--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> <snip>
> > It worries me a little to think what might happen
> > if a significant number of people become realized.
> > If they all behave like this--with the best will
> > in the world--toward those still in ignorance,
> > there's going to be trouble.
> 
> One further thought: unconditional love and
> compassion is not the same as empathy.
> Without empathy--and a good healthy dose
> of common sense--unconditional love and
> compassion may end up doing more harm than
> good.
> 
> Empathizing doesn't mean accepting; it *does*
> mean being able to acknowledge, and to tread
> carefully.

I *do* acknowledge your assessment of your condition, and that for 
you your assessment of you is realer than mine is of you (as of 
course it must and should be, if we are separate); but what is it I 
am to tread carefully around?





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