GUANYIN BODHISATTVA

[Michael Grove]

ACTING TO EASE OTHERS’ SUFFERING

I can also act in ways that I believe are compassionate

to the people right in front of me, and you might think,

“Isn’t that compassion for others?” But really, it’s

compassion for myself in another form. It’s another

self-compassion method.

Imagine the pain you feel when you see someone else

suffering — the suffering you feel is real suffering, just

as the other person is suffering. Yet, most people don’t

actually ease that suffering in themselves.

So, how do you ease that suffering in yourself when

you see someone else suffering?

You reach out, empathize, make a connection, and look

for a way to reduce the other person’s suffering, and your

own. If the other person opens up, that’s great. If not,

that’s OK, because you’ve reached out and let them know

that you too suffer when you see them suffer.

That’s a powerful thing. And so you ease your own suffering, and it’s a selfish sort of compassion.

But that’s the only kind there is.

[Michael Grove]

 TO LIVE LIFE THERE ARE ONLY TWO RULES

  the journey begins & the journey continues  BUT to live

  HAPPILY one must live UNSEEN • Walk gently, leaving

   tracks only where they can make a difference.  Where no

   difference can be made, walk without leaving tracks. 

  Pass through life unseen and invisible,
  YET AFFECTING CHANGE EVERYWHERE.

[Michael Grove]

[THE] MULTI-faceted PERSPECTIVE of the YOUNIVERSE EXPLORER

For DouglasHarding, the exploration of the wonder and mystery of our true nature was a single-pointed life’s passion, and with his passing we’ve lost a truly unique enlightened man.

Christopher Parish