Ancient Heart

"Compassion impels us to work tirelessly to alleviate the suffering of our fellow creatures, to dethrone ourselves from the centre of our world and put another there, and to honour the inviolable sanctity of every single human being, treating everybody, without exception, with absolute justice, equity and respect." 2nd line from Charter for Compassion

into the heart of the grove they went
an ancient seed was planted and water
now the seedling begins to grow

Over 17,000 people have affirmed the Charter now. I understand that placques with the Charter for Compassion are being made and will be hung in different spots around
the world. I saw I posted I liked giving the synopsis of the Charter on the blog called moneymagic (thanks, to blogger Piers Young):

The Charter does NOT assume:
* all religions are the same
* compassion is the only thing that matters in religion
* religious people have a monopoly on compassion
The Charter DOES affirm that:
* compassion is celebrated in all major religious, spiritual and ethical traditions
* the Golden Rule is our prime duty and cannot be limited to our own political, religious or ethnic group
* therefore, in our divided world, compassion can build common ground

May we nuture goodness where we find it