To feel compassion is to love others simply because they are fellow beings.
- When first practicing compassion, it can be easy to fall in the trap of feeling sorry for other people.
- There is a subtle distinction between compassion and pity when feeling sorry for others creates an unhelpful dynamic.
Compassion works without judgement.
- If you walk by a homeless person, compassion isn’t saying to yourself “I feel sorry for that guy. I am glad I am not him.”
- Compassion is the realization that, had it not been for your more fortunate circumstances, you could be him.
As we become more loving and empathetic to others, we create profound change in the world around us.
- When we move through the day with compassion, we enhance the lives of our friends, family members, co-workers, and the people we meet randomly throughout the day.
- Participate in the exquisite sweetness of intimate relationships.
- Feel the profound satisfaction that comes with being fully engaged in your life.
The art of living is to skillfully find ways to balance being and doing.
- If you delve too deeply into doing; if your whole life becomes consumed with meetings, work and to do lists, you may have a great impact on the world but you miss out on the exquisite everyday experience of being.
- You will also likely be far less productive and effective than you could be.
- If you go too deeply into being; if your life becomes all about your practice, and your experience of the present moment; you may miss out on opportunities that contribute to the lives of others.
Re-source: Reintegrate
restore (elements regarded as disparate) to unity : restore to a position as a part fitting easily into a larger whole
Left Brain, Right Brain
- It has become quite a cultural cliché. Creative people are called “right brain” and more logical/rational people are seen as “left brain.”
- The reality is that both sides of the brain play and essential role in shaping our experience, yet there are important differences between them.
Left Hemisphere helps us engage in linguistic and logical thinking
- In the skill of attention, we create more of an integrated brain state by shifting the patterns of activation to the left side of the brain.
Right brain helps us process more holistic, non-verbal forms of information.
- It processes visual and auditory information, bodily sensations, spontaneous emotional experiences.
- Depression, anxiety and others states of psychological distress often correspond to a rights side imbalance.
The goal is to integrate the brain in ways that reduce suffering, promote well-being, and enable you to achieve a sense of aliveness (being) and bring your greatest possible contribution to the world (doing)
Notice, Shift, and Re-Wire Technique
- Noticing, making the shift in your head, and changing the way you are programmed.
craving and resource from “Start Here” – Master the Lifelong Habit of Well-being – by Eric Langshur and Nate Klemp