Wild Compassion Learning to have Compassion for Ourselves Wild Compassion [s3bubbleHlsVideoJs bucket="soul-bridging-poetry" track="wild_compassion/poem/master.m3u8" aspect="16:9" autoplay="false" advert_link="https://s3bubble.com" disable_skip="false" /] Commentary [...]
Goodwill is humanity's first attempt to express the love of God, for goodwill is the lowest expression of true love and the one most easily understood. It is time that people should, temporarily at least, stop talking about love, about loving their fellowmen, and about the use of love in solving problems, and talk instead upon a lower and more practical level-that of goodwill.
Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world, For indeed, that is all who ever have. Margaret Mead
This full moon, the Wesak, is the second of Three Spring Festivals. Called the Festival of the Buddha, this is partially because, we are told, that the Buddha was born, reached enlightenment and died, all under the sign of Taurus. But, it is also called the Festival of the Buddha because it is during this full moon when the Buddhic energy of illumination and light most forcefully comes to earth.
What would you do? You make the choice. Don't look for a punch line, there isn't one. Read it anyway, though. My question is: Would you have made the same choice? At a fundraising dinner [...]
