of seeing everyones happiness and
suffering to be equally significant.”
Master Choa Kok Sui (Founder
of Pranic Healing & Arhatic Yoga) describes how this virtue is related to
the teaching that ‘we are all one and there is only one’. Compassion is the knowing that we are
all of equal value/appreciation. This is the basis of the
Law of Karma. Thus, in the moment I realize suffering is present, and that
through my actions it can be removed or relieved, no matter whose it is, then I have the
opportunity to help in any way I can to relieve the suffering and the causes of
the suffering.
MCKS also explains how
different understandings can co-exist in the form of different levels of truth.
That is, as we change, grow and evolve - our understandings of what is
truth also change, grow and evolve.
This analogy used by Thubten
Chodron helped me understand a little more about compassion.
When I step on a thorn, my
hand reaches down and pulls the thorn out and soothes and bandages the foot.
The hand doesn’t tell the foot it is stupid and did the wrong thing and ignores
or punishes the foot!
The
hand and the foot are part of the same body/being and naturally without
thinking they help each other.
We
are all one and there is only one - one for all and all
for one!
And so it is with us. We
are all part of the same organism and from the same source.
As this truth becomes clear
and I live this truth in my life I will naturally and without thinking
reach out to others knowing we are all One.
Pranic
Healing Practitioners and Arhatic Yogi practitioners are offered this level of
application, practice and experience through the teachings of Master Choa Kok
Sui. These are the qualities we hope to develop with time and
practice.
More
on this subject will be presented in the Monday evening talks and meditations
LINK
Master
Choa Kok Sui courses in Brisbane LINK
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