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December 2009 
Who do you wish you had more compassion for?
Posted on Oct 9th, 2009
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soulmandala
soulmandala
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for October 09, 2009:
hmmm... well, i suppose i have so little compassion for him that i don't even wish to have compassion for him, but Dick Cheney would have to top my list. i think i could probably scrounge up some modicum of compassion for everyone else, but i have nothing for that man. i fully realize that this says far more about my lack than his and i've actually spent some time working on it. so far it doesn't help. so, what i want for the holidays this year? the ability to find forgiveness and compassion for Dick Cheney...
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I feel the same way as you.
I know I wouldn't want to play the role of
a Hitler, Stalin or Cheney, in the Bigger Picture.
Maybe, we''ll find a wide lens camera
underneath our trees.
My passionate wish is, a world without borders.
Oneness
Kristen,
I recently read ”The Translator” by Daoud Hari and was blown away by the author's deep compassion, in the face of genocide. I thought I knew something about compassion before I read the book, but I learned something from it. I have been changed in some fundamental way by reading it. It came to mind while reading your post, so I thought I ought to share it with you.
I admire your determination to find compassion for all the darkest corners of the world.
~d
and this book is good for something light (and deep in another way) after reading the Translator
ah, Gabriel, it's kinda strange. i can feel compassion for all those characters from history simply by trying to understand the influences that spawned them. they served their purpose in their eras. Cheney is somehow different. perhaps it's that, try as i might, all i find in searching for the energy of his soul is blackness. i'm fairly adept at reaching soul energy, but with him there is a void. it's definitely discomforting, maybe because he's a mirror of my own black void? i dunno. i just have a difficult time with it.
thank you so much, synonym (sorry, but i don't think i know your actual name…), for the book suggestion! i'll check it out. hopefully i can find a way for any admiration you might have to be well earned…
There is nothing black about your void.
Your void is just a little annoyed.
His soul is wounded by self righteousness
and separation.
On behalf of 'synonym for light'
may I translate.
Dawn
hmmm… Kristen, the compassionate. i like that! were that it were true…
there's nothing wrong with a touch of blackness. without the dark, the light would not exist. (this belief is a result of my new moon birth status, i'm quite certain…) with Cheney, it's the absence of a soul that bothers me. it allows for pity, but somehow not compassion.
oh, and thank you for the translation! (i think i may have thanked you in another spot for the same thing ~ silly me, i'm sooo mixed up!)
si, Gia, como no! and i'm not spending precious energy worrying about my lack of compassion for this man ~ it's not worth that! but, given the question it sparks my own questions about my ability to feel compassion. it also makes me wish for a few moments at the feet of the Dali Lama for remedial training! :D
yes, Gia, you could be right ~ i might not let go of the Dali Lama either. can't you just see it ~ you holding one leg, me the other, and the poor man trying to make his way along? too funny!
Cheney so much fear it would appear as peace, locked behind walls, bars, and the habits of a prison without barriers and uneven keys. Sad, it will take a sum of time in time to recarve what cannot ever be seen, but can with some thought be felt your way towards. If you are not afraid.
Thanks
J.M.
J.M. ~ yes, fear is always at the core of behavior like that which Cheney has shown. but we who would happily bring in the dawn of a new light are fearless in our pursuit of truth, love, and peace. perhaps my compassion will be renewed with this new energy…
Gia ~ wouldn't that just be a wonderful gift for us! so much fun!