Having Compassion for Yourself

               “As you come you recognize the difference between [the voice of God versus the] voice of the ego, which can be very soothing - everyone thinks their ego attacks them. Well it does, but not ferociously; It attacks subtly. The God of you, that voice, will only say loving, encouraging, constructive, and uplifting things to you. Anything else is the voice of the ego. Every time that little voice in your mind says to you: ‘There you go, Dummy, see what you've done?’ Guess who's talking? However, every time that voice inside of you says: ‘That was a kind deed you did’ or ‘That was a loving thought you had’ or ‘You're doing very good today’... guess who's talking - the God of you.

               …I want you to think well about compassion. I want you to think of times in your life when you have shown compassion for yourselves... times when you extracted yourselves from painful situations because you realized, ‘I don't need this anymore’...’ I am not doing anything good for me staying here’... it could have been in the union of marriage, a ‘job’ as you call it, or a situation with a friend. It doesn't matter.

               Any time you have taken yourself out of pain, you have shown compassion for yourself. Any time you have had the courage and the fearlessness to go forth into an adventure that everyone said you should not do - but some little voice inside of you said, ‘Go for it!’  you have shown compassion for yourself. Every step you have taken upward -  whether a little baby step or a giant one - you have shown compassion for yourself.’

               When you find yourself doing something good for you that will cause pain to another, you aren’t doing something good for you; you are doing something to get even. The ego uses that scenario in a very subtle way [to undermine your ability to show compassion for yourself] so that it can say to you afterwards: ‘See what you have done!...Thought you were smart, didn’t you?...Wouldn’t listen, huh?...Now look at it…You did this for you, and look at what happened to so-and-so?

               I want you to think about that because every one of you here has fallen into that trap [of being in a painful situation because you did not want to hurt the other person] at some time of another. But I want you to think about decisions you have made in your life that someone told you caused them great pain. Has everyone got one in mind? …What aspect of you has the power to wound another? The ego? Actually, none, [no aspect of you has the power to wound another.] All wounds are self-inflicted. See how easily you were led into the trap of being blamed, huh?

               A well-placed word here or there and, right away, you’re guilty, huh? This is how subtly the ego works – especially when it comes to compassion. For, if you do not have compassion, you cannot take the next two steps upward  (i.e. in the Seven Steps of the Soul’s Evolution) because there is nothing for the next two steps to build upon.

               You cannot harm another. When you perceive you are harming another, you can know what? It is the ego at work. Somewhere along the way, the other person agreed to be wounded. Now, you want to remember that. This does not mean that you run outside and run over someone crossing the street, and say: ‘Well, it’s your fault. I was here; you were there; and now look! …This is where discernment comes in, aye?”

03/15/2026 Blog. Archangel Gabriel, GETTING TO KNOW YOUR SOUL, Pg. 62. Copyright 2004 Springwell Metaphysical Studies. All rights reserved. To buy this book, please click here.