Living Compassion
Meeting Robert Gonzales and his work on Living Compassion changed my life path. I has done quite a lot of spiritual practices before many of which entrenched a sense of inner separation. I had a deeply rooted antagonism with my painful emotions that kept me in a subtle internal struggle, so when he invited me into a spirituality that embraced all of my being—not asking me to transcend any part of myself, ego or mind, I had my first experience of connecting to my wholeness.
For me, Living Compassion means living into wholeness—embracing life in its totality. It is an understanding that every aspect of my inner world, from my highest inspirations to my deepest wounds, has meaning and purpose. Nothing within me is out of place. The mind, the ego, the shadows of my psyche—all came to be for perfectly understandable reasons. When I meet every part of me with this trust, I create conditions to integrate what was once fragmented, embracing what I had lost or forgotten.
The core condition for integrating my lost parts is compassion itself. That I, in relation to my own life energy, am a compassionate, loving presence. I stay present to embrace, welcome and accept all of my own aliveness unconditionally. No matter how painful, rageful, fearful or shameful, I stay present to the intensity and say yes I am here to feel this. I trust in this energy because it’s mine, and it’s life energy with meaning.
What I find most beautiful in this process is that I become that loving essence of my being to reconnect with my lost parts and bring them back home to that very same essence. By entering into this work, I am anchored in the very home my lost children yearn to return to. I create a full-circle movement—a loop of compassion that deepens my connection to wholeness.