Karmically Accurate Compassion - 07.22.10

Student Question: Do you always sit in compassion in your field—the people and places with which you associate yourself—or would you go onto another field and say, “Well I just want to experience something different?”

“Well,” answers Shunyamurti, the founder of the Sat Yoga Institute in Costa Rica, “you’ll be guided as to the field you're in. And most people don’t have very much choice.” But, “as you develop, spiritually, more doors will open; you’ll be aware that there are more options, and you’ll be more drawn towards a Sangha, a community of people who are resonating at a higher level, so that you can have relationships that are more fulfilling, more enhancing.” But it doesn’t mean that you have to become a doormat. “So the actions you take may not look like they are in ahimsa, they may not always have the look that one would expect, but you will act spontaneously when you’re in touch with the source in a way that is accurate.” Recorded on Thursday, July 22, 2010.