Team 301 Spiritual Reflection Thursday April 18, 2013

Compassion
QUOTES:
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. -Dalai Lama There is always a reciprocal action between the collective and the individual mind. As we look at God, God looks at us. -Anonymous With all the news reports of the Boston Marathon bombing that took place this past Monday, it is common to spin oneself into feelings of victim mode. To lose oneself in the headlines that detail chaos, limitation and fear. These reports can lead to a cultural conditioning of I am not enough, we are not enough, and ultimately there is not enough, - protection, safety, and peace. As spiritually awake and aware individuals that we are, one of the opportunities that we have as professional caregivers, when confronted with such reports is to remember to practice opening your heart through compassion. With the understanding that we all were born with varying degrees of ignorance, we know that the headlines and all the talk surrounding this tragic event is oftentimes grounded in the consciousness of fear. One response could be to reinforce this idea with our agreement, or we can immediately and clearly affirm the truth as articulated from many enlightened individuals who have come down from the ages.
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Team 301 Spiritual Reflection Thursday April 18, 2013 Compassion in our being will lift my perception out of judgement and side taking, to one of grace and patience. Compassion propels me into awareness of my opportunity to affirm our truth: All is One; All is God When I am confronted with the headlines and distractions of day-to-day living, the commitment to stand in my certainty and knowing becomes my gift to myself and to the world around me. I choose to see the Boston Marathon event as the richest opportunity available to impress the unshakable law with my compassion and clarity. 0oo0 Responsive Reading Chaplain: The word compassion is derived from two Latin words which together mean To suffer with.

Team 301: Compassion asks us to go where is hurts, to enter into places of pain, to share in brokenness, fear, confusion and anguish. Chaplain: Compassion challenges us to cry out with those in misery, to mourn with those who are lonely, to weep with those in tears.

Team 301: Compassion requires us to be weak with the weak, vulnerable with the vulnerable, and powerless with the powerless. ALL: Compassion means full immersion into the condition of being human. Affirmation Today, I stand grounded in my intended state of graceful compassion and love. I choose to see beyond the world of effect

Team 301 Spiritual Reflection Thursday April 18, 2013 and know that the best is yet to come as I give birth to a new consciousness.