12-07-2010, 01:28 PM
(12-07-2010, 11:15 AM)Ashim Wrote: Forgiveness is the 'spring board' to Compassion. It is not the 'be all and end all'.
I believe that Compassion is the key to the next Octave.
Hear hear!
Another way of putting it is that forgiveness is the act of ceasing to be preoccupied by some event or quality in some person. Compassion then becomes possible as it is unhindered by our preoccupation.
Greedy love, the type the world is so full of is also an emotion that stops us from being truly compassionate. It we can let go by no longer linking our own well being on the outcome of our access to that which we feel we are needy for. We can become compassionate towards them as well.
You could rephrase this as "forgiving the other for being your dope dealer
"I think we can only significantly improve our world by improving our mental emotional state. You see a lot of successful businessmen later in life becoming humanists sharing their wealth. And this is no doubt a good thing but it leaves some of us wondering if it was necessary.