Becomming who you truly are.
Wisdom and compassion are linked together. One cannot be truly
compassionate without having wisdom. Wisdom is seeing the world
as it really is.
Once you recognize compassion you will have wisdom, when you
have wisdom you will feel compassion. As human beings we all try
our best to bring about a world based on kindness and
compassion.
It does not matter whether you look at religion or philosophy,
as science, as development or politics. Wherever there has been
human society it has manifested wisdom and compassion.
Living the way we do causes us to have a tendency to be involved
with our own selfishness, our own likes and dislikes. We develop
walls and start to isolate ourselves from others around us. What
we need to do is to reverse the effects of the years and return
to who we truly are.
We do not allow the openness that can be felt within us to
express itself. Two fundamental things are our hopes and our
fears. Nobody needs to or wants to suffer we would all much
prefer to be happy.
The problem is not with the world or with the people in the
world the problem lays with who we are. Wisdom is in everybody,
it is not something that can be brought, heard or received from
outside. It is to do with your involvement with the external
environment and the distraction of your motions. This causes a
layer or veil that prevents you from observing who you really
are. Most people do not give themselves time and little space to
use their inner wisdom or to observe their self before taking
action in a situation.
Our society should be based upon peace, harmony, wisdom and
compassion and it is not going to come about unless you begin to
understand you're self.
Because of ignorance we do not use our inner wisdom we just make
excuses for what we do. You need to start with yourself.
The biggest excuse is that others around need to change before
you do. For example if things you do are not going your way you
would blame everyone else or blame the external world. Wherever
things go right we become a happy and kinder person towards
others.
If you think about it, you should realize that your perception
of the extended world has much to do with your internal
attitude. Our heart is basically very good, very generous and
has compassion.
It can be compassion, love, caring or wisdom; it still leads and
means the same. It's your actions, speech and thoughts that put
others before you. No mater how good compassion sounds when we
talk about it, it still comes down to one thing and that is it
can only happen when you are true to yourself. You need to look
inside to see who you are.
Compassion means letting go of your self identity, letting going
of to prove yourself all the time.
So we know that compassion and wisdom need to function together
combined with skilfulness, tolerance and patience. When you give
yourself the time and the space to observe your thoughts and
actions good can come about. If you give yourself and others
space in which to function properly good will always come.
I know this sounds easy to say and will take practice, but you
watch, it does work.
Think of this when you look into a mirror. Do you only see what
you want to see? What you should be doing is looking in the
mirror and taking the good with the bad. This is very necessary
in identifying who you truly are. These steps are necessary and
takes courage.
Another way to think about it is this. That until you release
that you truly are everything you use or consume and it all
comes about from dependence on others. The chair you sit on was
made by someone else, the cloths you wear are made by someone
else, your food may be cooked for you, and then the food is
grown by someone else. As mush as it would be great to say you
are your own person and have achieved things through you efforts
the truth is that you are linked with others, just as compassion
and wisdom go together. What I am saying is we all need someone.
So be yourself and let others see you for your true self.
So think carefully because times change every moment and time
does not wait for anyone and because there is change in every
moment it will only cause us harm if we are who we are not.
Our lives are short as human beings and if we are able to be of
some benefit to someone else then we are being true to
ourselves.