True Compassion

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 I’ve been expressing a lot of anger lately about the current state of affairs in America. I fear for the future, and we all know that anger is based on fear, so I’m angry.

However.

The Path teaches Compassion, which is similar to freeing a raccoon from a trap. The animal doesn’t understand your intentions; it is afraid of you. To be Compassionate means dodging the claws and tending to the wounds.

It’s easy to be kind to those of your tribe, isn’t it? Whenever anyone gets killed, one side cheers and the other side weeps. No difference in the level of Compassion there. We cannot be kind or empathetic towards our tribal rivals.

It may be hard to believe, but billionaires are miserable. Look at their faces. Neither Musk nor 47 can even smile properly. Musk can’t even play his own video games; he hires people to play for him so he can brag about his high-level characters and equipment. How sad is that?

What a lot of people don’t know is that there is what’s called a diminishing rate of return when it comes to money. The happiest people are those with income at around $70,000 - $100,000, depending on location. Enough to pay the bills and live comfortably. Above that, and you start to take no pleasure in your wealth. You take it for granted and then you get bored. Then you decide to buy power, to see if that will satiate you, but you can’t get enough and you need more and more. It truly ruins your life and your character. So the ultra-wealthy, who also tend to use drugs, are suffering greatly.

Here's what I wish: That everyone with a net worth over $1B suddenly develops a conscience and decides to become a better person for the rest of their lives. How nice would that be? We’d have funding for infrastructure, education, health care, everything we need. The US could become a Utopia, leading the way towards progress and a better life for everyone.

Hey, I know it’s a pipe dream. But we live in a Universe of infinite possibilities.

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