noun: a kindly and lenient attitude toward people
Schauberger
As a former Master of the Wilderness and hunting guide to a princely house, I myself have had a profound insight into the customs and practices of those circles, who consider it a matter of course to exploit their underlings as a means to an end, so as to be able to enjoy their lives and occasionally to afford themselves pleasures, which, were it conceivably possible, would even bring a blush to the face of a lecherous old buck well versed in such affairs. In any event, charity has never yet been the motivating sentiment of those, who coined this beautiful word or who made all manner of promises on this account, which were impossible to keep from the very outset for reasons that will be elaborated in greater detail in what follows. This should not be viewed as a cheap critique, however, but rather as a necessity in order to expose the root of the evil and thus place a finger on the actual wound. With very few exceptions, this will be experienced as painful or at least as unpleasant. Unless this is done, however, the concept of an 'economy founded on reactive energies' cannot be explained. [The Energy Evolution - Harnessing Free Energy from Nature, The Economy Founded on Reactively Produced Energy]
“And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.” [Bible, 1 Corinthians 13:13]
Ghazali
"The Prophet said, 'The best charity is when someone who has little strives in secret to help someone who has nothing.' [...] The reason to keep charity secret is to remain free of the fault of wanting people to see or hear about your good deeds ... This is why some have gone to great lengths to hide their charity, even so that the recipient does not know the giver. Some, for example, would put it in the hand of a blind man or drop it in the path of a poor man or place it where he would sit so that he would see what was given but not who gave it. Others would fold it in the garment of a poor person as he slept, or convey it to the poor by way of some intermediary, so that he would not know the giver, making the intermediary vow to remain silent concerning the identity of the giver." [Ghazali, The Mysteries of Charity and Fasting, trans. M. Fitzgerald, 26-27]
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