accepted that people - a social being capable of sympathy neighbor.The concept of compassion provides an experience with someone of his pain - suffering together.About how this feeling is appropriate, and whether it is in human society, opinions, oddly enough diverge.
Compassion as a hindrance
Someone dares to state clearly that it is completely useless, and leads the latest example of compassion in the life of (the good, it is possible to find a graphic to any image thought) was a confident woman, she saw a homeless puppy, sorry, fed, and then rose and ungrateful dog bit a child his savior.
followed Nietzsche's thought that the weak must perish, and strong, respectively, to survive.If you think in this way, the question of whether in the life of sympathy and compassion, is excluded in principle.In fairness it should be noted that all these arguments are peculiar to people or the mentally ill (which belonged to the founder of the theory), or emotionally immature - because of age or lack of imagination.
as development of human
ability to think abstractly in need of compassion we often sympathize with people on the ground that were never (thank God).Physical or mental injury and loss caused compassion - perhaps only because the person is able to own the same (even the most insignificant) expertise to use the fact to imagine how he must feel, who are even less fortunate.
Experience, the son of errors difficult
This leads us to the popular opinion that asserts that to feel the pain of others, we must at least try their time.On the one hand, it is true - each of us can confirm that someone else's feelings become much clearer when he will go through these.Daughters begin a much better understanding of their mothers having given birth to her own child.Having suffered humiliation at school, it is easier to imagine yourself in the place outcast.
On the other hand, the notorious personal experience is not necessarily a guarantee of success: Each example of compassion in the life is balanced by its opposite.Indicative in this respect the army hazing yesterday humiliated me today humiliate me.This revenge, aimed at the world around - the flip side of compassion.The way in which each one of us uses his experience, depends on the individual person, his upbringing, the environment in which he lives, and many other factors.
Sense and business
If you adhere strictly to the facts of compassion - it's just a feeling.In itself it is sterile and is intended only to motivate to action - to come to the rescue.Conversely, to get help, you must first initiate compassion.Examples from the lives of people concentrated in principle on this.Here is a man who came from out of town, received a salary and agreed to have a drink in the warm company of unfamiliar people (the act itself is far from optimal, but usually precedes any trouble stupidity).Newfound comrades drugged his bride than the money taken away and thrown out on the side of the poor creature.
past is the guy stops, know what it is, and give the money to travel home.Someone might say that this is a true example of compassion in the life, but it may be that he is indicative only because in this case has given rise to a sense of action.
long-standing problem
During reflection on the nature of empathy decided to go into shades of concepts and talk about what elevates compassion, pity humiliates, given a variety of treatments, subtle nuances.The famous Austrian writer Stefan Zweig introduced another concept, which is relevant to the subject - "the impatience of the heart."He wrote a novel of the same name, and whose central theme was compassion.The writing, examples of life in which the bright, interesting and very illustrative, is entitled to be considered as deep and philosophical development is very ambiguous concept of empathy and responsibility for it.
So, the young man meets a woman, a cripple, who falls in love with him much.In a fit of compassion (whether it?) He decides to marry her.He described in detail his internal torment which lead to tragedy as a result of: abandoned heroine commits suicide.
This situation is a literary, but a similar example in the life of compassion, though not as dramatic, is not as difficult to find as it seems: in next door lives useless child, almost waif.Mother bitter drink, stepfather making fun of him.In a "beautiful" night is the boy in the street and pick up his compassionate neighbors.He spends the night there is a day or two and then no one wants to take any responsibility, no messing around with someone else's child, and as a result, he is again in the circle of the so-called family.
For a while, the boy comes to the people who helped him: bring flowers, trying to communicate, but does not find understanding: they are busy with their problems, they are not up to it.It is embittered and goes wandering.
Impatience heart
logical to assume that in compassion, as in any other, you have begun a complete or did not start at all.
The book theme gets a peculiar development: pangs of remorse tormented young man comes to the doctor dead bride, and now it turns out that he was in a similar situation did just the opposite: he married his blind patient, dedicating her entire life.
in the mouth of this character the author puts the following idea: sometimes, he says, true compassion, but impatience is simply heart - a feeling that occurs in all of us, when we see someone's pain or trouble.It causes discomfort in the soul of others, the desire to quickly fix - not in order to help the suffering, and to regain their own peace of mind.And our fussy, inconsistent actions can lead to a truly dramatic consequences.
Another example from the life of compassion, which rightfully can be considered a classic "look of the heart" by Zweig - almsgiving, filed in the underpass dirty woman with a sleeping baby in her arms.It is said and printed about a thousand words drugged unfortunate children, to help enrich unscrupulous people - place them in prison, with a core of iron in the legs.But no: the citizens with enviable persistence continues to throw the little thing in a cardboard box beggar investing thus infanticide.Is this not a mockery of such categories as empathy, compassion, support?
first - think
Apparently, everything must be approached and listened to the voice of not only the heart but also the mind.Even the Christian religion, calling for the provision of grace, at the same time says: "Let your alms zapoteet in your hands before you know who podaёsh" (Teachings of the 12 Apostles, Chapter 1, p. 6).Council interpret this differently, but in the sense that it is not necessary to support the "greedy person."It is unlikely that the money handed to the alcoholic or addict of vodka on his infernal potion are the manifestation of compassion - more so, is the desire to get rid as soon as possible.
is very important and one more question: "Do we need in life empathy and compassion that require human sacrifices and thus give birth to a kind of chain reaction?"The same doctor from the already mentioned book, is married to an unloved woman will inevitably cause sympathy as she was.Whether a man to sacrifice himself for the sake of compassion, or destroy such action and receiving and giving?
Examples of mercy and compassion of his life can lead anyone in whom there is a shred of gratitude.It is unlikely that in the world there is a man who never in his life had never helped nobody.As well as the villain, do not make any good cause ... We all give and receive - let alone the question of proportionality given and received everyone decides for himself.
