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Compassion |
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WindWalker Senior Member
since 2001-10-12
Posts 1218 |
What is compassion? Is it a feeling? Something one does for someone else? Simply a “virtue” seen in those one would call “good people”? Perhaps that is how it manifests when we observe it; when we try to practice it but that is not what it is. Compassion is a language known to all who call themselves “intelligent” sentient, self-aware beings. Perhaps we could call it the language of the Universe from the depths of the Cosmos. Another way of looking at it: compassion – The greatest expression of Universal love and on earth, love in action. Perhaps compassion was the language of the gods, those who created the worlds (and us!) and perhaps they left it as a choice, whether we would use it or not. Perhaps it is that legacy we lost to the vagaries of time when the difficulties came and we chose survival over love. If it’s as simple as that how simple it is to get back into it once more and make the Earth dance in joy. |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Some interesting thoughts to ponder. quote: But survival doesn't require we negate or abandon love. In fact, I hope it demands love as a core requirement. Good to read you again. |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
"If it’s as simple as that how simple it is to get back into it once more and make the Earth dance in joy." would that it were that simple does it seem to you we slide farther away daily? provocative work WindWalker... |
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ecrivan Member Elite
since 2001-12-10
Posts 3923my own state |
compassion... in a void of tension a brief thought occurred when someone tried to cross rivers of danger drowned, a homonid thought that came and went as soon as currents engulfed calls of distress.. crocs dined on ancestral flesh pre-humans mused dangers of the depths survivors became aware of mortality survival meant displacement |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
 excellent! |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
I always enjoy the acute questioning mind you possess. An excellent depiction of this quandry. Well written. Emotional response? We are more than the sum of our respective parts. Vision is internal, and external...the ability to hear within is fate's way of steering the ship.  |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
Lots of interesting thoughts....You have never been one to mince words or hold back a thought. Is the Meadow still an open site? Haven't been there in several years. |
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WindWalker Senior Member
since 2001-10-12
Posts 1218 |
Thank you all for your comments!!!! Magnus the Meadow is still an open site. |
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aziza Member Elite
since 2006-07-09
Posts 2995Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy! |
You wrote poetry that is so lovely and so thought-provoking. What a magical combination! aziza |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
I appreciate a good enquiring mind, and you, Dear Poet, have one!  Compassion makes the world go 'round, unfortunately, it is often in short supply. Loving Light, EA |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
lovely and many good thoughts to ponder...to place as a keepsake of words... Bravo!!!!! |
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WindWalker Senior Member
since 2001-10-12
Posts 1218 |
Again thank you all for your comments!!!! |
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FNG Member
since 2006-02-07
Posts 477 |
Intriguing thoughts.. Enjoyed. Compassion. A choice to exercise it or not. |
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