Compassion Archives - Maurice Leavitt

21 Feb 2025

Vulnerability as Surrender

by Maurice | posted in: Compassion, Heart Opening, Personal Growth, Relationship, Spirituality, The Human Condition | 0

I have been on a search for universal truths that all humans experience and can relate to. I have also been curious about how the emotion of vulnerability relates to dual/nondual concepts. Especially in how vulnerability relates to self and other, control and surrender, separation and unity. But after my … Read More

11 Aug 2016

As Within, So Without – As Above, So Below

by Maurice Isaiah | posted in: Compassion, Compassionate Conversation, Ethics, Tantra | 0

A powerhouse in a way of being in relationship with self, other and the universe is in the constant mirrored reflection of each others greatness and recognition that each others’ inner core and our soul is pure love…. what we see in others are the same things that exist in … Read More

22 May 2016

Inclusion’s Lack Of Discernment

by Maurice Isaiah | posted in: Archetypes, Compassion, Lines and Circles, Tantra, Truth | 0

Everybody’s got a place in the circle. Inside the circle, as opposed to a line quality which is about competition, everyone is always sitting face to face. That’s the circles natural condition. Where everyone has got a place. Geometrically speaking, every point on the circle is equidistant from the center. … Read More

18 Dec 2015

Dear Daddy…

by Maurice Isaiah | posted in: Compassion, Ethics | 0

A girl narrates a letter to her dad as she grows up, and it makes rape culture obvious. By Angie Aker A joke is just a joke, right? And gosh, why does everyone try so hard to be politically correct? Can’t anyone take a joke anymore, or say thank you to … Read More

26 Apr 2014

Relationship as Spiritual Practice

by Maurice Isaiah | posted in: Compassion, Loving Well, spiritual practice | 0

Modern-day relationships are challenging and full of opportunities for increased personal awareness and growth. As our society enters a time of transition from the ego and the thinking mind to body/heart connection and personal enlightenment, we are experiencing and experimenting with different ways of being with our and each others … Read More

20 Apr 2014

Stopping The Proliferation Of Our Erotic Disembodiment

by Maurice Isaiah | posted in: Compassion, Embodiment, Eros | 0

As I was growing up in the urban area of Chicago and coming into myself as a sexual being there was little opportunity for me to consciously learn how to accept myself as an erotic creature. As an adolescent teenager, there were lots of confusing and beautiful sexual desires in … Read More

22 Feb 2013

Intimate-Compassionate Conversation and Shadow

by Maurice Isaiah | posted in: Compassion, Compassionate Conversation, Conflict Resolution | 0

Entering into intimate/sexual space with others requires an awareness in communicating our thoughts to others without shaming or blaming the other. It also requires a compassionate effort in receiving others communications which are directed towards us that may not be complimentary or feel good. How we choose to express ourselves … Read More