Tuesday, September 07, 2004

CoMpaSSioN

What is that the best attitude that gives the most meaning to your life? It is living with compassion, for the benefit of others.

When your attitude is that of simply seeking your own happiness, the attitude itself attracts many difficulties and creates obstacles to your own success. Even if you are trying to serve others, when your basic motivation is that of seeking your own happiness, you experience many ego clashes and personality problems in trying to work with other people. Wherever you are, if you are self-centered, you will bring all kinds of useless garbage into your life, esp when associating or dealing with others. All kinds of emotional problem will arise.

Your self-centered mind generates all sorts of harmful, unnecessary emotional thoughts --- thoughts that are totally useless; thoughts that make others unhappy and angry and disturb their minds. Thoughts such as anger and jealousy create much disharmony between yourself and others. These harmful emotions impede the success of your work, bring no peace, happiness or harmony, interfere with your work and your health, and can even create obstacles to your life.

Therefore, before we really say or do things, think twice... Don't let words that come out of your mouth/ actions that you do, hurt others.