Sadhguru
Can too much softness or sympathy actually harm the people I care about?
Misplaced compassion causes lasting pain
Refusing to put shoes on the bulls to avoid half an hour of pain left them in pain all the time. This was misplaced compassion. On the spiritual path, saints are very compassionate and gurus are just brutal.
Then I wondered what had happened to my sense. It was misplaced compassion. With the shoes on, even if they went through half an hour of pain, they would be fine.