The left hand is caught and the right hand pulls it out. The left hand turns to the right and says âthank you.â It doesnât work because they are both part of the same body. Who are you thanking? Youâre thanking yourself. So on that plane you realize itâs not her suffering, his suffering, or their suffering.
You go up one level, itâs our suffering. You go up another level, itâs my suffering. Then as it gets de-personalized, itâs the suffering. Out of the identity with the suffering comes the compassion. It arises in relationship to the suffering. Itâs part and parcel of the whole package. There is nothing personal in this at all.
In that sense, you have become compassion instead of doing compassionate acts. Instead of being compassionate, you are compassion.
You go up one level, itâs our suffering. You go up another level, itâs my suffering. Then as it gets de-personalized, itâs the suffering. Out of the identity with the suffering comes the compassion. It arises in relationship to the suffering. Itâs part and parcel of the whole package. There is nothing personal in this at all.
In that sense, you have become compassion instead of doing compassionate acts. Instead of being compassionate, you are compassion.
- Ram Dass -
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