As a slight interlude to the conversation we are having about compassion I just wanted to let you know about an excellent ebook I have come across recently (I haven’t done a good book review for quite awhile!): Simplify by Rob Westwood On the face of it, this ebook appears to be another one of [...] Read more »
Compassionate Practice
Buddhism has a very powerful meditation called Metta Bhavana or “Development of Compassion” which is an excellent exercise in developing loving kindest or friendship. Recent studies have suggested that regulate Metta practice can have positive effects on both your physical health and your mental well being. How To Do It There are six stages to [...] Read more »
Compassion: The Second Keystone of a Tortoise Mind
Compassion is not very fashionable nowadays. Our hare-brained society rewards and favours (and even deifies on some occasions) the rude, the aggressive and the self centred. Hare-brained people hide behind terms like “assertiveness” or “honesty” or “just telling it how it is”, when they are simply being rude, judgemental and self centred. They mock people [...] Read more »