A-H daily quotes 02/12/2012. Love how quotes fall into place.. It's easier to feed the hungry when you are not hungry.It is simpler to help the poor when you have cash.

When you are feeling the discomfort from seeing other people in a lackful or needy situation, and you decide to help them from your place of discomfort, no lasting value ever occurs, for two important reasons: first, you are not in alignment with the Energy of your Source, and so you have no real value to give; and second, your attention to their need only amplifies their need.

Of course, it is a wonderful thing to help others, but you must do it from your position of strength and alignment, which means you must be in alignment with their success as you offer assistance, and not in alignment with their problem.

When your awareness of their situation makes you uncomfortable and you offer help to make them feel better and to make yourself feel better, you are not in the Vortex and you are not helping. When you feel an inspired eagerness to offer something because you want to participate in their happy, successful process, your attention to their success harmonizes with the point of view of your Source; and the infinite resources of the Universe are at your disposal. And that does help.

--- Abraham

Excerpted from the Getting into the Vortex Guided Meditation CD and User Guide # 347

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I would like to offer a different perspective to your question, forget about all the Abraham teachings or spritual teachings.

Your question is Is it possible to feel really happy yourself, when you know others are suffering on this earth?

Well, my question back would be What can you possibly do to help those who are also suffering, if you choose to suffer yourself too when you have an option not to?

Are you saying that I shouldn't enjoy a nights out with my friend, I shouldn't enjoy playing my favorite computer games or watching my favorite TV shows just because there are, for instance, children suffering from famine and poverty in under-developed countries, just because there are people dying in accidents everyday and people losing their loved ones everyday?

Hell no of course, perharps I should bury myself in misery, thinking about all the poor kids in South Africa and the people who die from accidents everyday.. Is that actually what you are doing everyday ?

I believe that some people on this site probably know that I stopped following Abraham for a while and temporarily, but even without their teachings your question sounds a bit absurd and ridiculous (no offense) to me, so it is little wonder that your question has drawn a little "flak".

First, when you feel sad for another person, you help them not. You, feeling sad/discomfort, are placing yourself outside your vortex and are pinching off your power that could otherwise help.

Second, when you see another person as sad, you reinforce and empower their sadness.

I read a report on one of the most impoverished nations on earth, disease, famine, illiteracy, poor government -- yet according to the "happiness index" the people are some of the happiest.

My point is that you see others from YOUR frame of reference and say to yourself that IF you were in a similar situation, you would be unhappy.

If you see their good qualities, you empower them. If you see lack, you empower lack. When you see their good, you see them as Source sees them. My abundance in no way detracts from the universal supply.

The only way you can truly help is to get in your vortex, by following your good feelings. Then see their good, see where they are powerful, and empower that state.

Everyone lives in their own universe. Everyone! When you feel good, you bring empowered images of people around you. When you focus on good, you feel good. Stay with this concept.

You are writing the script of your life. You can fill your universe with happy people or sad people. It is your choice.

Fighting darkness creates more darkness. Focusing on darkness creates more darkness.

The bowl of life is always full. Fill your bowl with light and give no room for darkness.

Jodie, I'll make this short. What's bad about being selfish. I propose this is how you are suppose to feel. Spend more time on yourself and less time on the news.

I do not mean selfish in a stingy way, or being non-compassionate. I sure you not like that anyway.

I mean if you can bring your dreams into reality, you should. There is more abundance on Earth then is needed by all the people put together. Since your not responsible for dividing it up, why worry about it.

Give if you can.

Great Blessings!!!

Having compassion and helping others feels good. When I can help people very depressed for example I need to be happy and in a place that I can be of help. If I sink into a depression along with them then all I would achieve is maybe joining the other I am helping.

We are to be in the world but not of the world, to be the light bearers shining the way for others less fortunate. We can not help by dousing our lights so that we are miserable with those we need to help.

Whom is better equipped for the task of helping a poverty struck man, a man of means or a man whom is also poverty struck? I found out a long time ago if I am to be of any help I need to stay in the life boat and reach others and pull them in with me, not jump into the water with them so we all drown.

This is what I see about keeping our vibration high, Jesus healed because his vibration frequency was higher than those that needed his help. He was in a place where he knew he had plenty to give and was glad to give as well.

It is in sympathy that we can help but empathy we just join those that need help. When we go to a dark place we are to be that light for everyone there. We may be the only light for God at that place for those people.

Let your light shine! :-)

I have been practicing LOA and I am getting quite good at feeling good and when I feel good all is great!

That quote right there is all you really need to be focusing on. If all is great when you are feeling good, then why take that "good feeling" away by focusing on something negative. I know it can feel hard sometimes to have that logic not make any sense, but it really is that simple. You are the only one who controls your body so why let some source outside of you control how you feel.

You can help nobody by feeling bad or guilty regarding their situation. If you feel bad and that other person is feeling bad, where is the good (that is life) left in the world. If we all sit around feeling bad about people in dire situations, and they are feeling bad in their dire situation, then the whole world is feeling bad and where does that negative feeling lead to...more bad situations and circumstances.

I also believe the word "moral" or "morally correct" are just words that come from our ego's limited perspective. It's a word that (at least in my mind) exudes the feeling of "having to conform to the opinion of others." It's a word that easily pulls the power from you as a deliberate creator and spreads that power in many different other moral directions. It also produces the feeling of guilt, which in my personal experience is one of the most unhelpful and worthless feelings a human being can experience. Guilt does nothing but act like a tape recorder on a loop. You keep playing that bad emotion over and over and over again, and it leads to a chronic feeling of helplessness and unworthiness.

There is a way to help others though. You can feel good as much as you can throughout your day by focusing on the now moment and enjoying the good feeling you get from that moment. You can see in your minds eye and practice visualizing the negative circumstances and situations in the positive light that you would prefer to see them. That way you are sending out good positive vibrations to the world and also experiencing good positive vibrations for yourself. That is definitely a win win situation compared to the the doubly bad situation that I mentioned above now isn't it?

The more we help ourselves, the more we can help other people. That may sound like a selfish statement, but couldn't be further from the truth. The following quotes are perfect explanations of what I mean by helping ourselves.

"One person who is in the Vortex is more powerful that one million who are not."

"Be the change that you want to see in the world."

I understand what you're saying... I've felt guilty at times, too. But feeling guilty or upset for someone else doesn't help them at all. At the same time, you don't have to ignore others problems if you don't want to. You can start a charity or donate to a charity, maybe work for free, buy the next homeless person you find a hot meal, help the community in some small way... and you can feel great doing it.

If someone you know is hurting, you don't have to feel sad with them. I had a friend who I went to, balling my eyes out, hating the world and my life once... she was there for me and helped me. But unlike most of my friends, who just criticized the other person, she went a more positive route. She took me out to eat at my favorite place. We went to places I've never been. She just made sure I had fun, and I did. She felt bad for me, but she said almost immediately to herselfthat she was going to make me feel better.

So what I'm saying is... you can feel good, but that doesn't mean your turning your back to someone. You might not be able to save the world... or maybe you will... but you can help others and make a difference. You don't have to feel guilty for feeling good about your life.

All the answers here are good. So I'll just go with this answer by Marianne. I couldn't do better...

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, "Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?" Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

~by Marianne Williamson in A Return to Love: Reflections On The Principles of A Course In Miracles, p. 165, HarperCollins, 1992