Source, Accessed 03 May 2026
Prejudice by Another Name
When you decide who is worthy of your compassion, you are practicing yet another type of prejudice. “This person is worthy of my compassion. This animal only is worthy of my compassion.” These are flaws in our thinking.
Practicing Metta (Lovingkindness)
Radiate compassion for all. It is not your place to decide who is worthy. If they suffer, they are worthy of compassion. The undeveloped mind wants to categorise everything, including other beings. It wants simple ways to discriminate. It wants simple ways to make decisions. Your mind is more expansive than this!
Open yourself to the universe and you will see the expansiveness of creation - the beauty, the complexity, the elegance, the truth . . .
May all beings know peace!
Tūruapō
03 May 2026