Compassion is the feeling of empathy that motivates us to assist someone. Most people in today's society have been desensitized and now lack this very basic human emotion. Of course like many things today, a pseudo form of this is expressed openly for others to see for the benefit of the person propagating the idea of compassion. (*please see my blog post on propagation vs demonstration). Our society has been set up in a way that promotes all that is pseudo and causes a great mass of people to abhor that which is authentic.
Compassion is not about pity, it is about sympathetic pity. There is a great difference between the two; whereas pity does not require one to relate or tune in ones own vulnerability and human nature, sympathy does.
Many humans today walk around in arrogance very much separate from their human nature and vulnerabilities. Once you come to realize that we are all always vulnerable and capable of the same fates, it allows room for authentic compassion.
This week I learned what it meant to feel weak, helpless, & 100% feminine. Don't get me wrong, I gained greatly from the experience, however at the same time it has been very difficult for me as a woman who has never experienced this things to this degree which created a gap in my understanding of other women. Since a young age, due to neglect and abuse, I learned to be strong and powerful. It is an amazing experience to learn to be weak and powerful. I know that sounds like an oxymoron, but it is not. I'm grateful to have had someone in tune with their divine masculinity in close proximity to allow me the opportunity of the experience.
I used to be harsh in my judgements of other women, especially in regards to their actions when it came to men. I would say "why are you acting so helpless? why are you so needy?" What I did not understand is that what I was seeing was femininity or weakness gone wrong. They understood their femininity and weakness but they never came to own it. That is something that is very difficult to own. For a long time I thought I was owning my femininity by being strong, but when there is a man around that is strong, you realize that you have never truly experienced your weaknesses as a woman, your femininity.
Some will say "how is femininity the same as weakness? I disagree with that." These are women who have never truly experienced it. I'm grateful that I can now empathize on both sides of the coin.
"Yes, you are God, but never forget that you are also human." ~Godis Nanu
True compassion comes from knowing what it means to be strong as well as what it means to be weak and seeing the value/beauty/root of both.
Peace & BlessingsGodis Nanuwww.beautifulnanu.com
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