compassion

Talk About Compassion

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What’s happening in Minnesota right now is a compelling example of compassion at work: neighbours seeing neighbours suffering, acknowledging that suffering, and stepping up in ways that are genuinely heroic. Bringing groceries to those who are afraid to leave their homes, coordinating rides for detainees, and defending the vulnerable, sometimes with their lives. Awareness and compassion go hand in hand, and equip us to act in the world, sometimes—most powerfully—against injustice. 

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Walking Together

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Practicing meditation with other people has a distinct flavour to it. Something in the accountability to other people makes me sit a little straighter, makes the time fly faster. For such a seemingly solitary pursuit, meditating in community makes me feel less alone. Hearing others guide and talk about practices has created endless inspiration and fodder for my own practice. Even in silence, being amongst people who are also doing the hard work of trying to know themselves better and greet the world with curiosity and compassion can be incredibly poignant. 

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Leading with Love

By Laura Creedon

Back to school this September was ripe with excitement. In Toronto, students hadn’t set foot in public schools for at least 6 months, for many it had been 18 months. Emotions were running high for everyone: kids, parents and teachers alike. My personal goal this year was to reconnect to that loving approach, and make my class community a safe haven of inspired learning once again. Then the gears of a mass public education system began to squeeze and grind…

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The Idiots of Compassion

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Sometimes I’m an idiot of a very particular type. When I see a person in any kind of hurt, I experience a seizure of compulsive helpfulness. I say the words, perform the gestures, provide the resources, and sometimes make the commitments I later realize are beyond my power to make and may not actually be that helpful in the first place.

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