Daily Meditation: Wednesday, September 30, 2009

You wish to understand others, to help them; that doesn’t …

09/30/2009

You wish to understand others, to help them; that doesn’t necessarily mean you have to share and experience what they are living through. It is even preferable not to experience it, as this is a form of sympathy that usually keeps you on the astral plane. What you should do is try to rise to the mental plane in order to reflect and think clearly. If you are sufficiently attentive, if you know how to listen to people and observe them, you will discover certain things about them and, with practice, be able to guess what sort of person they are, what they’re thinking, what they’re feeling and what they need, without being affected yourself. This has helped some people develop a psychological insight that’s a form of clairvoyance. It is dangerous to confine yourself to feeling without also understanding or seeing things clearly, for not only are you vulnerable, you cannot find the solutions that would allow you to help others.