(11-29-2012, 05:27 PM)Tenet Nosce Wrote: Compassion is the primary lesson of fourth density- which spans millions of years according to our estimation of time.
I disagree. My understanding is that compassion is indeed the lesson of 3D.
It is the very reason 3D is rife with so much suffering, which provide opportunity after opportunity to learn compassion.
It starts with karmic repercussions. A person who has suffered in a certain way - for example the loss of a loved one - will be more likely to experience compassion when confronted with another person who had the same type of loss. But that same person might find it difficult to feel compassion for another person suffering with a different type of loss.
It is their first experience of identifying with an other-self, by relating the other-self's suffering with their own, similar suffering.
Later, as their capacity for compassion develops, they might eventually be able to feel compassion for other-selves whose suffering bears no resemblance to their own.
This is why it's so difficult for humans to feel compassion for their younger 2D brethren. Unless they've experienced watching a being - any being, whether human, dog, cat, whatever - being tortured, it's all very alien to them.
This is also why soldiers are able to maime and kill other humans, including children, that they have no connection with. What they are doing often doesn't even register.
The ones that do register compassion, have a hard time with it. That's why Iraqi veterans are committing suicide at the rate of 18 per day!
Our entire 3D reality is designed for the express purpose of triggering compassion!
It is honed and refined in 4D.
(11-29-2012, 05:27 PM)Tenet Nosce Wrote: To expect "my humanity" which is a 3D culture, to have achieved mastery of fourth-density lessons before they have even begun them would be absurd. Ironically- I can neither conceive of how such a notion could be considered compassionate.
There is no such requirement or expectation. "Mastery" would be what Jesus displayed. His polarity approached 100%. We aren't required or expected to reach his level of mastery in 3D. Just 51%. We have quite a lot of wiggle-room, and all of 4D to get the rest.
But to say that compassion isn't a requirement at all (if that is what you're saying) is, in my humble opinion, a misinterpretation of the material.
This thread explores this topic in depth, with strong arguments on both sides:
Bring4th Forums One > The Harvest > Green Ray Requirement for Harvest to 4D
I highly recommend reading that thread!
(11-29-2012, 05:27 PM)Tenet Nosce Wrote: Those in need of compassion can hardly be expected to have developed it within themselves. For if they had developed it, they would not be in seeming need of it.
Not necessarily. I know from experience that some of us have a lot easier time having compassion for others than having compassion for ourselves.
It can go either way.