The Four Moods of Stalking

[Billy]

trinsic--when you ask if compassion for one's self can be a good thing, ask yourself what answer you want and why.   SO----you want to hear that it is okay.  For YOU I read it to mean- "accompanied with the feelings that this is true.  Why?  For some good feelings that it brings."  I know this because otherwise you would not ask.

For me, compassion is a very good thing and I do like the feelings that accompany this.  But I also like anger occasionaly, and those feelings too.  The freedom to choose is inherent in the foundation you want but don't have yet trinsic.  Detachment allows space to indulge the feelings you have whether spontaneously or deliberately.

Compassion is a big problem because it lends to self-pity.  Self-pity is a deep state for someone not grounded in the truth of one's being nothing, and responsible to/for ALL.

A few years ago self-pity would destroy my spirit.  I could do it now because I trust my sober work--anything I do is ultimately a reflection of  PLAYING with energy.

Start detaching from lesser emotions like anger, jealousy, resentment, fear....  pause to stop mental neurosis, observe that emotion apart from self (SEE it is not self).  Must focus and practice as opportunites arise.  You consciously intend for such awareness.   Not hard at all.   It feels good =lol. 

lol, because you eventually detach from the consequential feeling as well --EVERYTHING.