wisdom?

Today I came to this:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vBgNU7pYs98/VNedIOHPCMI/AAAAAAAAMW0/T9wi8c2i1xU/w736-h722/Let% 2Bgo% 2Bor% 252C% 2Bbe% 2Bdragged.jpg


actually in here:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BAc3irajx-d/?tagged=abundance

so far I can understand it. It is easy to realise.

Then there was this story right to the picture (follow IG link above):

#ZenStory
”¨A Young disciple came to ask his master:”¨“#Master, what is #compassion?””¨
The Master explained:”¨“An old man was begging at the corner of a busy street. ”¨First an old lady passed by him and infuriated by the beggar poverty gave him a goldcoin. Then a merchant noticing that a small group of men were talking about him gave 5 gold coins to the beggar, and quickly left while walking with his head held high and having a haughty smile. -

”¨Then, later, a boy who went to collect some #flowers for his Mum passed by the beggar; smiled to him and gave him a flower. ””¨The master asked his disciple:”¨“Which one of them do you think felt the most compassion toward the beggar?””¨“The merchant did”, replied the boy.”¨The master, smiling, continued.”¨“The merchant acted out of #pride, the old lady acted out of pity; however the boy felt real compassion. _
”¨Compassion is a far greater and nobler thing than pity. Pity has its #roots in fear, and a sense of arrogance and condescension, sometimes even a smug feeling of “I’m glad it’s not me.”
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”¨When your fear touches someone’s pain it becomes pity. -
”¨When your love touches someone’s pain, it becomes compassion. -
ӬFeeling compassion is more essential than showing compassion. -
”¨To train in compassion, then, is to know all beings are the same and suffer in similar ways, to #honour all those who suffer, and to know you are neither separate from nor superior to anyone.” -
#KillYourEGO #PracticeCompassion #BeKind #ActsofKindness #ThankYouUniverse #Gratitude #ParadigmShift #LetitGo #YouCreateYourOwnReality #LawOfAttraction - - - -

I really don't know what these elephants have to say.

Now I'm confused. Why does the master need to see only the beautiful in the boy. And not the merchant or the lady?
Is it not possible that the boy felt pity too? (Actually I never thought about pity. for me pity was always the same as compassion.)
If other people talked about the merchant and his pride got triggered does not mean that it was his primary motivation.

Why did these old stories have to put down "our natural character traits"?

What if the grown-ups always have to think whether the baggar is a lazy or a fake one?
Only because grown-ups have more in their heads does not make them less compassion.

And where is the problem when the goal is to nourish the beggar? For whatever reason people give him money, it's part of abundance in the universe.

Can we not let go of the idea "people have to be pure"?
Why cannot we accept that the good people are the bad people at the same time.
We are just like this. At times an angel. At times the devil.

I know this acknowledgement is the result of a new age illuminati. In the old days everything was done to kill our pride, our devil sides. Religions and schools came to save us from our earthy sinful beings. Now we even ask if Satan is a bad guy. I remember how in the "King of Queen" the boy was always about telling lies and manipulating. But he did it so cute. We continue watching such scenes cause it reflects our everyday self. Or what our siblings do. Anyway the ones we love and find are good at heart despitely.

Can we afford accepting our ridiculous being? Or should we improve ourselves to be pure? What motivates us to want to improve ourself? Cause the other sinners and manipulators give us a bad day?

Are we ready for the new age? Or does too much liberalism lead to the world war III, failed marriages, more character disorders in the children, more anxiety and depression?

But isn't forgiving the same as accepting that we "can" be this bad, and that we are still good?

Aren't we practically accepting our flaws while maintaining the "pure human" fantasy?

I don't see wisdom anywhere. Only an abundance of proverbs and religions' philyosophy which sometimes contradict themselves. Plus the normal practical chaotical life. Plus law.

Let's discuss!

I understand that we avoid a friend which made a big mistake after he/she's been good to us for 15 years. This is just our brains are so stupid and fearful and that is the best we can do.

But at the same time I doubt we will ever find a friend who will never disappoint us.

So in real life we react by intuition. But at least in theory we should be able to accept our flaws. No?

Posted by ramengirl
Alologies, I didn't know you were still writing. I must say what an interesting insight you have. It's my opinion that the right answer is usually the simplest answer. ☺

yeah, yeah, if it were for me I prefer simplicity all day long.