Compassion
I came across this image the other day. It is a very strong image I know but it really had a deep impact on me.
The picture shows an enlightened being giving something to another being that is chained and surrounded by demons. Overral, it represents compassion from one being to another. But there are subtle interpretations.
Some say that we live mental experiences and therefore we can either be living in hell or in heaven depending on our mental state. And we even move from one state to another in a question of seconds.
When our mind is disturbed by something and we allow anger, hate, envy, jealousy to come forward, we are really not that different from the chained being in the picture (figuratively speaking). These bad emotions are represented by the demons and we are chained not to the reality but to our individual perception of the reality, which causes us a great deal of pain.
The good thing is, the same way we generate bad feelings and intentions, we can also generate good feelings and good intentions. One of them is compassion. Compassion is love, selfless love. Very nice is theory but very difficult to put into practise.
The picture shows an enlightened being giving something to another being that is chained and surrounded by demons. Overral, it represents compassion from one being to another. But there are subtle interpretations.
Some say that we live mental experiences and therefore we can either be living in hell or in heaven depending on our mental state. And we even move from one state to another in a question of seconds.
When our mind is disturbed by something and we allow anger, hate, envy, jealousy to come forward, we are really not that different from the chained being in the picture (figuratively speaking). These bad emotions are represented by the demons and we are chained not to the reality but to our individual perception of the reality, which causes us a great deal of pain.
The good thing is, the same way we generate bad feelings and intentions, we can also generate good feelings and good intentions. One of them is compassion. Compassion is love, selfless love. Very nice is theory but very difficult to put into practise.
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