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Sam came from Zimbabwe to Zambia for his graduation as a pastor. What should have been a festive occasion became something else when his young son tripped over a pan with boiling water. The poor boy is in hospital with serious burns on his legs, and probably will have to stay for another two weeks. If you can, pray for this family!
A temporary guest in our garden, Kuan Yin, The Goddess of Compassion, 'One who hears the cries of the world.'
I wanted to post an image along with saying that I am touched by all the emails from people concerned about my safety here in San Diego. As you may have seen on the news San Diego County has been ravaged by fire. Out of all of this I have been most touched by the compassion that so many people have given to the residents of the county.
I'd also like to say that even though some of my family has been evacuated, our home, thankfully, is not in an affected area. I also want to thank of you that have contacted me with concern. Thank you for your thoughtfulness. :)
Just taken for Mirjam.... today is a cloudy and rainy day in Madrid, but it´s friday.... cheers!! (Thanks a lot, Mirjam,... you gave me the idea and the title !!)
“Perhaps the Animal Spirit is so great that one day it may inspire compassion in the human heart.”—Nan Sea Love
Compassion.
Exposition (MAS, Antwerp, Belgium).
Round glass window with the act of mercy (Antwerp, 19th century).
Compassion.
Exposition (MAS, Antwerp, Belgium).
Portrait of Truycken Verbeeck with testament inscription (Paul Pourbus II, 16th century) - detail.
“It is lack of love for ourselves that inhibits our compassion toward others. If we make friends with ourselves, then there is no obstacle to opening our hearts and minds to others.”
Sorry, Minnie.
Personality Paradox - Part III
The events of the past few days have had a big effect on my creativity.
I hope you all understand that the series insinuates nothing to anyone, it was just a cool idea that came to me, so I am going with it. Go with the creative flow.
"Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives transgression?
You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy.
You will again have compassion on us, you will tread our sins underfoot and
hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea." Micah 7:18-19
I'm so glad God does not only have the power to forgive, but the power to forget. He is able to remove our mistakes from his memory. If only we could do the same. If only we can choose to forget what others have done, especially the things that have hurt us. Today, I choose to forgive. Today I choose to forget. Though many have hurt me, I toss those hurts into the sea of forgetfulness.
“In the beginning people take compassion to mean the feeling of wanting to alleviate the person’s pain or take it away from them. That’s usually what people think compassion is. A deeper level of compassion is, of course, taking action whether you feel inclined to or not.
Compassion is a kind of healing agent which helps us to tolerate the hurt of seeing the truth. The function of compassion in the Work is not to reduce hurt; its function is to lead to the truth. Much of the time, the truth is painful or scary. Compassion makes it possible to tolerate that hurt and fear. It is on the side of truth, and helps us to persist in our search for truth. The truth will ultimately dissolve the hurt, but this is a by-product. In fact, it is only when compassion is present that people will allow themselves to see the truth. Where there is no compassion there is no trust.” - A. Hameed Ali
"Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you, the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard. Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, Here I am."
- Isaiah 58:6-9
This window from a former Unitarian church in Nottingham reminds us of what a true Lenten fast is.
eagle:
www.flickr.com/photos/greggobst/5154750290/in/faves-spiri...
music:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upt0Me8nzKc&feature=related
compassion for all who live in darkness
for ingo ;)
"Compassion and tolerance are not
a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength."
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
Pronunciation: \kəm-ˈpa-shən\
a sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it
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OK, seriously, we have the best listeners in the world. I have got to brag on them!!
Our "3 Days of Compassion" has come to an end, and our final total of children sponsored through Compassion International was 839!! That number is way crazy awesome!!! Our listeners have now produced over 6,300 responses in 6 marathons since 2002 - by far the most by any one station in Compassion’s history!
"Compassion asks us to go where it hurts, to enter into places of pain, to share brokenness, fear, confusion, and anguish. Compassion challenges us to cry out with those in misery, to mourn with those who are lonely, to weep with those in tears. Compassion requires us to be weak with the weak, vulnerable with the vulnerable, and powerless with the powerless. Compassion means full immersion in the condition of being human..." - Henri Nouwen.
Lourdes is a place of compassion and love, often a revelation of the best in Catholicism.
By the power of your single aspiration from countless eons long past,
now seeing clearly the vision of the supreme yidam deity,
Even though I do not abide in the essence of supreme enlightenment,
Even though I have been born wandering in samsara for successive lives,
Bhagavan Yamantaka, accept me.
I am making mandalas to increase my ability to find peace and calm during these shocking & horrible times in my country. My inspiration comes from my Buddhism. Viewers are invited to make their own meanings. I am using things in my cupboards, from my walls and garden and trying to focus my mind on the goodness and compassion I know still exist at hand & in this world.
Kuan Yin statue, pink quartz crystal and jasmine flowers.
Om Mani Padme Hum
After seeing this image on various monitors, I realized the mantra (om mani padme hung) coming out her mouth is hard to see. It's important that this component of the image is seen as it brings new dimensions to the image beyond just a portrait of a little girl but a broader concept of those enlightened beings and their activities all around us . A yogini is a female knowledge holder or holder of authentic wisdom which transcends any 1 religious ownership. For the yogin and yogini every breath is a prayer born from the motivation to benefit others. So the image shows a young female whom isn't talking but her compassion is spontaneously expressed. The mantra itself isn't pronounced because the qualities and activities of the yogins and yogini's is often times very subtle and at times requires a tremendous amount of mindfulness and spiritual accomplishment to even perceive. Offering this explanation earlier or at time of posting is an oversight of mine. If the mantra was easily perceptible, cool.
taken in Hartlepool Art Gallery. There was a statue there and my husband Trevor suggested taking a photo of his hand touching the statues.
There is a meter du Temple place in Tongliang County of Chongqing City, has a history of several hundred years Shakya Mani Buddha, special mercy, this statue of Buddha is particularly effective, people have what demand as long as the heart pious no evil case what she will give you strength and blessing, so a particularly strong!