A couple of months ago, myself and a friend went and saw a famous spiritual leader give a talk. The premise was quite simple... peace through compassion. That is the only way there will ever be peace in this world... if we become compassion.
Compassion means seeing others without all the judgements and opinions that so often colour our thinking. Stop and take a look at your own life... listen to some of the thoughts and judgements that pop into your head as you are watching TV or going shopping or talking with someone. We have judgements about everything and everyone. We're just not aware of it most times! We think that's normal! Having compassion... being compassion... means that we see people for who they are, who they really are... not through our lens.
One of the most important people we need to have compassion with is... you guessed it... ourselves. We are often our own worst critics, berating ourselves in various ways for "not being good enough". If we can't have compassion on ourselves, how can we ever expect to have compassion on others??? If we cannot be comopassion with ourselves... how will we ever have peace in our hearts?? Peace and compassion starts with us... it starts with us being gentle with ourselves and letting all those judgements we have about ourselves go... Just let them go... And they'll pop up again... and just let them go...
Peace through compassion...
Oh, and the spiritual leader... it was the Dalai Lama!!
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