Conversations between a Christian blogger and the Urban Monk. The approaches to the servant heart – the heart of Compassion, and the contrast between self sacrifice and self love.
Self Esteem – it has to begin with compassion for oneself, stopping our self-violence in our actions and our thoughts. Here are the psychological perspective and techniques to change your life around.
Why is loneliness so painful? Loneliness is a curse because we don’t know who we are – and that is our basic anxiety. When you are alone, all your self knowledge, your identity, your personality – your ego begins to unravel.
The first step towards compassion is to cease the judgement of value. It is so insidious, so destructive – it hurts everyone involved. You bottle them up, you stick them in a bottle, and put a sticker on it – you’ve killed them.
This is one of the most painful things I can admit. I don’t know if I have ever known Love. Lust, yes. Attachment, Passion, yes. Compassion – perhaps. And the most hurtful thing I can say is – how many have?
What is Love? Who has ever known Love?
This is my own take on a Buddhist meditation named Tonglen. It literally means “giving and taking”. It transforms your pain, as well as others’, into love. It softens the heart, brings forgiveness for yourself and others, and after a while (for me at least) makes you feel completely blissed out.
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