Stories for Contemplations for Compassion

These are teachings that were written by Dr. Joel and Michelle Levey.

Day Eleven: Receiving and Radiating Compassion

Day Eleven: Receiving and Radiating Compassion

  “God has no body now on earth but yours no hands but yours, no feet but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he pours out, compassion in the world, compassion in the world. His are the hands, blessing me now. All praise to the One. Ring the bells that can still ring, Forget your perfect offering, There is a crack in everything, That's how the light gets in.” - Anthem, by Leonard Cohen Through this week’s series of Contemplations for Compassion for All Beings, we have learned that...

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Day Ten: Embodying Compassion

Day Ten: Embodying Compassion

“Then it was as if I suddenly saw the secret beauty of their hearts, the depth of their hearts where neither sin nor knowledge could reach, the core of reality, the person that each one is in the eyes of the divine. If only they could see themselves as they really are, if only we could see each other that way all the time, there would be no more need for war; for hatred, for greed, for cruelty. I suppose the big problem would be that we would fall down and worship each other.”  – Father Thomas...

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