“We have compassion for someone, but it doesn’t mean we like them. Doesn’t mean we approve of them or that we are not going to counter very forcefully what they are doing or saying. It’s not meant to make you into a doormat . . . and that I think is also people’s fear. . . that I won’t be strong”
Raghu Markus returns to the Metta Hour to discuss a recent blog from Sharon regarding the role of proximity in understanding the ubiquitous nature of our lives. There is a capacity within us to see ourselves in one another as we begin to explore the intrinsic vulnerability under which we operate. The power of compassion is highlighted as a means for avoiding demonization and enacting an energetic and compassionate response to the suffering that we encounter. Our ideas about one another are just that, ideas, and the more we are willing to investigate our pretenses through genuine interaction the more we find they are often misleading. The secret to success is found in paying attention
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