Compassion leads to service. It is defined as a feeling of concern that arises in front of us on the face of someone in need or in pain. , Photo credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto
WI want a happy life. Still, we remember it. Jeremid’s take on the growing mental stress and worries is understandable. We are unaware of the power of giving. We are engaged in taking from others, not in giving anything to others. Mother Teresa told her sisters in the Missionaries of Charity: “Give until it hurts.”
Anand is synonymous with contentment. Desires should be kept to a minimum. The spread of desires only brings sorrow. Most people create problems for themselves, and they worry about them. Gandhi declared that nature had enough to satisfy everyone’s need, but not everyone’s greed.
Happiness also emerges from a forgiving nature – a supreme nature. One who shows patience to bear the shortcomings, mistakes, hatred, envy, wrongdoings etc. of others can definitely rise up and become great. The best medicine to enjoy peace of mind is to forget and forgive. Tennyson wrote: Replace pride with humility, conquer hypocrisy with simplicity, dispel hatred with love.
Compassion is able to stop such worries. Compassion leads to service. It is defined as a feeling of concern that arises in front of us on the face of someone in need or in pain. It is a deep awareness and empathy for the suffering of others. Mere awareness is not enough. We have to help the unfortunate people. Albert Einstein said: “Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living beings and all of nature and its beauty.”
Albert Schweitzer, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, said: “The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and a willingness to help others. Unless he extends the scope of his compassion to all living things, a man must live for himself.” There will be no peace.
We must respect the “law of giving”. Currently it is working in the opposite direction. We are engaged in saving money. There are subtle dangers. There is danger to our wealth, and there is danger to ourselves. On the other hand, helping others leads to the development of a new state of consciousness.
Some studies have shown that even in the business world, givers are the ones who reach the top of the ladder of success; Others stop in between. Donors enjoy high prestige. It is wise to move from self-centeredness to other-centeredness. Experts also advise us to do something different. We have to break routines so that new ones emerge. This can be a tough exercise. But crossing the Rubicon is not a difficult task.
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