It’s becoming increasingly clear to me that not only must I do my best to hold to love (as metta) as the guiding principle in my life but I need to go to whatever lengths to show my concern and care for all beings as well. This is especially true with my family, relatives and friends. This beings to whom I owe so much and with whom I share so much kamma deserve to know how much I am grateful for their presence and that they are loved. That they matter. Frankly, it’s what we all need.
May I spare no expense, dispense with any comfort and do whatever is necessary to show love to the beings in my life.
ability to feel empathy for others. In short, when you dull your pain with medicine you simultaneously dull your ability to feel compassion and concern for others. Tibetan masters of tonglen have often pointed to the necessity to use one’s pain as a springboard for developing universal compassion and it seems that without our own pain we simply can’t effectively confront and address the pain of any beings (ourselves included). Here is the link for your consideration:
They do not follow righteous ways
Cattāri Brahmavihārā 