Why a path of Compassion?

If you hate yourself you will also tend to hate others.

If you hate others and yourself you might kill one or the other or both.

In fact, psychologically murderers are often called "suiciders vicariously dying with
everyone they kill". In other words killing for some is in place of their own suicide.

For some, this is reason enough to embark on a path of compassion.

It is in everyone's enlightened self interest to embark on a path of compassion simply
because it will save both your life and your family's lives and all the lives of those around you.

Other see it in a different way also:

which is:

If I am compassionate to myself I will be happier.

If I am compassionate to others they too will be happier.

If we are all compassionate in a practical way to each other
then we tend to create a heaven on earth.

In some ways this is what America is all about
as people come here who would have been enemies
in their native lands but who can often be friends here
instead of killing each other.

and if they still practice killing and revenge then they are either
killed themselves eventually or they are found by law enforcement
and either put in prison or killed by the State.

But, those who practice compassion and are law abiding citizens
can often live in peace and harmony in a heaven like realm all or
most of their lives here and in many other countries on earth.