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Essence of Compassion
Effortless and challenging. Compassion is the most natural thing. Thus, there is no effort needed to get into the Compassionate journey. Rather, it needs a letting-go. The direction is towards harmony in the huge set of mental/neuronal patterns of the mind/brain. [see: “Human Brain: Giant Pattern Recognizer”] The more harmony, the less ‘stress.’ Of course, Read the full article…
How Empathy Works
This is an explanation at the mental-neuronal patterns level. Encompassing this, empathy goes beyond the purely conceptual, towards ‘big-c-Compassion.’ Please read [see: “Landscape of Empathy“], [see: “Essence of Compassion“] This text is a high-level explanation Being theoretical, it doesn’t delve into the how of making empathy work better depending on the goal. It does show Read the full article…
Compassion Everywhere
Compassion is often misunderstood. Some see it as softness, others as charity, still others as a luxury that disappears when life becomes serious. Yet Compassion may be much deeper – and broader – than any of these. If taken seriously, it may have something to say about nearly every domain of human life — from Read the full article…