What is compassion? Why do I care for others?

[Dylan Page]

My whole future is planned around helping the world become a better place. I not only care about people and animals, but honestly anything living. I want the pain in the world to cease to exist. I wish I could stop it all, and I don’t even know why. Is it good to help others? Or is this just some irrelevant feeling? Why do I care about others? Why am I not totally selfish and manipulative? I could easily learn how to deceive people for my own gain. Yet, I don’t want to. How does this trait “evolve”? Does it? So many questions. I could continue asking but I’ll leave it at that. 

[Verdesbird]

5 minutes ago, Dylan Page said:

My whole future is planned around helping the world become a better place. I not only care about people and animals, but honestly anything living. I want the pain in the world to cease to exist. I wish I could stop it all, and I don’t even know why. Is it good to help others? Or is this just some irrelevant feeling? Why do I care about others? Why am I not totally selfish and manipulative? I could easily learn how to deceive people for my own gain. Yet, I don’t want to. How does this trait “evolve”? Does it? So many questions. I could continue asking but I’ll leave it at that. 

be careful to not become one of these ..

[Dylan Page]

I agree, I’m not going to try to preach a gospel. I just want to save people from poverty, suicide, murder, etc. The world is cruel and I want it to not be. @Verdesbird

Here are a few examples of exactly what I'm talking about.

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[LfcCharlie4]

One word: 

Love. 

[Nahm]

9 hours ago, Dylan Page said:

I want the pain in the world to cease to exist. I wish I could stop it all, and I don’t even know why...The world is cruel.

Don’t pin it on the world. You won’t get too far that way. Inspect it within you. See what it is.  The more pain the better. 

[Verdesbird]

On 07/05/2020 at 9:24 AM, Nahm said:

Don’t pin it on the world. You won’t get too far that way. Inspect it within you. See what it is.  The more pain the better. 

why?

[Leo Gura]

Because you are God

[Nahm]

@Verdesbird

Easier to see where it’s actually coming from.