tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11900172.post1455052808129577624..comments2023-09-17T07:02:09.587-04:00Comments on p e a c e f u l t u r m o i l: Bleeding Heart (Remix)tinythinkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17137637122776756669noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11900172.post-3571968751133178042009-06-23T14:24:54.363-04:002009-06-23T14:24:54.363-04:00Absolutely. Those who externally talk about chari...Absolutely. Those who externally talk about charity but who are not charitable to themselves, who talk about forgiveness but do not forgive themselves, display a false humility but are still deeply prideful, just like those who mistake arrogance for confidence. <br /><br />Such helpers do not display bodhicitta, or caritas - a selfless boundless love that fully embraces the giver and the receiver. What they do for others they really do for themselves. They tend to impose what they think is best for others regardless of what others think, and if the recipients of their kindness aren't sufficiently grateful such givers are outraged.<br /><br />This is why I included this part of <a href="http://bodhitree.yuku.com/topic/575" rel="nofollow">a prayer I recently composed</a>:<br /><br />"May darkness and suffering transform those who experience them and in turn be transformed into a gateway for greater clarity and purpose and capacity for love. May we seek and embrace the strength and courage necessary to grow through our struggles, to find the opportunities in each crisis, and to calmly face our troubles. May we realize that our sense of isolation and incompleteness, the dark hole in our being, is a delusion, so that our grasping and craving in resentment and bitterness can give way to giving and receiving in joy and gratitude. Through this healing may our hatred give way to compassion, our greed to charity, and our ignorance to wisdom. May insecurity and arrogance give way to faith and confidence. Let cynicism and indifference and impatience burn away like the morning mist to reveal the wonder of our existence."<br /><br />It is also why I like the following quote by a group of Australian aboriginal activists including Lila Watson:<br /><br />"If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is tied up with mine, then let us work together."<br /><br />Thanks for posting and for such a helpful and well-articulated reply!tinythinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137637122776756669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11900172.post-38356299939131420572009-06-23T11:25:59.722-04:002009-06-23T11:25:59.722-04:00~ Bleeding Heart ~
A person who comes amongst ...~ Bleeding Heart ~ <br /><br /> A person who comes amongst those hurt and suffering people and wants to help, for whatever reason. And the reasons are not always right and good or well.<br /> A bleeding heart to Native Americans is someone who attempts to help while they are not well and are unhealed themselves.<br /> They are wounded and are bleeding as they "help" us. We who are wounded and bleeding.<br /> Many people mean well and many want to make a difference AND YET, many of these wanna-do good people, will not look at their own dis-ease or un-well ways.<br /> As a Native American I have seen too many people who have come amongst us and caused irrepairable damage while they pretend to be all-well and all-knowing.<br /> Love and peace and good and right and just begin within... and eminate from a core that is well. healthy and balanced.<br /> Mitakuye Oyasin - we are all related - meaning that we must learn to relate honestly and truthfully... and this relating is done this way... we will heal together when we all develop the capacity to allow others to resolve what affects them, infects them and US!<br /><br /> There is a correlation to the bleeding heart of Jesus... History - It was UN-TRUE Christians who first began and started our holocaust... and then came countless others who came to "ministry" "help" us... <br /><br /> I thank you for writing to clarify and qualify - Bleeding hearts.<br /><br /> I have seen the bleeding hearts and have been on as well... we all have been.<br />Blessings shared, Pilamaya<br /> Mitakuye Oyasin <br /> <br /> www.spirit-warrior.ca/daily.php<br /><br />Akicita Wakan ManiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com