I have written about how at first my path in life, religion and spirituality was like becoming a sword of Truth. However, then I realized that a sword of truth cuts people and maims them in addition to sometimes saving them. As I cut through life with my sword of truth (since I'm 6 foot 5 and sort of an intense caring person) this was the way I was in my 20s. But, I found this way of being eventually was bad karma.
You would think that truth was a good path? But, when I applied wisdom to it I realized though it was a warriors path it also left 1/2 of the people including me maimed in the process. So, I began to search for a better more efficient path into heaven. Because I saw that truth in itself is both cruel and kind and so I realized I must find a better path than this one. It's not that I ever gave up truth it is that I saw how cruel truth can be and how it destroys peoples lives half the time.
There is a statement from a movie, "You can't handle the Truth!" which actually is true of most people. Most people can't even survive the truth. Most people aren't brave enough to face the truth. But I was.
But, the truth maimed even me. So, if I was on a path that was maiming me and others what good was it both for me and for others?
So, when I found a path of compassion: Right mindful efficient compassion, I realized that I didn't have to give up truth as a path I just had to apply truth differently than before. So, I would look at people from a compassionate point of view and think to myself, "If I share this truth what effect is it going to have on this person's life? How is this truth going to help or hurt them?
So, by starting with compassion in applying truth to my own life and other's lives it saved me from harming myself and harming others with truth.
So, for me a path of compassion is a path of applying truth in a supremely efficient manner in a compassionate way that doesn't tend to kill or harm people.
This is a blatant way to express the problem of truth.
You see someone who is ugly so you say to them:
"You're ugly. Why don't you just go kill yourself?"
You see someone who doesn't do well in school.
"You are stupid. Why don't you just go kill yourself!"
You see someone beautiful but stupid.
"Your beautiful but you're dumb. Why don't you just find yourself
a rich man and just give up your dreams?"
You see someone who is a dreamer.
"All you do is dream your life away. You will never amount to anything!"
These are all examples of the problem of truth. When you say any of these things to people
you kill their future if they believe you and even if they don't believe you their subconscious might
and this might prevent them from ever making anything with their lives and they might commit suicide either directly, indirectly or through alcohol or drugs or other self destructive behavior.
In a path of compassion you would never say any of these things to people ever because you don't want to contribute to their deaths. You want to contribute to their happiness and good lives. You want to see them succeed. You want them to succeed because on a path of compassion their success is also a part of your success. As we all succeed life becomes more wonderful for everyone and we all experience the bliss we were all meant to 24 hours a day.
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