Saturday, March 7, 2009

Real Compassion

"Real compassion kicks butt and takes names, and it is not pleasant on certain days. If you are not ready for this fire, then find a new-age, sweetness-and-light, soft-speaking, perpetually smiling teacher, and learn to relabel your ego with spiritual-sounding terms. But stay away from those who practice real compassion, because they will fry your ass, my friend. What most people mean by "compassion" is: please be nice to my ego. Well your ego is your own worst enemy, and anybody being nice to it is not being compassionate to you."
One Taste, page 93, Ken Wilber

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