POWER OF COMPASSION

The problem with most of us is that we consider others as the cause of our suffering. I am yet to find out a single person including myself who readily admit that he is a cause of suffering for others.

We all are imperfect, in one sense or the other. The degree of imperfection varies with individuals depending on the journey each has travelled in the direction of perfection.

The main cause of our suffering is this imperfection, but again it is this suffering which is the only way we can perfect ourselves and finally get rid of it. It is like using a thorn to get rid of another thorn in our flesh. Each creature in nature is on its own path of this realisation.

Those who are fortunate, realise it little earlier, others take a little more time. it is a matter of degrees. Once we all realise that each of us is a sufferer and a fellow traveler in this journey, our attitude to others will change. We will be offering a helping hand to all others. This is compassion.

Higher the degrees of compassion, higher will be the attitude of love to all others. we adopt the same attitude while rewarding and punishing. neither will we be flattered or get hurt. Every interaction will then become an opportunity for further progress in this path of perfection.

This is my understanding of compassion. but having said that we cannot achieve the zenith of it in a day or two. it requires constant practice and a lot of belief in it.

History is replete with many great souls displaying great compassion to even those who tried to kill them. Jesus of nazareth could pray for those crucified him, while Socrates could drink the poison offered to him with great dignity. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi became the Mahatma for showing great compassion to those tormenting him and his followers.

All these great saints won the hearts of the millions including their tormentors. they became more powerful after their death. Such is the power of compassion at its zenith.

Life then is the opportunity to remove our imperfection, our circumstances the means to do the same. we will then no more see our suffering in isolation. we will then try to lessen the misery of the world and in that process lessen our own troubles by making life more positive. We all are partners in this great effort, whether we realise it or not.

salvation then is an interconnected process, determined by the velocity of the least travelled, not by the fastest moved. but the path breakers clear away the way for others.

So, TOGETHER WE CAN! TOGERTHER WE WILL!!!