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Compassion

Danger! Empathy and Psychopathy as Competing Value Systems in Politics and Economics

Marcella Mroczkowski | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Marcella Mroczkowski

Four to five percent of the population is born without a capacity for empathy. It is a neurological lack. A psychopath may be a genius and become a multimillionaire, but he will never be able to understand empathetic values.

Phoenix Rising ... and the Struggle Continues

Randall Amster | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Randall Amster

I've written a lot about Arizona since the national controversy over SB 1070 took hold, and in particular during recent weeks as the struggle over the...

Lindsay Lohan: Easy to Be Hard

Dr. Cheryl Pappas | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Dr. Cheryl Pappas

Joan Rivers is right about Lindsay Lohan. Sadly, her comment that Ms. Lohan will not survive another ten years of her current lifestyle appears reasonable and prescient.

BP's Oiled Pelicans: "They Look Like Dead Angels in the Sand"

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Georgianne Nienaber

Rehabilitation of wildlife has become a moneymaking government enabled bureaucracy with a bunch of federal sock-puppets taking orders from BP. Don't ask me to prove it -- look the photos.

Negotiating the Paradoxes of Nonjudgment

Swati Desai, Ph.D., LCSW | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Swati Desai, Ph.D., LCSW

There is one big problem with non-judgment. Our brain is not supposed to be nonjudgmental! It is structured to make judgments at all times for the sake of safety: emotional and physical.

15 Ways to Practice Compassion on the Way Home for Dinner

Karen Maezen Miller | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Karen Maezen Miller

There is only one place to practice compassion: the one you're in. You can never leave this place, but you can turn it inside out.

The Difference Between Love and Loving

Jonathan Ellerby | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Jonathan Ellerby

It is hard to admit but love and loving are not the same thing, and most of us are naturally good at "love" but struggle more with "loving." To love s...

The Noetic Value of Fiction

Eric Simpson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Eric Simpson

Fiction has the capacity to indirectly provoke us to begin to see the presence of God in all things, and to understand the world of temporal matter as an epiphany of the eternal, spiritual realm.

'Homeboy And Homegirls' Need Money to Keep Their Jobs

Toan Lam | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Toan Lam

Homeboy Industries needs $5 million dollars to get through the next six months. Father Boyle says due to the bad economy, grants and donations dwindled, so they need the money to bridge the gap.

Proclamation of Psychological Independence

Pavel Somov, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Pavel Somov, Ph.D.

The West is in a constant war with reality: perpetually dissatisfied with what is, we are desperately trying to perfect it. This one and only reality...

The Politics of Joy: God's Equation

Elizabeth Cunningham | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Elizabeth Cunningham

Joy is not a betrayal of sorrow for a suffering world; it is companion and counterpart. Joy can be an offering, an act of courage and encouragement.

Meet Three Real Heroes

Ann Medlock | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Ann Medlock

Yes, the news is awful-to-ghastly almost everywhere you look and there are people doing great things, sticking their necks out to make things better. Consider three newly commended Giraffe Heroes.

The Biblical Imperative to Embrace the Immigrant

George Elerick | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
George Elerick

The moment we invite the foreigner is the moment we come to accept the foreigner in us.

On the Moral Depravity of Capitalism in 21 Tweets

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Cynthia Boaz

I've thought a lot about it & have concluded that market capitalism is actually conducive to evil. It's not just a talking point.

On Civil Discourse in Online Forums: Learning From Immigrant Youth

Marjorie Faulstich Orellana | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Marjorie Faulstich Orellana

We need wise hearts on all sides of the political spectrum, as we engage with the thorny issues of our day. When, after all, did empathy become a bad word?

Cooling the Flames of Our Passion

Dr. Sharon Ufberg | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Dr. Sharon Ufberg

Why all the snarkiness? Sounding cranky never got any kid more dessert or a later bedtime so why do so many women activists feel the need to be so irritable?

I Got A Drug For You

Dr. Cheryl Pappas | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Dr. Cheryl Pappas

Music has always been my drug of choice, and science backs me up. When you Google the "healing power of music", a world of explanation is offered about how music is no stranger to the healing of mind, body, and soul.

God-Training with BugZooka

Pavel Somov, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Pavel Somov, Ph.D.

Summertime means bugs. Bugs bug us. We don't like to be bugged so we kill bugs. Let's face it: we are playing gods, taking it upon ourselves to dec...

What Would Rev. Barbie Do?

Jim Lichtman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Jim Lichtman

She's smart, sassy, and now she's sanctified. Who am I talking about? Why, it's Episcopal Priest Barbie! That's right, fun and flirty Barbie trade...

The Compassionate God

Father John Giuliani | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Father John Giuliani

Christians celebrate an incarnate God, a God who so loves the creation that it is taken into the divine heart. In Jesus we celebrate the Compassionate One who takes on the cloth of humanity.

Why Men Are More Intuitive Than Women

Laura Day | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Laura Day

How can the female brain which is wired for connection, compassion and feeling, become more accurate and competitive in the world? How can men use their natural intuition more reliably?

Charity as a Drop in the Bucket: Day 7

Ken Wong | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Ken Wong

Join me and my Face-to-Face AIDS Project and see how our ideas of charity evolve with on-the-ground experiences.

Cultivating Compassion: Meditation For Better Relationships

Chade-Meng Tan | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Chade-Meng Tan

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.

Are Compassion and Community Evil?

Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Mike Lux

To my conservative friends: The fact that I care about keeping you from starving, freezing to death, and dying due to lack of good medical care does not mean that I eventually want to send you to a death camp.

Religion: Nothing More Than Politics in Drag

Rabbi Irwin Kula | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Rabbi Irwin Kula

Religion has become the art of fancy proof texting, liberal or conservative politics in drag, adding little or no value to the public discourse, hardening people's preexisting political beliefs and fueling their sense of outrage against anyone with whom they disagree.