By: Carol

Carol — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:16:32 +0000

Good intentions are not enough. A soft hearted soul can easily be pulled into helping another soul which is seen as kindness, but each soul is on their own individual journey and has arrived at the place they are at according to their own karma. The important thing is to have good wishes and loving feelings towards every soul and then to remain detached and non judgemental and give each soul a respectful space to be themselves. It may not be their time to change, which is perfectly okay.
Om Shanti.

By: Carol

Carol — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:07:26 +0000

I just read your article on kindness Greg. It’s great. Everything you write is very good. But, (in giving another perspective) there is another quality that you have to balance with kindness in your life. In spirituality many things are a balance of two positives. If you go too far in one direction with a positive, (like kindness for example) it can actually become a negative. The balance for love is law. If you have too much love, or kindness. and no law, there is no backbone to it. It turns into attachment. Somebody is asking you for money and you want to be kind so you give it, and then you wonder why you get into problems and get yourself all mixed up with this person. Someone wants your time and you give it, once, twice, three times………….. for hours into the night and now you don’t get enough sleep. Now you’ve gone too far. Kindness does have its downside, although for the most part what this world needs is more kindness. Love and kindness does need the balance of law and discipline and setting boundaries. This is also a type of kindness. In spirituality there are many balances like this. For example flexibility and firmness, determination and easiness, tolerance and the courage to face, introversion and being with people.
Take care and have a good evening.
Om shanti,
Carol

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