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Group: Nashville, Tennessee

 

===Group: [[Nashville TeaM]]===

Teacher: HAM

 

===Teacher: [[Ham]]===

Topic: Compassion

===TR: [[Rebecca]]===

 

 

Ham: Greetings, children, I am Ham and once more I want to thank you for coming here tonight that we may discuss spiritual matters. Tonight, our lesson is concerning compassion. Compassion can be thought of as the major catalyst and component of the universal cohesiveness understood as the brotherhood of mankind.

Ham: Greetings, children, I am Ham and once more I want to thank you for coming here tonight that we may discuss spiritual matters. Tonight, our lesson is concerning compassion. Compassion can be thought of as the major catalyst and component of the universal cohesiveness understood as the brotherhood of mankind.

 

Often times, human beings compartmentalize their compassion, feeling that they only have so much and can only experience this feeling or give this understanding to a few. Some prioritize their compassion, feeling that some humans are more deserving of this bond of brotherhood than others. And it is true, your natural compassion goes out to those who are most like you who are experiencing tribulation. This, however, becomes perverted in the ethnocentric human reaction of compassion for "us" and hatred toward "them" which is the lynch pin for all warlike aggression that human beings engage in.

Often times, human beings compartmentalize their compassion, feeling that they only have so much and can only experience this feeling or give this understanding to a few. Some prioritize their compassion, feeling that some humans are more deserving of this bond of brotherhood than others. And it is true, your natural compassion goes out to those who are most like you who are experiencing tribulation. This, however, becomes perverted in the ethnocentric human reaction of compassion for "us" and hatred toward "them" which is the lynch pin for all warlike aggression that human beings engage in.

Compassion and love for one's fellows is the natural state of mankind. It normally takes much violence and perverted thinking to change this natural state. So then, as an exercise in the following week, practice compassion for those you have been harboring prejudice against or hatred of any kind. Make a conscious effort not to fall back into the old patterns of thinking whether it be nationalism or racialism, whatever it is that has prevented you from finding compassion for your brethren. Find a way to genuinely open that door and to genuinely feel compassion for that person or group of people through a person representing that group and as you do this, reflect on the fact that this is natural and normal. Are there any questions at this time?

Compassion and love for one's fellows is the natural state of mankind. It normally takes much violence and perverted thinking to change this natural state. So then, as an exercise in the following week, practice compassion for those you have been harboring prejudice against or hatred of any kind. Make a conscious effort not to fall back into the old patterns of thinking whether it be nationalism or racialism, whatever it is that has prevented you from finding compassion for your brethren. Find a way to genuinely open that door and to genuinely feel compassion for that person or group of people through a person representing that group and as you do this, reflect on the fact that this is natural and normal. Are there any questions at this time?

 

Q: Have you any hints on how we might practice compassion for ourselves?

Q: Have you any hints on how we might practice compassion for ourselves?

Ham: Yes, be not concerned concerning her safety or status and standing. You will surely greet each other on the shores of a new and greater world and this rejoicing will wipe away all memory of this sad separation. Be at peace, son, for she is just fine.

Ham: Yes, be not concerned concerning her safety or status and standing. You will surely greet each other on the shores of a new and greater world and this rejoicing will wipe away all memory of this sad separation. Be at peace, son, for she is just fine.