Sermon

April 8th:

Watched a sermon on TV - just a short one - 20 min.  The topic was meditation - specifically Compassion Meditation. 

The discussion was on multiple ways to include all in compassion meditation - Such as - start with compassion for yourself then expand to include the household, then the town, the province, the country, the world, and ultimately to encompass the universe in compassion.  Or start with the no legged to the two legged t the 4 legged to the multi-legged.  There were several other ways discuss, to envelope all living beings in compassion. 

This is my heritage - this line of thinking is part of what defines me - which is why "bless our troops, bless our snipers" etc that surrounds me just grates on me - goes against the grain at multiple levels!!!  It sub-optimizes the blessing potential.

While I have known for all my life that this is how it is, today was also the day that I consciously noticed that the sermon-giver always addresses the audience as "virtuous people/good people" and never as "sinners".  Cultural differences :)