| Compassion is one of the most revered divine | | | | demands everything from nature but are not |
| qualities of human being. It is compassion that | | | | prepared to give something in returns. |
| separates us from other animals. A loving and | | | | You can practice compassion as one form of |
| sympathetic attitude towards every living | | | | meditation. When you walk on earth, thank the |
| creature on earth is one of the most important | | | | earth for allowing you to walk over it. If you find |
| qualities a spiritual person can have. In this article | | | | any thorn in a path, take a moment and remove |
| we shall discuss how compassion can be used as | | | | the thorn from the path lest anybody should |
| a meditation practice. | | | | harm from it. Try to be helpful to people in |
| Meditation is a process to know who we really | | | | whichever way you can. Don't ask for anything in |
| are in true sense of existence. A common thread | | | | return. Try to give some service in the old age |
| of consciousness is passing through every particle | | | | home. Go to the orphanage and give some |
| of this universe. Meditation is an inner journey to | | | | service there. Give some elementary education to |
| identify this common thread within yourself. Once | | | | a poor child, help someone in need find a job, take |
| you realize that same kind of consciousness is | | | | some poor sick person to a doctor and pay for |
| present in you and others, you cannot stop start | | | | the fees, get involve in the community project of |
| seeing everybody as your own reflection. | | | | your locality, give some needy person money to |
| Compassion is a feeling of unconditional love | | | | buy food. Do all these tasks or some of them |
| towards all with the welfare of everybody as the | | | | without expecting anything in return. And above all |
| prime goal. A compassionate person will be able to | | | | don't allow your ego to become inflated just |
| learn meditation very easily as these two qualities | | | | because you are helping somebody. Help others, |
| complement each other. As you mediate, your | | | | don't expect and thank the universe for giving |
| compassion towards all will increase. Similarly as | | | | you an opportunity to help others. No matter how |
| your compassion will increase, your tendency to | | | | much we can help others, we can't become God. |
| meditate will grow on its own. | | | | Still, even after doing all that you can to help |
| A compassionate person has a feeling of love | | | | others, you'll find that many people have left out. |
| towards everybody. This feeling does not arise | | | | Still there will be millions in need of help. The world |
| out of any compulsion or as a sense of duty. This | | | | is full of suffering that the universe require millions |
| feeling arises from the inner feeling of | | | | and millions of selfless soul who help the world |
| thankfulness for the whole universe. The person | | | | just out of compassion, without the expectation |
| observes that the whole universe is involved in | | | | of any reward. |
| some kind of creation just for the happiness of | | | | What you'll gain from this selfless service? You'll |
| others. The Sun rises and it rises for everybody. | | | | gain something that cannot be written in word. As |
| It doesn't differentiate while giving its warmth to | | | | the feeling of compassion arises in you, you'll |
| people. It doesn't make a difference in providing | | | | become more and more inclined towards |
| its energy to plants. It gives all that it has. Similarly | | | | spirituality. You will find that your ability to |
| the flowers blossom for everybody. The river | | | | meditate has increase manifold. A meditative |
| flows for everybody and don't differentiate while | | | | state is a natural state for a person full of |
| giving its water to people. When a tree provides | | | | compassion. The whole universe will open its |
| its fruits, they are for everybody to enjoy. If you | | | | doors to a person full of deep compassion |
| observe you will find that universe is giving with | | | | towards humanity. Compassion is a divine quality |
| both hands to everybody. It does not ask for | | | | that will immensely help you in meditation. |
| anything in return. It is only we human beings that | | | | |