01-07-2016, 12:04 PM
This is obviously a problem with "selective empathy", as you call it, Jeremy. Your mother is scared, and you agree that something could go wrong, but that she shouldn't fear for her life. These are contradictions that are very difficult for the average monkey brain to understand. I mean, I consciously and fully accept as much as anyone that death is a gateway out of this hell of a planet but that doesn't mean that I want my incarnation to end in any way. I love this me, this life, this experience, and I want to live it out. If I had a red-ray blockage (fear of death) it would bother me, too, and I would hope that someone who claims to be performing "true services to others" would recognize that an otherself is asking them for minimal comfort, which shouldn't be so impossible to give. But like you said, it is a problem with selective empathy, which would point to a heart chakra blockage. But I won't go into that because you seem to reject what goes into balancing the chakras and the symbolism attached.
Practicing love without wisdom will have more of a positive effect on another than practicing wisdom without love. Are you really lying when you say "All will be well"? Because even if she dies, everything is still well from your point of view, right? Your mother wants someone who's experienced in this scary environment (hospital) to offer her comfort. Her thoughts will, in the end, create her reality. Which is better - her refraining in her head, "something might go wrong!" or her hearing your soothing and experienced voice/words telling her "Things will be okay no matter what, I'm here for you".
Quote:Practicing love without practicing wisdom is something which has escaped me. In this case how does one practice love by being comforting yet not being honest? Coming from my healthcare point of view, I know all that could go wrong. So I can't in good conscious say that everything is going be ok in her terms of what she deems as ok. Sure I can say that all will be well from our point of view because we aren't as attached to the illusion. But to someone who's truly afraid of dying, all will be well doesn't necessarily cut it ya know lol.
Practicing love without wisdom will have more of a positive effect on another than practicing wisdom without love. Are you really lying when you say "All will be well"? Because even if she dies, everything is still well from your point of view, right? Your mother wants someone who's experienced in this scary environment (hospital) to offer her comfort. Her thoughts will, in the end, create her reality. Which is better - her refraining in her head, "something might go wrong!" or her hearing your soothing and experienced voice/words telling her "Things will be okay no matter what, I'm here for you".