The more we are able to be in the nature of our mind, the more we will discover our wisdom, immeasurable compassion and infinite capability, and so develop a deeply nourishing inner strength.
Maybe compassion is the elixir of life. Perhaps the reason we've never found the mythical philosopher's stone is because we've always searched for something outside of ourselves. Compassion is an inside job.
Neuroscientist Tania Singer is planning to train caregivers, nurses and doctors in compassion meditation. This would to allow them to offer altruistic services to those in pain without themselves suffering from empathic distress.