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Tools of the Path => Action [Public] => Topic started by: Jennifer- on June 13, 2008, 08:45:05 PM

Title: Compassion
Post by: Jennifer- on June 13, 2008, 08:45:05 PM
Our task must be to free ourselves . . .
by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures
and the whole of nature and its beauty.

 
Albert Einstein

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Title: Re: Compassion
Post by: Jennifer- on June 13, 2008, 08:52:21 PM
(http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/img/v3/02-13-2007.compassion.GRI2359TT.1.jpg)

(http://mealsforhumanity.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/boywithgrain1.jpg)

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Title: Re: Compassion
Post by: Jennifer- on June 13, 2008, 08:57:42 PM
(http://www.ignorantlawyer.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/121507-1519-whatthedeuc1.jpg)

(http://www.animalsavingtrust.org/image/compassion.jpg)
Title: Re: Compassion
Post by: erik on June 13, 2008, 10:57:16 PM
Little devil's voice from behind the curtains:
Einstein's theory contributed seriously to inventing this weapon:
(http://www.serendipity.li/more/nuclear_explosion.jpg)
...that resulted in one of the longest peaceful periods in Europe's history...
Title: Re: Compassion
Post by: tangerine dream on June 14, 2008, 01:49:28 AM
Quote from: amethyst on June 13, 2008, 08:45:05 PM
Our task must be to free ourselves . . .
by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures
and the whole of nature and its beauty.

 
Albert Einstein


Nice.  I've been reading a lot of Einstein lately.  I've been pleasantly surprised.
 ;D
Title: Re: Compassion
Post by: Jennifer- on June 14, 2008, 02:03:10 AM
I happened to turn the TV on at just the perfect time to catch a program on the research channel.. it was a group of religious leaders all speaking of humanity.

Their words of compassion filled me with deep love..

I recently found a block within myself, that I had been building for a few years now... it had really restricted my love for mankind in ways I had been totally ignorant to.

Im blessed to of had that surface into my awareness for release.

Compassion and empathy fills that space instead.

 :-*
Title: Re: Compassion
Post by: tangerine dream on June 14, 2008, 02:15:20 AM
Yay!
 :-*
Title: Re: Compassion
Post by: Angela on June 14, 2008, 02:32:49 AM
empathy
seeds of compassion
planting gardens
along the path

 :-* :-*


Title: Re: Compassion
Post by: Jennifer- on June 14, 2008, 02:56:03 AM
Quote from: Angela on June 14, 2008, 02:32:49 AM
empathy
seeds of compassion
planting gardens
along the path

 :-* :-*




 :) :-*
Title: Re: Compassion
Post by: Jennifer- on June 27, 2008, 12:06:03 PM


Albert Einstein:

    A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.


Sogyal Rinpoche:

    ...when we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings.