Learning Ways of Love

[Ankh]

You learn... by doing.

Well, in one way - yes, but on the other hand, it is important I believe to meditate on this, and as Ra said, which was of a big surprise to me as I have mentioned, to analyze it.

However, this is something you cannot force yourself to feel.

Yeah, I know... Wish I could though!

I can blow a pretty, lovely, amazing green balloon, but it'll only take a needle to puncture it.. Or perhaps a more accurate analogy would be me blowing a balloon, and successively learning to tie better knots at the end to prevent the air from leaving it.

lol! Loved that analogy!

sorry for the off-topic but I think what you describe here, is not compassion but more like "helpers syndrome".
Back to you guys.

lol! Thanks for stepping by, *sweety*!

I have been thinking about this quote since our discussion, but didn't get any "wiser" since that, hence this post. :p

What I think is, pure compassion is ignorant and foolish. It is a great force, but without the guidance of wisdom, might end up hurting you or someone else. While compassion says: "Oh poor you, I need to help you, I feel I want to help you", wisdom is more like "I percieve an entity with difficulties, I am not responsible for this, I have no obligation to take any action at all". Wisdom is quite sterile and objective, while compassion is subjective and fuzzy. Compassion will want to throw itself over that which is percieved as in need of healing, yet Wisdom will know that the need is only a subjective observation, and is no basis for interference unless something is really asked for(nothing is really broken)

So a blend of these would be something like: "I percieve this person to have difficulties, I will offer my service, but not have any attachment to the outcome"

I just came to think that Ra said that universal love is the love freely given, as the blue ray is the communication freely given, so I don't think that there is any attachment to the outcome when this true, universal love is developed. But I thought more about what you said, and realized that maybe I have been a little bit afraid of this foolish aspect of the compassion, but now that I have realized that - I'm not anymore. As "they" say - you live, you learn. Thank you, my brother.

xise, I love you, man! Your post made me laugh so much, as I could almost hear your voice. Let's take a beer next time see each other again! :p