Child, today we wish to speak to you about compassion as a guiding force in your life. Compassion is not bound by age, gender, location or even situation. Compassion surrounds you all like air and is available at all times to draw upon, like a breath of fresh air. There is no reason not to reach for it when needed.
This pure force of goodness can heal many wounds and calm the hearts and minds of man. Compassion is the main path forward in all situations and you must learn to reach for it, for yourself and for others.
Oftentimes when a person is lost in fear, despair or even anger, others attempt to console him with platitudes... It will be okay! Although expressed lovingly, the words often fall short, they do not in fact, bring the soul any comfort. Alas, this is one of the simplest and most pervasive ways that you fail one another on a daily basis and the answer to this problem is compassion.
Yet how is compassion structured and how can it materialize and evolve in a way that is truly nurturing and supportive?
The answer child, is that it must be born of grace - You see grace is loving and kind. There is no annoyance attached, nor is their impatience or irritation. So often the platitudes you speak are born from your own emotional state, rather than from a state of pure observation. When your emotions enter into the equation grace can be lost. For your emotional state is selfish. It is in this exact moment where you also lose your authenticity and are no longer able to meet the person where they are at, free of judgement.
So then what does compassion look like?
Compassion can take many forms but at its core it looks and feels like connection, like a window in time where everything else stops and we are able to see the other without filtering them through our own emotions. To the recipient of this gift we say:
I see you in your truth and I love you anyways
This connection child, it creates a space of strength where all pretenses fall away and you are held, in all your vulnerabilities, weaknesses and impressions, however skewed they might be. Within this space, where we are truly seen we can breath and in doing so, we can find some sense of balance and renewal. We can come back to the situation ready to find hope and the courage to continue.
So the key to compassion then, is the willingness to be an observer of the human condition. For when we allow ourselves to see clearly, we can transform those around us. This child, is grace in action because it requires us to set aside our emotions, our ego and our own worldview. It requires us to step outside of ourselves to see the world as the other person sees it. This also means we must show a certain degree of selflessness, an understanding that we are all divinely connected. For if his pain is also yours, it makes sense that you step momentarily out of yourself to help the healing process. For when he heals, you heal. As you witness the pure expression of this other soul, you receive a brief glimpse of another truth and you too shall grow and be changed by it. This is grace flowing in both directions. For his soul's pure expression is a gift to you, when seen clearly.
And so child, can you step outside of yourself today?