The Mask of Loving Kindness and Compassion

topic posted Tue, July 10, 2007 - 5:15 PM by  Unsubscribed
How does Buddhism deal with the mere “mask of compassion?” How can we recognize pretenders? How do you cope when your meet angry seekers, pretenders of loving kindness?

How many Buddhists have masked anger and rage?

How many Buddhists are psychopath and how do we cope?

Quote,” Imagine - if you can - not having a conscience, none at all, no feelings of guilt or remorse no matter what you do, no limiting sense of concern for the well-being of strangers, friends, or even family members. Imagine no struggles with shame, not a single one in your whole life, no matter what kind of selfish, lazy, harmful, or immoral action you had taken.

And pretend that the concept of responsibility is unknown to you, except as a burden others seem to accept without question, like gullible fools.

Now add to this strange fantasy the ability to conceal from other people that your psychological makeup is radically different from theirs. Since everyone simply assumes that conscience is universal among human beings, hiding the fact that you are conscience-free is nearly effortless.”

www.cassiopaea.com/cassiopa...opath.htm

No kidding, how far have we ourselves pretended to be loving and kind?

What would good ol' Tich say ?

They sat and they sat
The two on the mat
Although little was said
So they dabbled in
bumblefunumpus states instead
Funumpel with the Bimba of Loo
Is sure what Bubba of Scuz loves to do
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