Comments on: Developing Compassion http://www.theintentionexperiment.com/developing-compassion.htm Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:57:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Melissa http://www.theintentionexperiment.com/developing-compassion.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2624 Melissa Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:25:13 +0000 http://www.theintentionexperiment.com/?p=77#comment-2624 It is easiest for me to elicit compassion for another by thinking of them/treating them as my child, my mother, my father, my brother/sister, etc. The feelings I have for my family are familiar to me and so this is how I share that feeling with others. In this way, it feels as though my family has grown and I am better able to grasp the concept that we are all one. Compassion grows when we better know someone, so starting out believing you do know them, on the most fundamental level (which you do since we are all one), we already have a greater compassion for them than someone we label as stranger. It is easiest for me to elicit compassion for another by thinking of them/treating them as my child, my mother, my father, my brother/sister, etc. The feelings I have for my family are familiar to me and so this is how I share that feeling with others. In this way, it feels as though my family has grown and I am better able to grasp the concept that we are all one. Compassion grows when we better know someone, so starting out believing you do know them, on the most fundamental level (which you do since we are all one), we already have a greater compassion for them than someone we label as stranger.

]]> By: Ruth http://www.theintentionexperiment.com/developing-compassion.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2623 Ruth Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:30:22 +0000 http://www.theintentionexperiment.com/?p=77#comment-2623 Compassion is what will bring the light in fullness to our hurting, healing world. The Law of One is an ancient prayer that supersedes all other prayers. It is: We are all one. When one is harmed, all are harmed, When one is helped, all are healed. And so in the name of I Am That I Am, And I Am One with All, I ask only that which is the highest good , Be done in my life and all of life. I give thanks that it is being done, Now and always. And so it is. This calls forth the I Am presence within each of us. This I Am presence is our Divine God Self. There is no separation. That is simply an illusion. Here we find great compassion. Compassion is what will bring the light in fullness to our hurting, healing world.

The Law of One is an ancient prayer that supersedes all other prayers. It is:

We are all one.
When one is harmed, all are harmed,
When one is helped, all are healed.
And so in the name of I Am That I Am,
And I Am One with All,
I ask only that which is the highest good ,
Be done in my life and all of life.
I give thanks that it is being done,
Now and always.
And so it is.

This calls forth the I Am presence within each of us. This I Am presence is our Divine God Self.
There is no separation. That is simply an illusion.
Here we find great compassion.

]]> By: Steve http://www.theintentionexperiment.com/developing-compassion.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2620 Steve Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:32:45 +0000 http://www.theintentionexperiment.com/?p=77#comment-2620 Two-ways, bidirectional. Feeling compassion for someone goes through me , I feel it in myself and so it has an equally calming effect and makes me feel good inside. Happy, peaceful, connected, loving. All of the good warm-fuzzy feelings. So I think that it is impossible to intend someone else's healing or well-being without having a positive effect on our own. So if thoughts become things, then intending well-being becomes a good thing for more than just the person you are intending it for, it goes through the giver full force and with equal effect. That's what it feels like to me. Two-ways, bidirectional. Feeling compassion for someone goes through me , I feel it in myself and so it has an equally calming effect and makes me feel good inside. Happy, peaceful, connected, loving. All of the good warm-fuzzy feelings. So I think that it is impossible to intend someone else’s healing or well-being without having a positive effect on our own. So if thoughts become things, then intending well-being becomes a good thing for more than just the person you are intending it for, it goes through the giver full force and with equal effect. That’s what it feels like to me.

]]> By: inger http://www.theintentionexperiment.com/developing-compassion.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2618 inger Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:05:55 +0000 http://www.theintentionexperiment.com/?p=77#comment-2618 Saying the Mayan greeting: In Lak'ech Ala K'in ( I am You and You are Me )will make you pronounce compassion. Saying the Mayan greeting:
In Lak’ech Ala K’in ( I am You and You are Me )will make you pronounce compassion.

]]> By: Jody Sachse http://www.theintentionexperiment.com/developing-compassion.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2617 Jody Sachse Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:17:50 +0000 http://www.theintentionexperiment.com/?p=77#comment-2617 I really like using "Metta" Loving Kindness meditation. Here is a video I recently compiled for helping people focus on compassion (Loving Kindness) for all beings. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk_152PgySA Recently I have experienced some very challenging circumstances that have helped me to cultivate a deeper understanding of compassion, compassion is freedom. Namaste Jody I really like using “Metta” Loving Kindness meditation. Here is a video I recently compiled for helping people focus on compassion (Loving Kindness) for all beings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk_152PgySA

Recently I have experienced some very challenging circumstances that have helped me to cultivate a deeper understanding of compassion, compassion is freedom.

Namaste
Jody

]]> By: Svala http://www.theintentionexperiment.com/developing-compassion.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2517 Svala Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:51:54 +0000 http://www.theintentionexperiment.com/?p=77#comment-2517 Yes Marj! those exercises are really great. Thanks for reminding me! Iftikhar, I agree; performed at every available opportunity itbecomes a habit and its as natural as breathing. Yes Marj! those exercises are really great. Thanks for reminding me!
Iftikhar, I agree; performed at every available opportunity itbecomes a habit and its as natural as breathing.

]]> By: Jackie Simmons http://www.theintentionexperiment.com/developing-compassion.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2457 Jackie Simmons Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:58:41 +0000 http://www.theintentionexperiment.com/?p=77#comment-2457 Ahhh Mick: Interesting question. Hmmm... Does it matter whether or not it helps them? It helps us and if we are all in the one, I just assumed that it would help all. Ahhh Mick:
Interesting question. Hmmm…
Does it matter whether or not it helps them? It helps us and if we are all in the one, I just assumed that it would help all.

]]> By: Iftikhar http://www.theintentionexperiment.com/developing-compassion.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2421 Iftikhar Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:22:30 +0000 http://www.theintentionexperiment.com/?p=77#comment-2421 Feeling compassion for another is nothing short of an instant spontaneous journey to the Source and being one with it. The seat of compassion being in the heart its conscious development and sustained presence in one's life could be attained by constant practice. Marj in her comment above has drawn attention to Harry Palmer's Compassion Exercise. From my experience I would recommend the exercise. Performed at every available opportunity it becomes a habit soon and its expression as natural as breathing. Feeling compassion for another is nothing short of an instant spontaneous journey to the Source and being one with it. The seat of compassion being in the heart its conscious development and sustained presence in one’s life could be attained by constant practice. Marj in her comment above has drawn attention to Harry Palmer’s Compassion Exercise. From my experience I would recommend the exercise. Performed at every available opportunity it becomes a habit soon and its expression as natural as breathing.

]]> By: Marj http://www.theintentionexperiment.com/developing-compassion.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2418 Marj Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:51:43 +0000 http://www.theintentionexperiment.com/?p=77#comment-2418 http://www.avatarepc.com/html/ex1719-4.html http://www.avatarepc.com/html/ex1719-4.html

]]> By: Marj http://www.theintentionexperiment.com/developing-compassion.htm/comment-page-1#comment-2417 Marj Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:51:03 +0000 http://www.theintentionexperiment.com/?p=77#comment-2417 The Compassion Exercise from Harry Palmer's book Re-Surfacing is another profound tool for increasing compassion. The Compassion Exercise from Harry Palmer’s book Re-Surfacing is another profound tool for increasing compassion.

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