Like a unique finger-print, everyone’s reality is different. Painted by their lived experience, they look upon the wold, knowingly or unknowingly, from their socioeconomic status, race, religion, culture, cast, era of birth, age, gender and sexuality. Their point of view was additionally formed by their schooling, peers, co-workers and family to name a few.

Because of life’s unique coursing, no two people are exactly alike from an experiential reality point of view. People can have experiential reality similarities but that doesn’t equate to the same reality because of all the other unique factors that are at play. In other words, experiential similarities does not equal common realities. It also means that guessing another persons reality is kinda impossible but we sure like to assume.

Agreement reality definitely can be an additional illusory glue of common realities. Examples of this at play is when modern civilization believed/agreed the earth was flat or even the center of the universe. They used to teach the as indisputable fact. It is from these assumptions of common, or known, reality that we judge and determine the warranted applications of compassion. What if your in another flat earth moment and blind (ignorant) to the truth?

Compassion is lost when we assume to know another’s reality and lived experience. We assume that all of the ingredients to make the best choices are present and it is the fault of the person for their failure. Thus, they do not deserve compassion. But what if major life lessons are missing? What if fundamental components of human nature have been underdeveloped through their life course leading to ignorance of said components or lack of awareness/care of how they are impacting others? Does seeing another from this point of view lend to compassion?