Compassion, how important it is to feel and practice it. A Spiritist view.

1. Flavio Zanetti
Allan Kardec Spiritist Society of Massachusetts

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9. Do we (really) know what compassion is?

10. Compassion

11. Compassion
Sympathetic consciousness of
others' distress, together with a
desire to alleviate it.

12. Compassion
Sympathetic consciousness of
others' distress, together with a
desire to alleviate it.
Late Latin compassion, compassio, from
compati: to sympathize.
com + pati: to suffer with
(someone or something)

13. Compassion

14. Compassion
“Compassion is the virtue that brings you closer to the
angels; it is the sister of charity, which leads you to God”

15. Compassion
“Compassion is the virtue that brings you closer to the
angels; it is the sister of charity, which leads you to God”
Michel - Spirit
Gospel According to Spiritism - Chap XIII, v.17

16. Compassion
Michel - Spirit
Gospel According to Spiritism - Chap XIII, v.17

17. Compassion
“The most appropriate sentiment
for enabling you to progress, the
one that predisposes your soul to
humility, beneficence and love for
your neighbor, is compassion!”
Michel - Spirit
Gospel According to Spiritism - Chap XIII, v.17

18. Compassion - How to Practice?

20. “Compassion, deeply felt, is love; love is devotion; devotion is
forgetting oneself”
Michel - Gospel (XIII:17)

22. Compassion - How to Practice?

23. Compassion - How to Practice?
Emotions and Feelings combined
with knowledge...

25. Assistance from Good Spirits
“A sentiment of compassion must always
animate the hearts of those who gather under
the Lord’s sight to implore the assistance of good
spirits”
A Protector Spirit
Gospel According to Spiritism - Chap XVII v.10

26. Geshe Lhakdor
Director of the Library of Tibetan
Works and Archives
"Self-Conscience, Compassion and Self-determination"
Workshop Seminar

27. “To Have compassion
one needs to combine
Love and Wisdom”
Geshe Lhakdor
Director of the Library of Tibetan
Works and Archives
"Self-Conscience, Compassion and Self-determination"
Workshop Seminar

28. Troublesome and complicated times

29. Troublesome and complicated times
Reasoning and wisdom needs to be combined
with compassion for a doctor to be able to
perform his or her duties...

30. Eckhart Tolle
A New Earth

31. Eckhart Tolle
A New Earth
“Whenever tragic loss occurs, you either resist
or you yield. Some people become bitter or
deeply resentful; others become
compassionate, wise, and loving”

32. Eckhart Tolle
A New Earth
“Whenever tragic loss occurs, you either resist
or you yield. Some people become bitter or
deeply resentful; others become
compassionate, wise, and loving”

33. Eckhart Tolle
A New Earth
“Whenever tragic loss occurs, you either resist
or you yield. Some people become bitter or
deeply resentful; others become
compassionate, wise, and loving”
“Compassion is the celestial precursor of charity, the
first of all virtues”
Michel - Spirit Gospel (13:7)

34. Food for Thought...

35. Food for Thought...
Spiritism and the New Medicine
by Claudio Petrillo & Sylvia Knoploch