Excellent - Yes, self-liberation is not about being NICE to everyone, or doing some complicated mental maneuver, where we separate the actions from the actor. Universal compassion is recognizing each of us as eternal, and acting appropriately, in terms of that recognition.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <no_reply@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > My approach is that if someone is being an asshole and they are in my way, > > I will say, "Get out of the way, asshole". It is the asshole who creates > > themselves that way, and identifies with that behavior, so it is entirely > > appropriate to call them out, personally, for such behavior, and to dislike > > them for it, as long as they continue being offensive. > > > This should be a lesson for all those that think being enlightened means one > treats everyone all rosy. It reminds me of a Saint I met in India who used to > hit visitors with a big stick if he considered them "assholes". Those that > came to him asking for help without being willing to improve themselves or do > any sadhana (many probably thought they were already enlightened anyway and > had no use for sadhana...)would get severe scoldings, sometimes with the help > of his big stick. Of course many would walk away thinking this fellow > certainly could not be enlightened since he behaved in this way :-) > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@> wrote: > > > > > > My guess is we've all done wrong and or stupid stuff at some point in our > > > lives including lying and physically hurting others even those we love. > > > So I vote for pragmatic and universal compassion. Just to be clear, by > > > pragmatic compassion I don't mean the allowing of abuse. I mean something > > > along the lines of hate the wrong doing, have compassion for the wrong > > > doer but don't allow them to continue wrong doing. For yourself, steer > > > clear of abusive behavior and do what's necessary to protect those who > > > aren't able to protect themselves. > > > > > >
