The Charter for Compassion Launches
Today, around the world, people are celebrating the unveiling of the Charter for Compassion.
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This is right on the money, although it is quite wordy. This is the kind of thing we must begin in our own dealings with all the people in our lives, from family, friends, bus driver, clerk, mail man or berggar on the street. We can meet them face to face, on the phone, on Skype, or in any other means of communication.
We will have to practice patience with ourselves while we develop the habit of comapssion.
People will not always react in kind, so we need to be prepared for that likely-hood.
We need to remember: DO NOT PREACH!!
This includes all the people we come in contact with… good luck, to us all… I believe this is what will eventually bring peace and harmony to this confused and angry world we live in.
You will not see anyone with real worldly power affirming a compassion charter.
We are truly born in sin and need salvation.
I Have lived in the Silver Sage Cohousing community in Boulder CO. for the past two years. Living successfully in an intentional neighborhood community, like cohousing, involves the practicing of compassion among close neighbors as they engage in managing their common interests. Karen Armstrong has said“Practicing compassion is a form of ethical artistry” Ethical artistry is an attribute that is stimulated by the practice of community among neighbors. The basic structure of a cohousing community with common facilities to manage and maintain through a collaborative effort, and with important decisions made by consensus, promotes and to a certain extent requires ethical artistry among neighbors to be successful.
The practice of community promotes personal growth and responsibility raising the level of ethical artistry of community members which in turn increases responsibility and compassion among neighbors and toward the larger society and the earth. This is evident in cohousing communities where community members participate in public affairs and practice environmentalism at much higher levels than is typical in the general society. Community members influence each other to creatively live a more fulfilling and responsible life style. There are greater opportunities to practice compassion and improve one’s ethical artistry when living in an intentional neighborhood community.
I will be preaching on The Charter this morning at St Luke United Methodist Church in Austin TX, with the hope and intent of spreading the word and motivating those present to get involved.