Eyes of Compassion

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"Peace and compassion go hand in hand with understanding and non-discrimination. We choose one thing over another when we discriminate. With the eyes of compassion we can look at all of living reality at once. A compassionate person sees himself or herself in every being. With the ability to view reality from many viewpoints, we can overcome all viewpoints and act compassionately in each situation. This is the highest meaning of the word "reconciliation"...
The practice of meditation on interdependent co-arising is one way to arrive at this realization. When it is attained, discrimination vanishes and reality is no longer sliced by the sword of conceptualization. We have to continue practicing until we can see a child's body of skin and bones in Uganda or Ethiopia as our own. Then we will have realized non-discrimination, real love. According to the Lotus Sutra, looking at all living beings with the eyes of compassion is a capacity of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. When we meditate on the First Noble Truth, the truth of suffering, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva is present in us."
-from The Sun My Heart
Thich Nhat Hanh

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[avad.livejournal.com]

and yikes, I did it Again without spaces.! Me so sorry. I'll try to remember next time.:)

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(sigh) It's alright, you're an artist, a genius, you have waist length hair... but if you could try. But beauty and brains...I can't be too angry. I can't read you either but I can't be angry because you are an ar...oh Ive said all that.