One Of the Most Powerful Videos You Will Ever See

[MK Scarlett]

watching this this video reminded me a quote :
"One should also keep in mind that when you interfere in the "lesson plan" of another by trying to rescue them, you very often take their karma or lessons on yourself. That is, when you try to stop bullets for someone else, YOU are the one who gets shot" LKJ

I think you're taking this quote out of context. Interfering with someone's lessons by trying to "save" them from themselves and their own choices is quite different from helping in an emergency situation. It would make for a rather cold world if no one would ever lend a helping hand for fear of interfering in life lessons. We're not isolated in this world. We're here to help each other.

There's also the sticky wicket of; what if it was in the other person's 'life lesson' (and yours) to have you help them? There's good, there's bad and there's the specific situation which determines which is which.

Yes, thank you for reminding this Perceval, which remind me the third man, the trinity, the 3th density...

 

[mimimari]

Thanks to everyone for sharing these videos, they are very inspiring. I also get chocked up when watching them.

Abundant food for thought here, thanks Lisa. The spontaneity of several of these actions, say the rescues from the oncoming trains, for example, makes me wonder. There was no time to think in most of those situations, there was only pure action, without any intervening thought. Such action, risking one's life for another, reveals one's true beliefs about the nature of things, does it not?

Amazing video, inspirational!

The video is both tragic and inspiring. The tragic part is all those people trying to commit suicide. Inspiring because some people act within a moments notice to avert the worst from happening.

I am tempted to think a couple of factors might come into play with regards to whether you act or not.

- Genes
- Training and familiarity
- Conscious awareness

Genes

Over most of the videos, you notice usually 1 person act soooo quick as if almost by reflex. There isn't enough time to think. That makes it appear like a genetic component. Especially those who jump on the train tracks with an oncoming train. Look at the one from the chinese subway, that guy was like a superhero, or the one just before that, that person saw that train coming and he still jumped in, seconds afterwards it zooms by, the second to last one, the guy jumped onto the tracks like 50 metres away from the incident, ran down and dragged the person that collapsed off the tracks. I don't think he stopped to look behind him, i.e. where the train was coming from.

Training and familiarity

Once, in one of my lectures, the lecturer, without warning, froze, as if to think, then fell down and started shaking violently. It later transpired she had epilepsy, of which we, the students didn't know. 99% of us, were in shock. Frozen. She must have been down for like 20 seconds before anybody acted. 1 person did act though. It later turned out he was in the territorial army - I assume they have training for this sort of stuff. He went next to her, I couldn't see what he did but I heard what he was saying, he was telling people what to do. e.g. "You there, go get campus security", "The rest of you, clear the room" etc etc.


Conscious awareness

I guess what the forum is all about.

OSIT.

PS: We need such inspiring videos in the media. 99% of the media is negative, making humans appear selfish and out for there own selves.

I also observed in these videos that some people are more quick to act, as if they don't even need to think about helping. Others are more hesitant and kind of meander their way over to someone in need. They seem to be going through some internal conflict of what to do.

In an article by Philip Zimbardo, titled “What Makes a Hero”, he states,

greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/what_makes_a_hero

It could be that heroes have more compassion or empathy; maybe there’s a hero gene; maybe it’s because of their levels of oxytocin—research by neuroeconomist Paul Zak has shown that this “love hormone” in the brain increases the likelihood you’ll demonstrate altruism. We don’t know for sure.

It makes sense to me that some people do have more empathy than others, and to not help never crossed their mind. I don't know if that is genetic, but maybe people can increase their level of empathy.

 

[loreta]

One of my friends in FB posted this video, it is also about empathy and compassion. I think humanity is beautiful sometimes, in the little gestures that mean a lot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TmKKaf2F6uk


I see that helping others is helping oneself.

 

[Gwenllian]

All these videos are amazing. I often think that we are not allowed to think of ourselves as helpful human beings. All we get to hear is how people are not doing the right thing, so videos like these are important for humanity as a whole, save the psychopaths.

I am also wondering whether it is just the bystander effect or the fact that some people freeze in dangerous situations. Some people seem to be sleepwalking or are in a daze and treat life as if they are watching a television screen. Some adults also overlook small children, animals or darker-skinned people. That's how I see it anyway.

The other day I was at the station and I saw a lovely cat walking on the platform. I almost got a heart attack, because two trains were about to arrive soon. I made her follow me towards a safer place and told her to stay put, which she did. She was also a sensible cat.:) People didn't even seem to notice or if they did it didn't register, or so it seemed.

I think what Pashalis said is correct, if we want to break that bystander effect or that hypnosis in others we have to address people and involve them.
I am not sure whether I could do what these people did and who could act in a split second and pull people away from an oncoming train, but I can do these small things.

 

[zhenqing]

Thank you, Lisa, for sharing this wonderful video. It's good to remind ourselves that there are many "ordinary" heroes out there, who would put themselves on the line and sacrifice their own safety without hesitation if it could help save someone else's life.

watching this this video reminded me a quote :
"One should also keep in mind that when you interfere in the "lesson plan" of another by trying to rescue them, you very often take their karma or lessons on yourself. That is, when you try to stop bullets for someone else, YOU are the one who gets shot" LKJ

I think you're taking this quote out of context. Interfering with someone's lessons by trying to "save" them from themselves and their own choices is quite different from helping in an emergency situation. It would make for a rather cold world if no one would ever lend a helping hand for fear of interfering in life lessons. We're not isolated in this world. We're here to help each other.

There's also the sticky wicket of; what if it was in the other person's 'life lesson' (and yours) to have you help them? There's good, there's bad and there's the specific situation which determines which is which.

I was also thinking about what marek760 has said while I watching the video, so It's good to see it addressed here. But after pondering over it for a while I must say that I completely agree with Perceval on the subject. We shouldn't assume we know about our lesson beforehand and especially about the lessons of others. And we should never turn a blind eye to the suffering of others.