11-29-2012, 01:17 PM
Compassion/love is unconditional. Compassion for animals, for those who do not agree with our views, for those who perpetrate cruelty, for those who are sympathetic to certain belief that matches our own... compassionate discourse involves a sincere attempt to understand what the other self is trying to say... When someone else's bias, beliefs, or assumptions cannot be accepted, it's a compassionate act perhaps to attempt to understand the others' understanding of the world, or to accept that that is the others' distortion.
Being a change agent is different from being an activist or being 'religious' in that there is no desire to change others, but to assist other self in making desired changes they become aware of. There is respect and trust. There is not 'I know something so let me change your mind' or instilling of guilt/shame/resentment/anger etc. How would this conversation assist others (like me) to be ready to make another step towards a healthier and more enlightened society/way of being?
Being a change agent is different from being an activist or being 'religious' in that there is no desire to change others, but to assist other self in making desired changes they become aware of. There is respect and trust. There is not 'I know something so let me change your mind' or instilling of guilt/shame/resentment/anger etc. How would this conversation assist others (like me) to be ready to make another step towards a healthier and more enlightened society/way of being?
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