Compassion Unlimited!

As I progressed or so I assumed with my Master, I did feel that my negativities dropped. I was far less judgmental and opinionated. I felt I was more loving. 'Is this compassion?' I asked my God one day, 'I feel so loving towards people, I feel no negativity. Is this unconditional love and compassion?' 'As long as you are not enlightened you cannot feel unconditional love and compassion. You may feel pity, empathy, sympathy, and whatever else you may call such an emotion, but not compassion.' He said. 'What is the difference?' I asked, 'I genuinely feel love for them. I am not looking for anything in return. There are no specific issues I need to be sympathetic to them for. What then is the difference?' 'As a result of your meditation, your association with me and the association of the people around me with whom you relate well, you feel highly positive energy. That's good, very good, but that is not compassion.' He said. 'I feel the same positive energy from you', I countered, 'and you say that is compassion.' 'Listen' He explained, when enlightenment happens one's boundaries disappear. The being becomes one with the Universe. Every other being in this Universe, living or non living, becomes part of one; one becomes part of that. There is no way one can think of another being without being related fully with that being. That is compassion.' 'What you are saying is that I am still bound in my own identity. Is that it?' I needed to know. 'Yes, to a large extent that is it. As long as your identity prevails, so long as you have not surrendered that identity to The Universe, your boundaries are intact. Enlightenment is when the ego disappears, haven't I told you that before?' He smilingly teased. 'Yes, of course, you have. You have also told us that we must surrender completely for the identity to disappear, but you never told us how!' I burst out. He laughed throwing His head back, 'Of course, I have. But then, you have to drop your ego, you have to surrender. I cannot do that for you.' 'So, it means nothing that I feel no negativity; that I feel what I think is love and compassion to others.' I was close to tears. He was deeply compassionate now. ‘Of course, it means something. It means a lot, in fact. The boundaries have started blurring, the identity has started dissolving. Whatever you are doing is right for you.’ ‘Where do I go from here?’ I wanted to know. ‘Just go with the experiences. Don’t try to verbalize them. Don’t try to compare them. Once you express, you will lose that experience. You do not as yet have the internalization of truth to retain the experience. Don’t even try to apply what I tell someone else to do for your own self. Each of you has to follow one’s own path. You have to carve your path. You have to walk your own path.’ Master’s love is the only unconditional love one can experience. What can I give Him in return? Whatever He does for me, for us, is out of sheer compassion. Master said to us, ‘I am not for sale. There is no amount that can buy Me. But, you can buy me with your love. I am very cheap. All I need is your love and surrender.’ My heart warms and melts as I hear the words again.