Title: *COMPASSION*

 Title: *COMPASSION*Orb of Light/ 17 - from Set Painted by Rev.Bola

 *COMPASSION*

Synonyms:- 

Beneficent , benevolent , benignant , humane , good-hearted , kind , kindhearted , kindly , softhearted , sympathetic , tender , tenderhearted , warmhearted.

A feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is struck by a misfortune. As many of us have witnessed or experienced firsthand, there is much pain and suffering in the world. If he won't love the person he can see, how can he love the God he can't see? The command we have from Christ is blunt: Loving God includes loving people.

Compassion is neither empathy nor sympathy, but requires both.
Empathy involves responding to another person's emotions with emotions that are similar. Sympathy entails feeling regret for another person's suffering
Compassion, on the other hand, is caring about another person's happiness as if it were your own. 


More involved than simple empathy, compassion commonly gives rise to an active desire to alleviate another's suffering. It is often, though not inevitably, the key component in what manifests in the social context as altruism. In ethical terms, the various expressions down the ages of the  Golden Rule often embodies by implication the principle of compassion: 
Do to others what you would have them do to you.
 
At the same time, it is emphasized that in order to manifest effective compassion for others it is first of all necessary to be able to experience and fully appreciate one's own suffering and to have, as a consequence, compassion for oneself. 

You may argue it is impossible to eliminate suffering, and maybe it is, yet we're to respond anyway. Empathy, as most people know, is the ability to put oneself in the other person's place. For example, instead of assuming that the reason someone has done something that hurts you is because they are selfish or inconsiderate, assume instead that they had a good reason for doing it.

I went about as though it were my friend or brother; I bowed down mourning, as one who sorrows for a mother. But whoever has the world's goods, and beholds his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?

Now it came about when I heard these words, I sat down and wept and mourned for days; and I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak; I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.

Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

Those words mean to show mercy in most of the Old Testament readings. To sum up, let all be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted, and humble in spirit;.

The word pity is not one that many of us say and have a good feeling about.

Many people use both words to explain the same emotion.

It is a word that is often associated with distressing circumstance or emotion. Empathy is when you try to understand how the particular individual may be feeling. You may very well imagine yourself in the same situation, developing in your mind the same emotions as the person you are feeling empathy for.

Although you feel the same emotions, you do not take actions on your feelings; you do nothing to alleviate the emotions of the person you are feeling empathy for. If a person is distressed you want to provide the individual with comfort; you want to take action to ensure a positive outcome.

If we know of someone who has experienced the bereavement of a loved one we will instantly express our sorrow at their loss. We will remember what it was like when we lost a loved one; we will identify with our personal experiences and relate them to the person who has recently been bereaved.

This is showing empathy to the individual, it is a passive emotion that requires us to take no action.

Empathy is seen as a passive emotional response.

Feeding the hungry, healing the sick, God not slaying Cain after Cain slew able, all of these are examples of compassion.

Compassion surely comes from our heart and is an expression of our unselfishness when we genuinely share as a result of wanting to truly alleviate another from their pain.

Genuine compassion is based not on our own projections and expectations, but rather on the rights of the other. That is to say, one must understand the nature of the suffering from which we wish to free others this is wisdom, and one must experience deep intimacy and empathy with other sentient beings this is loving kindness ".

Wisdom and compassion are sometimes compared to two wings that work together to enable flying, or two eyes that work together to see deeply. Compassion as Training In Buddhism, the ideal of practice is to selflessly act to alleviate suffering wherever it appears.

The definition of compassion is the ability to understand the emotional state of another person or oneself.

Often confused with empathy, compassion has the added element of having a desire to alleviate or reduce the suffering of another.

Although compassion and empathy are two separate things, having compassion for someone can lead to feeling empathy for another person.

Although the above is the accepted definition of compassion, I believe that having compassion for someone involves more than putting yourself in their place and genuinely wanting to understand or even help them.

Compassion definition, a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering. Compassion involves more than putting yourself in another's place.

He has made His wonders to be remembered; The LORD is gracious and compassionate.

As Christians, we are to follow the example of our savior, Jesus Christ, and show compassion on others. This is difficult to do sometimes as we all struggle to show compassion for all people.

Those who understand the common method of life that no one lives rosily and problems are bound to hurt others; then will one gain the perception of compassion.

It is easy to show compassion for certain people, but everybody has people in their lives that they struggle to show compassion towards. I encourage you to pray that God will convict your heart to have compassion for all people.

To me, Compassion is about taking notice of a very significant part of this world: Others.

There is a Greek word translated to English as compassion from the New Testament where it means to be moved in the gut and that is in regards to it causing an emotion of feeling that moves us to do something.

Even if we are to entertain what is or is not part of compassion for us, we need to remain open to hear what is said and to let everyone be our teacher.

Starting in our home Do we have compassion for those closest to us? Compassion does not mean doing for someone else what they can do for themselves.

Although thought of as the same, Empathy and Compassion are different forms of the same emotion. Empathy and Compassion require you to imaginatively experience the same feelings as the person or situation in question.

If we show the individual compassion for their loss, not only will we understand and identify with the same feelings, but we will want to take some kind of action to alleviate their pain.

Compassion is a word used to express the same feeling as empathy.

 Yet when you feel compassion, you have more of a desire to take action.

Compassion is an emotion which calls for action. It's not passive - it's not empathy alone - but rather an empathetic altruism that actively strives to free others from suffering.

Empathy vs Compassion When using the words of empathy and compassion,

it is many peoples conception that they are of the same meaning.

God is goodness But the best name for God is compassion.

If you want others to be happy , practice compassion.

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

 A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.

  
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Researched, Compiled and Posted by Rev.Bola A. - 4.May.2014