Quote:
Originally Posted by mudra
Compassion literally means to feel with, to suffer with.
Everyone is capable of compassion, and yet everyone tends to avoid it because it's uncomfortable. And the avoidance produces psychic numbing -- resistance to experiencing our pain for the world and other beings.
~ Joanna Macy
Love Always
mudra
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Hello Mudra,
Compassion was one of the emotions I was asked to experience and I realized it was higher than the common "love" (sympathy + admiration), and is more effective and responsible than sympathy. I would not say it is as high as unshakeable or unconditional love, but it is a much cleaner love than the sympathy/no sympathy flows that abound.