The Law of Compassion

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The Basic Truths To Date

These basic truths never change because they are related to the nature of Deity Itself and have become apparent to mankind through revelation, as evolution has proceeded and man has developed the needed perceptive faculties and the required persistence of search, plus the unfolding of the inner light of the soul. These truths, inherent in the divine nature, reveal the soul of God. They are:

 

1. The Law of Compassion

This is the truth of right relationship, of loving understanding, of actively expressed Love. It is the foundation of brotherhood and the expression of the inner unity.

 

Compassion is the first basic truth of Deity, and is ever clear and brief. " In the human heart, is to be found the fact of the nature of Deity itself. The Christian statement that 'God is love' is founded on this deepest, recognized, spiritual fact. The expression of this divine characteristic it is the Law of Laws ~ eternal Harmony ... a shoreless, universal essence, the light of everlasting right and fitness of things, the law of love eternal. " (1)

Compassion is a form of sacrifice. At the time of the Wesak Festival, the Buddha's sacrifice on behalf of humanity is our greatest example of compassion.

The annual return of The Buddha to bless His people everywhere and to convey the message of wisdom, light and love to humanity ~ coming as He does from the very Heart of Deity Itself ~ is the outer evidence and guarantee of inner divine guidance and revelation in this present world cycle of 2500 years. Year by year He returns. For a brief minute He reminds us that God exists and ever loves; that He is not unmindful of His people; that the heart of the universe is unalterable compassion, and that we are not alone. (2)

In the true compassion of the Buddha there is no emotion. It is more like The Buddha's expression of detachment, " without passion. " From this place " Come-passion " wells up automatically in the heart to serve and save humanity. The Buddha and the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara are the embodiment of Compassion. They refrain from entering the blissful state of nirvana to remain here to save the creatures of the earth. This devotion to the salvation of others emphasizes profound compassion. This is echoed in the teachings of The Christ, " The first shall be last and the last shall be first. " (3)

Compassion is a keynote of human evolution.

As humans, it is our service to contact and become the Law of Compassion, for we are said to be made in the image of Deity.

Our consistent expression of this Law has a twofold effect:1. The realization that We Are All One2. The manifestation of the kingdom of God on Earth, bringing our planet into the realm of the sacred.

Compassion emanates from the Buddhic plane, the plane of " At-one-ment. "

It is known as Universal Love, having no relation to sentiment or to affection. When we identify with all beings, true compassion is known. Only then is the Divine within revealed to us.

Love, service and sacrifice are the embodiment and expression of true compassion. Compassion knows well the value of " the good of the many " over " the good of the one. " Together these become the good of The One, the best for the whole of humanity.

For all kingdoms on the Earth, compassion is justice as depicted by Libra, blind by sight, yet knowing all the more clearly in the heart, exactly what is right, and what is wrong. The truest of compassion is being the very best we can be.

To invoke the Law of Compassion is our service. In calling it to mind we begin to see the " Truth " of right human relations ~ that God ever loves us and we ever love God and each other. We are One. With this understanding we can express love, building the foundation of our human family. (HN)