Month: April 2023

How Is Compassion Related To Suffering?

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Root of Compassion

Compassion arises out of our own experience of suffering. We all know what it’s like to be sick or in pain, to be lonely or have our feelings hurt, to fear the unknown or grieve the loss of a loved one. When we see or hear of others going through similar experiences, our heart opens with a feeling of empathy and the wish to help.

Desire to Be Free

Compassion is the wish for oneself and others to be free of suffering, free from all painful, unwanted, unsatisfactory experiences. Compassion acknowledges that everyone wants to be free of suffering, deserves to be free, and has the capacity to be free.

Awakening the Kind Heart
Kathleen McDonald

What Are The Pillars Of Taoism?

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Three Pillars of Taoism

  • Moderation
  • Humility
  • Compassion

Taoism refers to either a school of philosophical thought or to a religion, both of which share ideas and concepts of Chinese origin and emphasize living in harmony with the Tao or ‘Way’. The Tao is generally defined as the source of everything and the ultimate principle underlying reality.

What Were Alchemists Of Old Up To?

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Alchemy

Folks today oftentimes think the alchemists of old literally changed lead into gold. However, the alchemists were working on a metaphorical level, and changing lead-heavy consciousness into golden light. The world alchemy, from the Aramaic, means “working within and through the dense darkness inside.” Thus, the truth of what alchemists were actually doing.

How to Heal Toxic Thoughts
Sandra Ingerman

What Is The Significance Of Consciousness?

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Consciousness

The significance of consciousness comes from what it brings to the human mind, and from what it subsequently allows the mind to discover.

Consciousness makes mental experiences possible, from pleasure to pain, along with all that we perceive and memorize, and recall and manipulate as we describe the world around and within us, in the process of observing, thinking, and reasoning.

Feeling and Knowing: Making Minds Conscious
Antonio Damasio