Entering the Portal of Compassion

Enter the Portal of Compassion

Dear One

I often wonder

why some people care so much

and some people don't care so much

Is it possible to teach compassion

or do we have to awaken to it

through personal experience?

Compassion is as mysterious as grace,

a gift to the Human Spirit from the Divine Spirit

A way to open consciousness rooted in love

Compassion is elusive to teach

or to compel, when someone is adverse

to this kind of heartful care

and loving kindness

At times we almost seem afraid of it,

What might happen if we love that much?

Might it hurt? Yes it can hurt, and it can heal

What needs to happen to open the heart?

To say to Life and to feel in one's own life

"May all beings be peaceful.

May all beings be happy.

May all beings be safe.

May all beings awaken to the

light of their own true nature.

May all beings be free."

When I sing these words from the Metta Prayer

I always cry, because I really really really

feel it and really really really mean it

with my whole being

Is that so strange to feel? So uncommon?

I remember the day my heart opened

Since that day I have not ceased to do my part

to open hearts too, to a deeper level of caring

Mostly it is a long journey to teach this,

not because people don't care but because

they are truly busy, truly challenged, truly afraid

and find this life difficult to navigate

I do understand

I want so much to speak of the quiet joy

that comes from loving so much even

so much that it hurts sometimes

I want to sepak to what is possible

when compassion comes to live in your home

I want us to care more

Oh I have plenty of places where I am

challenged to care - usually when there is

lying, cruelty, rudeness, lack of care or witness,

addiction without acknowledgement

It challenges me to find new places

as I lean into my edges

It isn't that those of us who are teaching love,

have it all sorted out and can share it with you

so you can do as we do - not so

Rather, those of us in teaching love,

learn to love more

and that is pure joy

I just want us to care more

and I also want to care more

and allow my actions to follow that care

May the portal of compassion be opened

to every being who is ready to receive

May the portal of compassion be a tender

teacher to every being ready to give more love

May the portal of compassion show us

the way to be human together

and fall in love with Creation

Everything that is on this earth

was given by grace, given freely,

this is our paradise given

Oh please let us know this with

our whole soul

Portal of Compassion - 2022 Painting just finished by Shiloh Sophia