Licking the Razor's Edge (2015)

“A lack of Love is a degree of callousness … We do not Love the other because we do not
comprehend them, or rather, we do not comprehend them because we do not choose to
Love them.” ~ inspired by Rabindranath Tagore
Callousness -- A Way OUT
Now that you have identified the areas in your life where a callousness addiction has
taken hold, it can be refreshing to learn that it is not necessary (and often not effective)
for you to take up meditation or journaling or yoga or any other “self-help plan” in order
to free yourself from this addiction. Instead, all that is required is a moment-to-moment
choice to rededicate your life to the service of others.
Here are a few general tips that can help you do just that …
Tip #01: STOP WATCHING TV (especially the news)
Every time you watch a report about a disaster and do not immediately get up and do
something to assuage the witnessed suffering, you actually contribute to its negative
emotional impact on your own community. Your inaction radiates outward as apathy,
and is felt by everyone with whom you come into contact later that day. Every time you
watch a news story and choose to shield yourself from having the courage to feel the pain
of those suffering on your TV screen, you actually intensify the suffering those people
are already experiencing.
Everyone knows how painful it feels to be ignored or rejected or otherwise betrayed by a
close friend or family member, and – at the very least in our supra-conscious level of
awareness – everyone is also aware of the fact that we are all members of the same Earthwide
Family.
As such, every act of numbness races through the quantum continuum and is immediately
sensed by the “victims” you are choosing to ignore. On a deeper level, they know that
you have seen their suffering – and they know that you have chosen not to Care.
It is not important to “be informed” about non-local crises
& catastrophes – especially if you are not going to
emotionally open up to them or actively do anything to
help resolve them.
So shut down your “boob tube”, go out into your
community, find someone who needs a smile or a hug or a
helping hand, and give them the same.
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