Do not choose bad friends.
Do not choose persons of low
habits.
Select good friends. Be
discriminating.
Choose the best.
Dhammapada 78
My
understanding of true humility teaches me that I am worthy of the best in love
and compassion. I deserve the best in companionship, the best intimate
relationships, the best in everything and that includes the best beyond
pretense. That doesn’t translate, however, to treating those I cannot get close
to as anything but another manifestation of the divine. In my daily affairs I
will run into people who cannot be trusted and cannot be expected to do
anything that goes beyond the boundaries of self.
There is a
distinct difference between discrimination and judgment and the wise know this
well. Discrimination is an aspect of humility that does not judge but sees
things as they are. Humility doesn’t make me blind to the horrors of the world
around me but it sees behaviors, including my own, as they are. As I meditate I
come to the Heart of Compassion with my inner eyes wide open (inner eyes that
some refer to as the third eye). When I see humility in this light I come to
understand that it doesn’t mean I become anyone’s doormat but rather I become
helpful to those who suffer.
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