Compassion

For several years I've been thinking about compassion as regards the coming global catastrophe. When the shit hits the fan, it seems logical to assume that there will be an increased need for compassion, since there will be a lot of suffering out there. Perhaps this is the real value of the "shift in consciousness" the New Agers always talk about. But rather than engendering a new "heaven on Earth," the "shifted consciousness" of the "enlightened ones" will be to provide compassion to the suffering billions who will not be dying easily. Seems like a realistic perspective to me...