The Running Stream

How does the human spirit survive and even thrive in chaos? What does change means to you? We rarely put action to these questions. We focus merely on the peripheral level. We look at the stream and its running water, the constant change and the flowing stream indicate the activities of time. We do not want to remain outdated and forever on slumber. The running stream is a metaphor and our life is the real score. We discover and experience the goal of a lifetime. Welcome to my world.

The answer to quest is persistence

You are like a man who wants to find the living water.
He digs three feet here ,and three feet there, and three feet in another place, and so on. He never comes to the living water.
You must stay in one place and dig deep. You must be faithful
to one practice if you want to reach the living water.

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

COMPASSION

Compassion is a feeling deep within ourselves - a "quivering of the heart"-
and it is also a way of acting - being affected by the suffering of others and
moving on their own behalf

The spiritual practice of compassion is likened to opening the heart.
First, allow yourself to feel the suffering in the world, including your own.
Don't turn away from pain, move toward it with caring.
Go into situations where people are hurting.
Identify with your neighbors in their distress. Then expand
the circle of your compassion to include other creatures, nature and
inanimate world.

The practice of compassion increases our capacity to care. It is a very good
exercise for your heart muscle.

Compassion allows us to bear witness to that suffering, whether it is in
ourselves or others, without fear.
Posted by Franz
at 5:24 AM

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