The Illusion of Separation
What you experience as other than you, is
really not other than you. No matter how "concrete" and
"real" your separateness feels, it is an illusion. The truth is that
you are part of a whole, a oneness, a continuity.
So when someone causes you pain, it is like
your hand or your eye paining. The last thing you want to do is shame,
criticize or bludgeon your eye or your hand. The first thing you want to do is
understand the pain so that you can administer the correct remedy.
A painful surgery, a soothing balm or a
bitter pill may be required. But all the
remedies – no matter how pleasant or painful – must come from the same place of
understanding and with the same care and compassion as you would have for a
part of your own self that is hurting.
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