Compassion in the Face of Idiocy and Hate? How?

When we separate ourselves from others.

I must begin with the simplest of facts that is overlooked. We all have the same human desires (to be/find happy) to love and enjoy lives pleasures. We have this in common with every enemy we have ever faced.

We separate ourselves into groups, imaginary or otherwise, to promote individualism and often with a cause or common belief system. While we naturally tend to be attracted to those who think like ourselves, joining groups like Buddhist Wisdom, Catholic Church, Neighborhood Watch, Parent Teacher Association, Soccer League, we align ourselves with others like ourselves. We get, along with acceptance, an imaginary sense of power and safety in doing so. Unfortunately, we can become closed minded to others who are different. In some cases a false sense of superiority emerges, such as racism.

While it is easy, with pen and paper, to clarify that no man/woman is superior in any way to any other man/woman. When we take a moment and think about it............ we know this to be a fact. In reality, the world shows us that many, too many, still use superiority as a bullying technique to achieve control of situations, usually as a self-serving goal. While in the midst of the act, their brain is selling them righteousness, empowerment, entitlement, "I must have control over situation and you must bend to my will. I want a different outcome, and you will comply in giving it to me." (talk about having a problem with acceptance)

A woman with her demands failing, steps up her bullying to include slapping the dark skinned postman. Ask yourself, What does this tell me about this person? Someone had to teach this methodology to her, as being acceptable behavior. It is likely her life has had many lessons of being slapped around and forced to bend to anothers will. How saddening is that thought.

The idea that a shade of color to ones skin sets one person above another is not as much idiotic as it is sad. It is a delusion created by separatism and regularly fed by the ego. The 'infected' individual is consumed with fear and hatred and those things erupt upon innocent others who are different from themselves.

Just imagine for a moment, the amount of negative energy and negative thoughts likely to be abundant in this persons life. We know that these things destroy health and happiness, not to mention attracting other negative trends their way.

Compassion, indeed. We know that hatred burns from the inside and consumes happiness. When I see hatred so publicly displayed, my instincts spark my thoughts to cry out- FIRE- FIRE- HELP- She is on fire. Hatred spreads hatred and promotes ill will spreading negative energy to all that cross its path. A fire that creeps and crawls, smoldering, spreading. Again I spark a thought, FIRE- FIRE- HELP- For I know happiness will not dwell in this soul until this fire is extinguished.

Compassion indeed.