Compassion: The combination of noticing another's pain, having a strong emotional response to it, then acting to relieve that pain. It's a social reaction that motivates us to go out of our way to mitigate the emotional, physical, or mental distress of another person.
Meditation is the discovery that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment. Warp and Woof! One day at a time! My spiritual practice doesn't ask me to place more beliefs on top of my life. At its heart it asks me to wake up and face life directly. Wake up! You've been asleep! In so doing, I've discovered the treasure hidden in each difficulty and learned that this treasure - found in the sufferings, sorrows, and pains of the world - is compassion itself. Compassion is the heart's response to sorrow and the sorrow of life is part of each of our hearts and part of what connects us with one another.
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