Development of compassion

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I have a fondness for Buddhism and its direct approach to the development of the Green Ray center. I don't see such a direct approach in the Law of One in such ways, but i guess we already had the knowledge.

I am going to start with my own idea on this type of practice by simply asking that each day i will try and be compassionate to everyone i meet, to be of service in a way that is helpful and productive for the benefit of all things and to forgive and let go of ill feelings be them within my self or other self.

Hiya Matt1 (I guess the username 'Matt' was already taken, huh? )

yeah compassion is an interesting one, and definitely linked to the green ray centre as you've described above.

I guess from my perspective, the green ray centre encompasses a whole range of qualities and characteristics, 'love' being the most simple one-word description of what its about.

but yes, within that banding, the qualities of: compassion, empathy, mutual understanding, unconditional acceptance, equality of all beings, and a universal linkage show up as well. So to just describe green ray as 'love' would be selling the farm somewhat short; although it is definitely a convenient shorthand to refer to green ray as love, and blue ray as wisdom. And yet there are many deep intricacies and level-upon-level understandings that go with these energy centres.

I guess if you are familiar with buddhism then you are familiar with the term 'metta'? This is the practice of 'loving kindness', and is closely allied with what you described above; but takes a slightly different tack.

in my experience with 'metta', it has a different outcome to the compassion exercises you described above; even though the intent is somewhat the same - to move oneself closer to the other self, and develop a greater acceptance and understanding of both self and other.

with 'metta', and the cultivating of 'loving kindness' to ever larger and more distant circles of 'beings', one actively encounters the resistances to offering that loving kindness. To give an example, it is quite easy to cultivate loving kindness towards one's friends, and even those family members that you get along well with; the reason? well, its because your friends and family members actually like you, and so its so much easier to like them back of course you feel friendly towards them.

but its the cultivation of loving kindness towards people who have done you wrong (in your eyes that is), and people that you don't get along with or don't understand why they do and say the things that they do, it's those people where metta becomes the big thorn in the brain. You may try and try, but 'loving kindness' towards these people just doesn't feel natural or genuine. You can try and try, but it doesn't feel 'real'.

that 'resistance' is a beautiful gem of a catalyst being laid into your lap by an angel with 8 feet wings and a glowing demeanour. Why can't I 'like' this individual, despite an honest attempt to do so? Why does 'loving kindndess' not flow from my heart when I think of that person's name and how they treated me?

some answers: still holding a grudge, that person represents a 'projection' of shadow-qualities that you have denied in yourself, that person represents an aspect that you haven't forgiven in yourself, that person evokes some 'fear' in you.

it doesn't really matter the reason (or, it does actually), but the resistance points to catalyst, and the catalyst points to learning opporunity.

so I've definitely found the 'metta type' practice to be hugely revealing about the state of the self, and if followed through, leads one to greater self-understandings, and when those self-understandings are made explicit, and codified in some way, the resistance drops, and loving-kindness flows automatically to the other individual when the resistance-barrier is recognised for what it is.

the end-result is a compassion and acceptance of the other-self where beforehand there was not.

so it is not the 'loving kindness meditation' which leads to compassion; but rather through working through any resistances to it, and clearing one's own misunderstandings that leads to the unobstructed flow of love, compassion, and acceptance from the green ray energy centre.

one can accept all other beings, all their acts, all their words, no matter how distorted ... this acceptance is possible, although it happens uniquely step-by-step, circumstance by circumstance, and individual by individual. It takes deliberate work, and a most attentive mind, but, I believe, Ra encapsulates the root (fundamental) intent in this passage here:

" Exercise One. This is the most nearly centered and usable within your illusion complex. The moment contains love. That is the lesson/goal of this illusion or density. The exercise is to consciously seek that love in awareness and understanding distortions. The first attempt is the cornerstone. Upon this choosing rests the remainder of the life-experience of an entity. The second seeking of love within themoment begins the addition. The third seeking powers the second, the fourth powering or doubling the third."

take note of the part in bold:

"The exercise is to consciously seek that love in awareness and understanding distortions."

... consciously seek that love in awareness and understanding distortions.

so consciously is involved (application of attention and will, being observant), awareness and understanding distortions (so before there is awareness and understanding, there can be the lack of that, or unawareness and misunderstanding the situation).

love is not as simple or as easy as saying "I love you" to everyone you meet. Or, it is actually. But without clearing the heart centre step by step, that statement "I love you" will tend to be a hollow one, and not heartfelt and totally universal.

love is not just a feeling; it is an understanding.

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apologies if I strayed somewhat from your original post; but I do find love, compassion, and acceptance to be closely linked, and almost inseparable.

namaste