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*At the Abbey of Montserrat, 5/20/2019*

The mental image that blue gives us is cool but warm. When my heart feels stuffy and feels like a dead end even though I try to run away from it, I often take a deep breath with "Pooh!" and looking up the blue sky makes me feel open. Anguish is often symbolized as a very hot heat. Thinking of the blue and clear sky makes us calmn down our mental heat, sufferings. A Chinese letters,  慈悲, translated as compassion, has two meanings: “慈” to “make others happy” and "悲” to “empathize and relieve the pain of others”. The crucifixion of Christ might symbolize the hidden meaning of compassion.  

>Life is Unsatisfactory –dukkha

Buddhism says that the only way we must overcome dukkha is by practicing compassion. Christianity shares a practical context with this regards. So I want to call the color of compassion as blue but warm like clear sky.