{"id":1106,"date":"2015-11-07T11:13:22","date_gmt":"2015-11-07T18:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/?p=1106"},"modified":"2015-11-07T11:13:22","modified_gmt":"2015-11-07T18:13:22","slug":"divine-compassion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/2015\/11\/divine-compassion\/","title":{"rendered":"Divine Compassion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Our thoughts become things. Most religious and spiritual beliefs teach this concept in one form or another. But what happens when tragedy or harm occurs in our life?<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what does NOT work:\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s horrible! What do you think was in your<\/em> consciousness to cause THAT?\u201d<\/p>\n

NOT cool \u2026 or kewl, either!<\/p>\n

I know because that\u2019s what someone said to me the day after I received a gunshot wound in my face over twenty years ago. If hadn\u2019t still been in shock I\u2019d have probably slapped the snot out of her. My ministers at the time offered to do just that, though I declined to give them her name.<\/p>\n

We are not here to analyze why something has happened in the lives of others. It\u2019s seriously none of our business. The 224 passengers and crew of the recent Russian Metrojet airliner accident didn\u2019t have some collective death wish. Neither did the six million Jews and the five million non-Jews who died during the Holocaust.\"soldier_compassion\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We are here to love one another.<\/p>\n

We are here to comfort one another.<\/p>\n

We are here to be of service to one another.<\/p>\n

Ellen Debenport<\/a> recently put it this way:<\/p>\n

I \u2026 understand the need for God with skin on, and that\u2019s who we can
\nbe to each other.\u00a0It\u2019s who we are anyway, the divine in human form. <\/strong><\/p>\n

At the same time we must insure that our well-meaning empathy does not deteriorate into a form of sympathy and pity. We are not here to encourage or foster a victim consciousness, one that is completely disempowered of any change or healing. If we are to be of service to others then we remember we are each \u201cthe divine in human form,\u201d as capable of change, growth and self-respect.<\/p>\n

I invite you this week to consider yourself as \u201cthe divine in human form\u201d on a deeper level than ever before. Not from a place of authority and judgment, but from the mindfulness of divine compassion. How might you be able to be of service to another this week? What might you say to someone in pain that you yourself would like to hear if the situation was reversed?<\/p>\n

In Spirit, Truth and Playfulness,<\/p>\n

Terry<\/p>\n

#\u200edrterrymakingsense<\/a>
\n#\u200etheglobalvision<\/a>
\n#\u200eaworldthatworksforeveryone<\/a><\/p>\n

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