Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel responsible for everything. And you cannot turn away. Your destiny is bound with the destinies of others. You must either learn to carry the Universe or be crushed by it. You must grow strong enough to love the world, yet empty enough to sit down at the same table with its worst horrors. ~ Andrew Boyd


We talk about becoming an awakened individual. What is this? Well, to me, an awakened individual is truly aware of self and the creation around them. For instance, an awakened individual can let go of personal preference and limiting beliefs in favor of the welfare of all knowing that the welfare of all is the welfare of the one and vice versa.