So many people in this world want to save people from
themselves. This is an honorable
intention, no doubt. But what if we
realized that suffering was truly optional and that our intention to save
people from themselves would actually result in robbing others from an
experience they are choosing to experience?
What if instead, we took a look at our own desire to save and understand
what is truly at the core of that desire?
What if we truly got very curious and asked ourselves about the belief or
judgments we may be unconsciously holding that might cause us to want to play
the hero?
Playing any role is fine, so understand that I don’t mean to burst anyone’s bubble or to come off as
lacking compassion. I’ve just learned
lately to see things differently. So,
I’ve written before about Sympathy, Empathy and Compassion. Of the three, I would always choose
compassion. Compassion allows everyone
and everything to be as they are or as it is, without requiring change; without
judgment of good or bad. Compassion just
loves and allows, it seeks understanding, it knows with full awareness that
there is nothing really wrong with anything.
That might be a huge stretch for many to grasp and that is
okay. I might even take some heat for
these thoughts by those who might judge me callous. I’d say, okay, if that is how you wish to see
me through your own psychological filters, fine. It changes nothing in my world, it does not
change my love for humanity or the compassion I hold for all in my soul. What it would do is help me understand better
all the thoughts and feelings of my fellow human beings. It is okay to feel and to have emotion. It is all just an experience. All experience is on the same continuum and
only differs by the various degrees with which an experience is perceived by
the wonderful individuals who perceive.
You see, part of what makes this world and humanity so
amazing is the varied perceptions of the whole. These perspectives are the mosaic of the
projection of life as we know it. If you
pull out pieces of the mosaic indicating that the mosaic is incomplete because
this piece or that displeases you or brings you discomfort, you could be missing the point of the
entirety of the picture. It’s okay
because even that is perfect no matter how imperfect or perfect it might be
perceived by some. Everything is okay as
it is. Do what you must or what you feel
compelled to do but if you want real growth in life, you first must desire to
understand your own motivation. For
understanding the self, leads to understanding of the whole of humanity, of
existence, of life in its true state of perfect projection.
So, what do you want to do today? Do it with all of your heart. Be as authentically you as you can and
realize that not everything is precisely as it seems. This understanding creates great
compassion. The more loving of self and authentic you
become in your quest within, the more you realize not one soul is alone here,
all suffer to some degree and you may even come to understand and appreciate
your own suffering as more than some infinitely uncomfortable experience or bad
hand in life. You may come to understand
your own beauty and perfection and then view all of humanity through this new
and truly divine filter you have created in your curious investigations.
Just some food for thought.
© 2016 Jaie Hart (photo/words)
