Compassion vs. Judgment
Around 4:00 am this morning I awoke from a dream and I was speaking out loud what I was saying in the dream. In my dream I started off talking with my daughter, she was a little girl and was complaining about something a friend had done. When I woke from that dream I was talking out loud, and simultaneously this thought came to mind. What you are saying is for you, not your daughter. After hearing that I got my tape recorder and started to record that which was coming to me. I am not saying that someone or something was speaking through me. I am saying that what came to mind I spoke aloud and recorded it so that I would have it all to contemplate and digest fully. This is what I received this morning concerning compassion and judgment.
Compassion, I must start showing as much compassion towards others as I would like to be afforded myself. I must also offer much less judgment towards others and their actions. I may witness someone performing a very horrendous thing, and see them continually doing wrong towards others, and then directly confront them for all of their actions. However, I must ask myself the following questions concerning my judgments and actions towards them. Is my reaction to their action proper? Is what I am saying and doing necessary at that time to correct the situation? If all they are getting from me is how bad they are, and I am not offering them direction on how they should accomplish that which is proper, how can they ever learn what is proper and start to believe that what I am saying is possible? How can they ever believe that change is possible in their lives, especially if all they ever receive from me and others is condemnation because of their ignorance and bad judgment? How could they ever start to believe that change is possible and there is good to be found within themselves, if all they ever hearing from others and myself is you are such a bad person? If what I am saying to them is offered correctly, it possibly could help them see that their actions are appalling. They should already know and feel that because of how everyone is responding to them, but it is possible that they have not comprehended that reality. They probably feel that because they are always doing the wrong thing and being called on their wrong doing, that change is hopeless for them. But if they are confronted properly with the wrongs they have committed, and it is said something like this. What you have done wasn’t the best thing that you could have done, matter of fact it was wrong to do what you did. But even that being the case, I know deep within me that does not accurately represent who you are and what you stand for. I know that there is a tremendous amount of good in you because you were created a by GODDESS-GOD a good, caring and loving person, and that is who you still are today. No matter what you have gone through or what you have done in the past you are who you were created to be. All of your negative actions were faulty reactions to some of your life experiences, and you are responsible for each and every one of them. However, forgiveness for your faulty actions is yours for the taking, if forgiveness is that which you seek. Saying something as simple as that can give the hope they need to believe that change is possible. There must be hope before change can take place within anyone.
Take a seed for example; a seed has a rough hard and sometimes ugly outer shell of protection that wraps around its tender core which is full of the gift of life, Light, and the Love of GODDESS-GOD. The core of that seed is a potential beautiful flower-bearing or fruit-bearing tree. It takes a lot of tender loving care for the beautiful radiant life that is inside of that seed to break free into the Light from it’s currant hard and dark existence. If all I do is criticize another for their wrongs, I am never taking the time to give them the Life Giving Waters of Love that will assist them in breaking free from their seeds hard shell of darkness, negative emotions, and unloving actions so that they can become the Beauty-Full positive young sprout that will eventually grow into a Beauty-Full Love and Light bearing adult. I must always be aware of what I do, and understand the repercussion of all of my actions, there has to be balance in everything. I must always speak the truth, but I also must speak and project Love, Hope, Faith, and endless possibilities to others, no matter what there actions may be. I must also do that same thing for myself when I fall short of the mark, because I can be my worst out of balance judge. There is an old song that says; “A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, in the most delightful way.” Sometimes we have to add a little sugar coating to the truth by speaking the truth in Love. That way it is more palatable to the person we are dealing with.
From 1969 to 1979 when I was fifteen to twenty-five years of age I was strung out on drugs. I lived the lifestyle that went along with drug addition. For ten long years I struggled with that addition. I never would have been able to pull out of that downward spiral, pull out of that hell that I had created for myself if I did not have a number of people continue to point out the potential that they saw in me, and the good that they knew I possessed. They did not just point out the things that I did wrong. At first I rejected what they said about my potential and the good that was supposed to be in me, because I was the witness of the fruits of my actions back then. 1969 to 1979 was definitely my hell on earth. But because of the hope that others had in me, and because they watered me with their Love, hope, and tolerance, one day almost thirty years ago my seeds shell finally got soft enough for the potential that they saw in me to brake through, spout and become the Beauty-Full Creation that I always was. That does not mean that there is nothing that I struggle with today, because there are some things that I am still struggling with in my life at fifty-four years of age. However, there is always hope and a possibility of change in every area of my life. I thank GODDESS-GOD that drug adduction is no longer a struggle for me. All of us have issues that we are dealing with. Some of our issues simply do not stand out like others. However, even with our issues we must remember that we are whole beings that receives motivation and nourished by way of GODDESS-GOD’S LOVE, and many times that Love come to us through each other. If we are ailing in any way, our whole being suffers to some degree. Our whole being needs more Love, especially that part of us that is ailing. We must always see and deal with the whole person. That which is in us that is negative is only a small percentage of what we possess. I know that some people may seem like they are pure evil, but they are not because they can’t be. They have just temporarily allowed the deceptive appearance of evil to rule their lives due to fear and ignorance of their true existence, their Spiritual Higher Self.
Maybe and operation is needed so that they will stop yielding to a lifestyle of negativity. But just as it is in the physical realm, when an operation is needed and performed on someone, they must first receive the appropriate amount of anesthesia. We are not operated on without anesthesia because anesthesia desensitizes us to the pain when the diseased area is cut out. Our Love and Compassion is the anesthesia that others need when the negativity is being cut out of their lives. However, what you and I do so many times is start operating on people without preparing them for the procedure with Love and Compassion, the anesthesia that is needed to remove most of the pain from such an extensive operation. I must always remember that Love conquers and soothes all. If Love conquers all, and it most definitely does, it also heals all situations and all manner of problems.
The thirst quenching water of Hope from others is what helped me become who I am today. It helped me break free from my shell and be able to communicate with others as I am now doing. To some I am uneducated because of my lack of formal schooling, and because I dropped out school. But because of the hope of others, which caused me to look deep within myself and eventually tap into the Divine LOVE of GODDESS-GOD within, I changed and became the man I am today. And because they told me continually that I am intelligent and I can do whatever I set my mind to, I have been able to get to the place where I can communicate with other and be understood even when my grammar and spelling is a little off. I may not read and write as well as most, but I read and write well enough to comprehend what I am reading, and that is much better than I used to. From time to time I am still a little concerned about what others think of me, but not as concerned about that as I once was. I am grateful that I am still growing in all areas of my life. One day in the near future what others think of me will not even be a passing thought. The Faith and Hope of others has done so much for me. I am extremely grateful to everyone for that. School is still in session, and I am learning every single day that I Am Blessed to be a small part of the Whole of Creation.
In the school of life I have learned that to communicate with others, because there has to be an even flow one to the other. To communicate with others I must travel on a two-way street. That is why those of you who know me usually hear me say, I would like to speak with you, or can I talk with you. But I do not ask you can I speak to you, or it was nice talking to you. Communication can only be done properly with equal participation of all parties involved. We can only exercise true communication when our conversation goes both ways. That is a very valuable lesson that I have learned from others over the years. That brings me back to the principle of balance. If someone is saying all of the right things but not allowing others to contribute, they are not having a conversation with others. No one likes to be talked to or talked at; everyone likes to be a part of what is going on. Everyone likes to feel the positive energy of participation, and to know that they have contributed to the conversation or contributed to whatever it is they are supposed to be a part of. We should get as much joy out of giving as we do from receiving. But because some of us have not learned that valuable lesson yet, we are out of balance. Sometimes we only like to give when it comes down to communicating with others. But when it comes down to material things, some of us would rather receive, and hold back on our giving. We should get as much pleasure from giving as we do from receiving. If we don’t we need balance in our lives.
Simply because someone does something over and over again, does not mean that they do not want change to manifest in there lives. Neither does it mean that they are not trying to bring about change in their lives.
There Is Only One Love Known To Mankind, Unconditional Love!
Baba-Kundi Ma'at-Shambhala
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AFFIRMATION
I Am Changing In A Positive
Way Each and Every Day!
Baba-Kundi Ma'at-Shambhala
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