Compassion

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Compassion: A Shared Ideal That Transcends Differences

Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 12.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Secular, Karen Armstrong, Christianity, Religion, Islam, Judaism, Compassion, The Inner Life, Living News

We may have been told to 'follow the golden rule' as children (to do unto others as you would have others do unto you) but now science is illustrating the powerful role doing just that can have on humanity.

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What's Keeping Us From The Cushion?

David Nichtern | Posted 12.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, David Nichtern, Cyndi Lee, Relationships, Meditation, Buddhism, The Inner Life, Anxiety, Compassion, Self-Care, Living News

I think it's fair to ask ourselves early on, why are we afraid of just sitting still? Why are we terrified of that?Actually it's for you to find out. But I would like to suggest the possibility that we are afraid of ourselves.

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What I Want For Christmas: Mass Clemency

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 12.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rockefeller Drug Laws, Pardons, Law, Capital Punishment, George W. Bush, War on Drugs, Media, Politics, Liberty, Christmas, Freedom, Ethics, Jail, Constitution, Justice, Illinois, Mercy, Crime, Drug War, Amnesty, Toney Anaya, Massachusetts, Forgiveness, Barack Obama, Compassion, George Ryan, New York, Clemency, Pardon-Power, Religion, Prison, Michigan, Jack Johnson, Governors, Politics News

A mass, collective pardon of nonviolent offenders would reunite hundreds of thousands of families, save billions of dollars in incarceration costs, and might foster a national spirit of forgiveness and reconciliation.

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Cultivating Compassion: Meditation For Better Relationships

Chade-Meng Tan | Posted 12.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Yoga, Anger, Buddha, Relationships, Discipline, Meditation, Buddhism, The Inner Life, Spiritual Practice, Spirituality, Compassion, Living News

There are two components to spiritual practice, Wisdom and Compassion, and associating with people helps us grow Compassion. You probably cannot live a holy life without associating with people.

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The Age of Invisibility

Elissa Stein | Posted 12.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Holidays, Loneliness, Nyc, Aging, Compassion, Friendship, Elderly, Relationships, Hospitals, Elderly Americans, New York News

People in New York are far more kind and generous than we get credit for. But not for the elderly. Not here. Not anywhere, really.

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Dreaming of a Dark Christmas

Jim Selman | Posted 12.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Isolation, Loneliness, Relationships, Gift Giving, Children, Jesus, Alcohol, Christmas, Suicide, 12 Step Program, Eldering, Compassion, Living News

As I've grown older, I see more clearly how difficult the holiday season can be for many people. I am trying to pay attention to these folks this year.

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Health Care: Some Doctors Are Healers, Others Are Destroyers

SaraKay Smullens | Posted 12.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Kindness, Living With Pain, Coping With Pain, Compassion, Doctors as Healers, Finding the Right Care and Relief, Health Care, Living News

Long ago I learned that not all doctors are healers. But this man was a destroyer. I do not remember leaving his office, or walking over a mile home in the bitter cold. I do remember vomiting at a street curb.

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Is Santa The Greatest Yogi?

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 12.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Generosity, Inner Life, Inspiration, Yoga, Happiness, Holiday Season, Charity, Christmas, Giving, Love, Santa, Compassion, Living News

A true Yogi is someone who embodies love, generosity and great wisdom, and Santa is a remarkable example of such qualities, which we may all want to emulate.

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Trashing Tiger

Jim Selman | Posted 12.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Tragedy, Transgressions, Spectacle, Heroes, Tiger Woods Transgressions, Tiger Woods, Commitments, Healing, Media, Celebrity, Forgiveness, Compassion, Living News

I imagine that Tiger Woods wishes his father were still alive and that he could bow his head and beg forgiveness from the one person who knew him best before he was a legend.

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There Is A Beauty With You #13: End Of 2009 Review And Best Wishes

Bob Lingvall | Posted 12.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Awareness, Relationships, Personality, Mindfulness, Self-Awareness, Cult, Meditation, Self-Esteem, Compassion, Self-Help, Self-Realization, The Inner Life, Living News

It is as "I am" that we have the best chance of experiencing the realization of our self as eternal bliss. Here we are at the doorway of knowing ourself to be pure awareness in a universe of infinite compassion.

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Partner As Guru: Relationship As An Evolutionary Tool (VIDEO)

Suzie Heumann | Posted 12.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Non-Dualism, Dualism, Video, Relationship, Shiva, Mark Michaels and Patricia Johnson, Suzie Heumann, Guru, Ego, Shakti, Tantra, Lovers, Compassion, Living News

Devotion might look like what a student has with a teacher or an aspirant has with a guru. The teacher must be high minded and the guru must be the best kind with the highest goals of the student in mind.

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Yoga Breeds Compassion After Physical Abuse

elephant journal | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Pain, Stress, Yoga, Anger, Abuse, Trauma, Relationships, Violence, Meditation, Forgiveness, Compassion, Domestic Abuse, Physical Abuse, Living News

While on the mat, I thought of all the difficulties that life had dealt this man, my ex-husband, my abuser....

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There is a Beauty Within You #12: Paradise Wasn't Lost, It Was Abandoned

Bob Lingvall | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Awareness, Relationships, Personality, Mindfulness, Self-Awareness, Cult, Meditation, Self-Esteem, Compassion, Self-Help, Self-Realization, The Inner Life, Living News

We are ready to believe and follow, giving up freedom for power, justice for security, love for righteousness, allowing culture to become cult.

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What The Buddha Would Say To Sarah Palin

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Politics, Kindness, Media, Honesty, Balanced Life, Inner Life, Yoga, The Buddha, Peace, Buddha, Compassion, Mindfulness, Sarah Palin, Eastern Philosophy, Meditation, Buddhism, Living News

At the moment, Palin is touring the country to promote her book, which has a very large number of words in it, but not all of them are necessarily either true or kind.

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Just Like Me

Arjuna Ardagh | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Irritation, Irritate, Judge, Arjuna Ardagh, Self-Acceptance, Judgment, Reflection, Practices and Tools | Tags: Blame, Compassion, Leap Before You Look, Projection, Living News

It is the habit of the mind in separation to want to externalize everything. If we have not fully accepted the anger or hurt or rigidity we carry within our own hearts, we seek it out in others and blame or judge the qualities we see.

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Compassion: Karen Armstrong and the World's Most Powerful Idea

Katherine Gustafson | Posted 11.18.2009 | Impact

Read More: Karen Armstrong, Good News, Tonic, Faith, Compassion, Small Good News, Impact News

It turns out that one of the most basic things we all learned as children -- treat others how you would like to be treated, the Golden Rule -- is the most powerful idea in the world.

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Grace And Gratitude At Thanksgiving

Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Helping the Needy, Grace, Thanksgiving, Needy, Thanksgiving Traditions, Giving, Thanksgiving Commentary, Anne Naylor, Gratitude, Compassion, The Giving Life, Living News

I think that this holiday, rather than dwell on the question of what I am grateful for in my life I will instead consider questions like "am I truly giving?"

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The Charter For Compassion

GOOD | Posted 11.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Karen Armstrong, Paul Simon, Dalai Lama, Spirituality, Compassion, Living News

TED Prize winner Karen Armstrong just released her Charter for Compassion. Here it is, read by a perfectly representative demographic cross-section of...

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There is a Beauty Within You #11: Are You More Than Culture Can Speak

Bob Lingvall | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Awareness, Relationships, Personality, Mindfulness, Self-Awareness, Meditation, Self-Esteem, Compassion, Self-Help, Self-Realization, Living News

Self-awareness is a very mysterious phenomenon. How is it that matter can be self-aware? Is matter somehow creating you and me?

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Relaxation: The Art of Doing Nothing (VIDEO)

Tara Stiles | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Tension, Relaxation, Yoga, Ram Dass, The Dalai Lama, Tara Stiles, Calm, Inner Calm, Anxiety, Compassion, Living News

tension is like a clogged drain, keeping what we don't need from dropping away, standing in the way of our potential. We need to dig out all the sludge.

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Can An Ordinary Person Enjoy A State Of Grace?

Anne Naylor | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Sleeplessness, Forgiving, Trust, Sacrifice, The Inner Life, Surrender, Compassion, Sarah Ban Breathnach, Rumi, God, William Hazlitt, Grace, Dr John-Roger, Hayley Westenra, Security, Faith, Confidence, Gratitude, Living News

Can we create the conditions in which we lead grace-full lives? Is it even possible to expect to live gracefully, with the world in so much chaos? My view is that there has never been a better time.

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Don't Waste A Good Crisis

Mike Robbins | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Support, Self Help, Motivational Speaker, Empathy, Honesty, Transformation, Mike Robbins, Authenticity, Healing, Surrender, Compassion, Problems, Happiness, Living News

Instead of just gutting it out or going into some form of creative denial, what if we embraced the crises in our lives and actually utilized them for the incredible growth opportunities that they are?

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A Solution For Infant Mortality? Christian Organization Emphasizes Its Child Survival Program

Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 10.29.2009 | Impact

Read More: Literacy, Psas, Illiteracy, Psa, Child Survival Program, Breast Feeding, Adult Literacy, Immunization, Compassion, Infant Mortality, Impact News

The Christian Organization Compassion aims to use its influence and funds to "release children from poverty." Their latest campaign, the Child Surviva...

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There Is a Beauty Within You #10: When Love and Awareness Meet

Bob Lingvall | Posted 10.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Awareness, Relationships, Personality, Mindfulness, Self-Awareness, Meditation, Self-Esteem, Compassion, Self-Help, Self-Realization, Yoga, Living News

Immersed in the most personal of personal loves, we are a point of awareness in an ocean of compassionate love; a butterfly on the back of a whale preparing to dive.

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