Compassion
I have a guest post on the Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life blog. It is about what I think of as my bottom line: that compassion and joy (or better yet, compassionate-joyfulness) are good in themselves. They are what justify other things rather than being justified by other things. I also talk about how some [...]
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Image by erix! This post is in response to a readers question. They asked me (in an email so I’ll keep them anonymous) about the difference between empathy and compassion. My first reaction was a surprised puzzlement, then I realised that I had treated them as meaning pretty much the same, and then I realised [...]
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Image by tanakawho We are vulnerable – fragile. We are dependant in many ways on our environment. We need food to live on. Water is even more important and air to breathe more important again. And this is just the physical. To live a satisfying human life requires more – friends, a sense of control [...]
Image by Amir Fathi Disappointment isn’t often viewed positively in the self-help or self-development world. This is hardly surprising – it’s quite an unpleasant experience (at least for me). An exception to this is Joanna Macy. Her take on disappointment is that disappointment is valuable because, “When you are disappointed you are not pretending” (my [...]
Image by *L*U*Z*A* Whenever I need a metaphor for the spirit or spirituality I come back to light. The light I mean is natural light, not the harshness of neon or other fluorescent kinds. For me these all seem harsh or distorting of colours. The kind of light I mean is sunlight.Light is my favourite [...]
