Message #22182

[Jitendra Hydonus]

Children, it is our duty towards God to be compassionate and loving towards the poor and needy. When somebody is suffering, we should sympathize and take pity on him. But that alone is not enough; we should be ready to help him because God is everywhere, in everything. When we develop compassion and love for ailing people. His grace will spontaneously flow into us. - Amma (Awaken, Children! V.2 Pg. 11)

In many ways we can spiritualize our lives... compassion being one of the most important. Being in tune with the needs of others brings us more in tune to our larger self that is within all of us. When we sense and see that larger self manifesting in those who have compassion for others we too become identified with a more expansive consciousness. We feel the bliss of that consciousness. When we practice compassion we express the love of God and we become that love.