Compassion: obstacles and objections
A striking fact about meditating on kindness is how little people do it. Even experienced meditators seem to avoid the practice
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Oct 13, 20234 min read
Compassion: a load of techniques
In my last-but-one post, I offered three general principles to apply when cultivating kindness in meditation. In this one, I'll be more...
Aug 8, 20232 min read
Compassion: cultivation
If you've read my last post, then hopefully you've started to work on building up some awareness of your emotions in the area of the...
Jul 24, 20233 min read
Compassion: the heart
To cultivate kindness, you really need to involve the body, and more specifically, the heart. Because that really does seem to be where...
Jun 20, 20235 min read
Compassion: even unto the watering can
I once read in a book about Zen that after you do the gardening, you should clean your tools with great gentleness and care. It's a nice...
May 26, 20233 min read
Compassion: getting stuff done
The most basic benefit that you'll get from cultivating kindness in meditation is that it will help you to keep on meditating. Whereas...
May 17, 20233 min read
Compassion: a nit worth picking
I said in my last post that we don't need to split hairs or pick nits when it comes to kindness, but there is one nitpick/hairsplit that...
Apr 27, 20233 min read
Compassion - beyond nitpicks and hair splits
Warm, fuzzy feelings have always been an integral part of meditation and mindfulness, and not just because meditators are hippies....
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