This is so helpful - thank you. I get in a tangle with Self and my parts and you are helping me realise what is Self and who are my compassionate parts, who then can so easily get overwhelmed as they are so tender. Thank you
I hold a lot of compassion inside but get into trouble when as you put, “They may lead us to rescue others rather than supporting them to find their own way through.” How does one let go of the need to rescue and change it to support?
Ah Grace this is such an excellent question - I may write a piece about it actually - thank you. In short I'd recommend literature about codependency - Melody Beattie, the CoDA 12 step programme, it's complicated stuff. In short - try and identify the parts of you that have these agendas, befriend them and find out why they do what they do - what might happen if they didn't? What are they afraid of? If they can relax, then natural compassion will emerge - but you may not do as much as you did and other people might not like it/you while they adjust... does that make sense?
This was wonderful. It was timely considering all the ups and downs of recent weeks. I very much appreciated the care and attention you gave to the writing. It spoke to me so clearly.
Bless you Satya for your loving words. I can feel they are written with great care and tenderness. I feel softer toward myself after reading them. Thank you xo
Hi Satya, thank-you for this post and it does really speak to parts of me! I responded to someone else’s post in a whatsapp group last night because no one else did and i felt a twinge of my own stuff when that happens to me, so i responded back. And then nothing, no response back, which i found painful. Your explanation of compassion and Compassion really makes sense of this experience to me! Thank-you 🙏🏼🙂 Penn x
I'm so pleased. And oh, I'm really hearing the tenderness that often sits just underneath - your lovely part that was worried about the other’s experience, and then a little repetition of what happens to you when you're not taken care of by a group/person. I hope you can offer some love to the one who felt the (understandable) pain. I love the capitalising of Compassion to denote it as a Self-led quality - genius! ❤️
I love this. Thank you, Satya.
So glad. Thank you for reading 😊
Loved this so much! So nourishing.
❤️
This is so helpful - thank you. I get in a tangle with Self and my parts and you are helping me realise what is Self and who are my compassionate parts, who then can so easily get overwhelmed as they are so tender. Thank you
I'm glad Trish. Yes - what a beautiful way to put it - they can be tender and easily overwhelmed. They think it's all down to them! And it isn't 💞
I hold a lot of compassion inside but get into trouble when as you put, “They may lead us to rescue others rather than supporting them to find their own way through.” How does one let go of the need to rescue and change it to support?
Ah Grace this is such an excellent question - I may write a piece about it actually - thank you. In short I'd recommend literature about codependency - Melody Beattie, the CoDA 12 step programme, it's complicated stuff. In short - try and identify the parts of you that have these agendas, befriend them and find out why they do what they do - what might happen if they didn't? What are they afraid of? If they can relax, then natural compassion will emerge - but you may not do as much as you did and other people might not like it/you while they adjust... does that make sense?
This was wonderful. It was timely considering all the ups and downs of recent weeks. I very much appreciated the care and attention you gave to the writing. It spoke to me so clearly.
I know - talk about ups and downs... (hope you're not talking about personal ones too). I'm so glad Mary. Thank you for being here x
I’m doing fine. Started running again—slowly and steadily. Writing more, and enjoying it more. And keeping friends close. :-)
Bless you Satya for your loving words. I can feel they are written with great care and tenderness. I feel softer toward myself after reading them. Thank you xo
So glad ☺️
Hi Satya, thank-you for this post and it does really speak to parts of me! I responded to someone else’s post in a whatsapp group last night because no one else did and i felt a twinge of my own stuff when that happens to me, so i responded back. And then nothing, no response back, which i found painful. Your explanation of compassion and Compassion really makes sense of this experience to me! Thank-you 🙏🏼🙂 Penn x
I'm so pleased. And oh, I'm really hearing the tenderness that often sits just underneath - your lovely part that was worried about the other’s experience, and then a little repetition of what happens to you when you're not taken care of by a group/person. I hope you can offer some love to the one who felt the (understandable) pain. I love the capitalising of Compassion to denote it as a Self-led quality - genius! ❤️