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On Jul 20, 2009Prasad, iJourney Visual Editor wrote :
Reflecting on the passage of Marc Barasch, I remembered the time I spent last night with the son of IIM Kozhikode director in their house. Siddharth is about 10 years old and is affectionate, friendly and smart boy who has real gift for listening to accents and languages. He and his parents came to Kozhikode from Singapore and getting adjusted to northern Kerala weather, schools, culture and people. He is one of those people who seem to be sending love vibes as Marc calls them. He completely un-self conscious, charming and was very comfortable to stay with his parents and us instead of going with his sister and my daughter to chat in some other room. The entire time he was sitting next to me, I felt I was in an altered state — as if he was embracing and accepting who I am and as if he is related to me from before. He is truly a compassion monger and seems to bring out the best in others wherever he is.
He is not the only one I met who harvests kindness and spreads kindredness — the attendant in the guest house that I am staying in is another sage. He is so open hearted and caring towards us though he never met us before. It is as if my mother — I know the gender does not match but the love and open heart of my mother is what I experienced — was serving me and caring for me.
As I reflect, I realize that these compassion mongers or sages of goodwill are all around us. We have to just open our eyes and hearts to allow them to touch us, move us and inspire us. When we do, we go away with our hearts opened a bit more and spreading compassion a little wider than we would otherwise have.
Is it just me or you have similar experiences? Do you recall times when you started radiating photons of goodwill unconsciously because you got irradiated yourself?
On Jul 20, 2009 Prasad, iJourney Visual Editor wrote :
Reflecting on the passage of Marc Barasch, I remembered the time I spent last night with the son of IIM Kozhikode director in their house. Siddharth is about 10 years old and is affectionate, friendly and smart boy who has real gift for listening to accents and languages. He and his parents came to Kozhikode from Singapore and getting adjusted to northern Kerala weather, schools, culture and people. He is one of those people who seem to be sending love vibes as Marc calls them. He completely un-self conscious, charming and was very comfortable to stay with his parents and us instead of going with his sister and my daughter to chat in some other room. The entire time he was sitting next to me, I felt I was in an altered state — as if he was embracing and accepting who I am and as if he is related to me from before. He is truly a compassion monger and seems to bring out the best in others wherever he is.
He is not the only one I met who harvests kindness and spreads kindredness — the attendant in the guest house that I am staying in is another sage. He is so open hearted and caring towards us though he never met us before. It is as if my mother — I know the gender does not match but the love and open heart of my mother is what I experienced — was serving me and caring for me.
As I reflect, I realize that these compassion mongers or sages of goodwill are all around us. We have to just open our eyes and hearts to allow them to touch us, move us and inspire us. When we do, we go away with our hearts opened a bit more and spreading compassion a little wider than we would otherwise have.
Is it just me or you have similar experiences? Do you recall times when you started radiating photons of goodwill unconsciously because you got irradiated yourself?