new year's resolutions thread.

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Originally Posted by NopeNopeNopeNope [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yea, from working with homeless clients for the past 17ish years, I think that the layperson doesn’t understand just how many of the homeless have mostly one single problem: very very low IQ

It’s not a medical problem. It’s not a mental illness, per se. But it is a life-ruiner. Someone with a very low IQ will struggle to get or maintain any job that requires remotely complicated instructions or tasks. They won’t understand how to manage money. They will fall for scams and con artists left and right

And they really have no protection. There are group homes for those with legal status of mental disability, but everyone just above that cutoff gets fucked. And asylums won’t be able to help them, or they won’t want to stay in one because they won’t feel they belong with the seriously mentally ill

Truth. It's so complicated. Too easy to oversimplify from a high pedestal.

The mind is full of openess and compassion for the people and situation.

 

Of The Architecture of Altruism

The spiritual genius does not wander aimlessly. Her work is precise—thirteen distinct acts, performed without hesitation, for the redemption of every kind of being.

To the lowly, to the confused, to the awakened-in-waiting—she teaches according to their state. She attracts them, not with empty spectacle, but with sacred illusion that awakens faith. She introduces them to the Dharma not as a doctrine, but as an open door. She explains its depth, removes their doubts, and cultivates in them the virtues required for the great journey.

She advises, steadies, liberates their insight, and blesses them with excellence. She does not merely teach—she awakens destinies. In time, she exalts them into the family of the Transcendent Ones, prophesies their Buddhahood, and anoints them with wisdom beyond this world.

This is altruism: not sentiment, but a divine operation.

And it does not falter. Her instructions match the need. She works without arrogance, without possession, without pride. Her attraction is humble. Her teaching is skillful. Her development of virtue is patient. Her guidance is restrained. Her elevation of others is vast. And her energy? Inexhaustible.

Why? Because the beings she serves are infinite, and her vow is tied not to lifespan, but to necessity.

This is what it means to live without a trace of self-interest: to lift up countless others in a way that no individual benefit could ever match.

If you speak of compassion, let it be this. Not a mood, not a feeling—but a structure. A thirteenfold miracle, built upon the vow that never breaks.

If your altruism lacks clarity, patience, or precision, it is not yet the Bodhisattva’s.

Begin again. And do it properly this time.