When My Life Is In Danger
जब मेरा जीवन खतरे में है - क्रिस्टीना फेल्ड्मन
कुछ साल पहले, एक बूढ़े साधु तिब्बत की जेल से भाग कर भारत आए। दलाई लामा से मिलकर उन्होंने ने कारावास में बिताया हुआ समय, कठिनाईयाँ और मार-पिट, भूख, अकेलापन, और यातनाएं जो उन्होंने वहां सही उनको याद किया।
उस वार्तालाप में दलाई लामा ने साधु से पूछा, "क्या तुम्हे कभी भी ऐसा लगा के तुम्हारे प्राण सही में संकट में हैं?"
बूढ़े साधु ने उत्तर दिया, "सच कहूं तो, मुझे सिर्फ उस समय संकट लगा जब मुझे लगा के मै मुझे बंधक बनाने वालों के प्रति करुणा-हीन हो जाऊँगा।
ऐसी कहानियों को सुनकर हम अक्सर व्यग्र हो जाते हैं और उलझन में पड़ जाते हैं। हम उन लोगों को जो करुणा का भाव रखते हैं और स्वयं करुणा के गुण को आदर्श बना देते हैं। हम ऐसे लोगों को संत की तरह देखते हैं जिनके पास ऐसी शक्तियां हैं हो हमारे पास नहीं हैं। फिर भी महान कष्ट की गाथाएं अक्सर साधारण मनुष्यों की कहानियाँ होती हैं जिन्होंने हृदय की महानता प्राप्त की है। अपने मन को जागृत करने के लिए ये बहुत जरुरी है के हम करुणा को आदर्श या रोमानी न बना दें। अपने दर्द से भाग ने के बजाये उससे मिलने की इच्छा-शक्ति से हमारी करुणा का विकास होता है।
हम शायद कभी ऐसी परिस्तिथि में न आएं जहाँ हमारी जान को सच में खतरा हो, पर कष्ट और पीड़ा तो हमारे जीवन का अभिन्न अंग हैं। हम में से कोई भी अपने दिल को ऐसी दीवारों से नहीं घेर सकता जिनको जीवन की सच्चाई भेद न पाए। इस जीवन की पीड़ा को सहन करते हुए हमारे पास विकल्प है: हमारे मन बंद हो जाएँ, हमारा शरीर सिकुड़ जाए, और हम उस मन का अनुभव कर सकते हैं जो दर्द भरे इंकार में जीता है। या फिर हम अपने अंदर गहरा गोता लगाएं जहाँ से हमें सहस, संतुलन, धीरज और ज्ञान प्राप्त होगा जो हमें देखभाल करने में सक्षम बनाएगा।
अगर हम ऐसा कर पाते हैं, तो हमें पता चलेगा के करुणा एक अवस्था नहीं है। वह इस अनिश्चित और क्षणभंगुर संसार में रहने का तरीका है। उस करुणा की सीमा केवल उन लोगों तक नहीं है जिनसे हम प्रेम करते हैं और जिनका ध्यान रखते हैं पर बराबरी से उन लोगों तक भी है जो हमें डराते हैं, धमकाते हैं और नुक्सान पहुंचते हैं। इस संसार में ऐसे अनंत जीव हैं जो असहनीय पीड़ा से भरा हुआ जीवन जी रहे हैं, जिनसे हम कभी नहीं मिलते।
इस जीवन यात्रा का एक ध्येय ये जानना है के हम अपने मन के अंदर कितना सम्मिलित कर सकते हैं। हमारी कष्ट पहुँचाने की क्षमता और स्वस्थ करने की क्षमता हमारे अंदर एक साथ रहती है। अगर हम अपनी स्वस्थ करने की क्षमता का विकास करें, जो हर मानव-जीवन का ध्येय होना चाहिए, हम देखेंगे के हमारा मन बहुत कुछ सम्मिलित कर सकता है, और हम स्वस्थ होना सीख सकते हैं- बजाये उन चीज़ों को बढ़ाने के - जो हमें एक दूसरे से दूर करते हैं।
मनन के लिए बीज प्रश्न:
आप के लिए करुणा का क्या अर्थ है?
क्या आप अपना कोई निजी अनुभव हमसे साझा कर सकते हैं जहाँ पर आप अपनी पीड़ा से स्वस्थ होने की क्षमता का विकास कर पाए हों?
आपको पीड़ा से स्वस्थ होने की क्षमता का विकास करने में क्या मदद करता है?
क्रिस्टीना फेल्ड्मन लम्बे समय से ध्यान-शिक्षक हैं, वे न्यू इंग्लैंड में एक माँ और दादी की क्षमता में निवास करती हैं। यह लेख इस पते से उद्धृत है - https://www.lionsroar.com/she-who-hears-the-cries-of-the-world/
Christina Feldman is a long-time meditation teacher residing in New England, as a mother and grandmother. Excerpted from this article.
SEED QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: What does compassion mean to you? Can you share a story of a time you were able to develop the capacity to heal suffering? What helps you develop the capacity to heal suffering?
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On Nov 12, 2019 KG wrote :
Compassion is when you feel the suffering or pain of others and you are willing to do something to make their situation better. We relate to others pain through ours own experiences or our idea of what it must have felt like, or feels like. Intense suffering can generate compassion or sometimes anger. My own personal experience of pain has definitely made me more compassionate person. There is a pleasure in being compassionate. Even though that's not the sole intention of being compassionate to someone, I feel my life is more meaningful when I can practice being compassionate towards others.
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On Nov 6, 2019 Raj wrote :
Instances - In early college years, just sitting near a class mate (who was sobbing after losing his father) while the others kept away as they probably felt uncomfortable.
Simpler ones - shifting any creature back to its natural habitat after it has strayed and is unable to get back. Stopping my journey to help anyone struggling in some way, as carrying a heavy load.
Sometimes I see the fact of not being compassionate to and accepting of - myself.
It helps to step out of little sufferings, with no substantial basis, by considering that ' I ' am the trustee and caretaker of the life energy in me and that it needs to be kept light and clean.
Simpler ones - shifting any creature back to its natural habitat after it has strayed and is unable to get back. Stopping my journey to help anyone struggling in some way, as carrying a heavy load.
Sometimes I see the fact of not being compassionate to and accepting of - myself.
It helps to step out of little sufferings, with no substantial basis, by considering that ' I ' am the trustee and caretaker of the life energy in me and that it needs to be kept light and clean.
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On Nov 5, 2019 V wrote :
Compassion, to me, is opening wide, accepting what is without judgment, being present in love to whatever, whoever, while at the same time feeling the desire to relieve the suffering of another. In my life, compassion is active; I try to be in gratitude for all of my blessings so that I have an abundance of blessings to give to others. Even if it's only a smile or a kind word, I see the responding answer and I am blessed again.
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On Nov 4, 2019 Michael Stilinovich wrote :
"Our compassion simply grows out of our willingness to meet pain rather than to flee from it."
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On Nov 4, 2019 Kristin Pedemonti wrote :
Compassion to me means feeling love, care, kindness and empathy for everyone, no exceptions.It means to look below the surface and seek to understand what may be underneath driving the behavior or words of another (and of self).
Perhaps because I grew up in a household with a dad who had multiple suicide attempts and died when I was 22, and because I experienced significant bullying from ages 9 to about 14, I have somehow developed a deeper ability to hold compassion for all, because I have lived on the other side of it.
The capacity to also heal suffering begins, (for me anyway) with seeking to look underneath it, and to also ask, "what can I learn from this experience?" "How might I grow?" How might I find compassion for self or others in this experience and learning?
What helps develop it is to recognize everyone has had times of suffering so matter what their life may look like externally. Since we have all suffered, we are all together. And then we can begin t... [View Full Comment]
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On Nov 3, 2019 d wrote :
Compassion is feeling with and for the other, sincerely caring, and helping in some way. To suffer means to carry. Suffering isn't pain -- suffering is how we carry our pain. We each suffer or carry our pain, whatever it is. I can't heal the suffering of another. I can only heal or make more healthy how I suffer or carry my pain. I can help and have helped others heal their suffering by helping them see how they are suffering their pain, and by helping them learn a way that is more healthy and efficient and that doesn't produce unnecessary pain,. I can help them activate their own healing of their suffering. What helps me develop the capacity to help another heal his or her suffering is for me to be clear as to what suffering is and help the other be clear about that, develop my ability to see how the other suffers, and develop my ability to intervene in a way that is compassionate, honest, and accurate.
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On Nov 1, 2019 Jagdish P Dave wrote :
Compassion is a caring feeling that arises in us when we see someone going through suffering. Seeing someone suffering evokes compassion in me and an inclination in me to reach out and help the person to heal him. Seeing a person going through emotional pain touches my heart and creates emotional bond with the other person.
I have gone though deep suffering in my life. I accepted my suffering and went through the process of healing me. It took time to heal my emotional wounds. I had learned to face my suffering compassionately rather than fleeing away from it, from my own being. I had gone though several days of darkness and pain. Working on myself compassionately helped me understand and relate to suffering of other people. In my everyday life I run into young and old people going through small and big sufferings. Walking in and going though my own suffering taught me how to empathize with them, understand them and hold their hands as they are going through their suffering. Such exper... [View Full Comment]