the ultimate act of compassion - Japan

[zenmaster]

Here there is something that strikes me as an extremely fabricated pretext, seemingly for the sole purpose of manufacturing an opportunity for 'service'.

Isn't that an assessment of intentions?

Not really. Have no idea what's behind the thought. Just commenting on the ideas.
Actually, it's an honest opinion.

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aaron
hello brother i love you u know that but zen is no being of light .

Who claimed to be a 'being of light'? What is that. I really have no investment in such ideas. And to be honest, I wonder how grounded one is when I see that displacement activity.

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zen
last time i checked it wasnt really important to me what doubt or lack of doubt u have about me and my intentions, u come across as arrogant and what ive found is that arrogance really is hiding cowardice. so dont hide behind monica speak to me directly but as a man straight up and not a coward.

It's unfortunate that you hold such an attitude. Really cowardice? Just expressing an honest opinion, and one that took me awhile to consider. Nothing to 'hide', and actually not an attack. I guess that's one reaction to expect if a 'button' has been pushed. Believe me, if I was that 'arrogant' I would not be posting here, as there is little fuel for such trivialities, right?

So honestly, with that response, I wonder about projection. I think the more one takes the time to articulate 'this is what I really think', the more people associate the response with an exaggerated sense of self importance. As if the perspective itself is so defiant to ego investment, it should be seen as a threat. If Saddam Hussein had such defenses, he'd still be running the country. From my standpoint, I'm neither offering a great revelation nor some agenda-based attack.

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I would just like to share the story of a man, who to me is an exemplar of compassion. To me, he is a modern day Jesus like entity. The man comes from India and worked for a leading global star group of hotels with a fat paycheck. He was deputed to leave for Switzerland for work by his company. As an Indian, I can vouch that no Indian will turn down the opportunity to go for greener pastures, and that too to a country like Switzerland. But just as he was getting to leave, an incident, which most would just simply dismiss and forget, altered his course in life. And he was only barely into his 20s then. And today, he is receiving global recognition for the love he spread and is spreading, in a dark and forgotten corner of a poverty ridden and human rights insensitive nation, which is India. Compassion requires self-sacrifice, and it is not easy, unless a person is genuinely committed on the path. And we do not require any spiritual knowledge for that, much less advanced esoteric material. I am learning the lesson now.

I now pray to god that I too be given the same compassion and spirit of self-sacrifice that animates this man. The videos that may give a glimpse of the man are below, if of interest to anyone -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qObXqvBIb...re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj2pB0lyuo0

An actual real, and not manufactured, example of compassion - in practice. Maybe not only a hero, but perhaps a 'being of light' as well? Selfless acts such as those are humbling, considering the other choices of comfort that are possible.