Empathy is feeling for (or with) other people and understanding their feelings. When we witness another person suffering, in particular, compassion arises from empathy, adding the dimensions of wishing to see the relief of suffering and wanting to do something
Compassion can be extended towards oneself when suffering occurs through no fault of one’s own – when the external circumstances of life are simply painful or difficult to bear. Self-compassion is equally relevant, however, when suffering stems from one’s own
So, Zuckerberg flew to India, visited the temple, and spent almost a month travelling around the country. He said that seeing the way that people connected made him feel that the world would be much better if everyone had a
I have learnt so much from this challenging dialogue and continue to do so. I have learnt about my capacity for violence and for non-violence. I am learning to give up blame and choose empathy. On October 12th 1984 my
Altruistic responding implies an active behavioral response initiated by the perception of need, which is differentiated from cooperative, diffuse, or unintentional forms of altruism that likely derive from other evolutionary and mechanistic origins… Altruistic responding further narrows these classifications to
Ayurved Sutra | Regular Issue | Vol. 3 | Issue 3 | On the Cover : WE ARE BORN TO CONNECT
…And suddenly, it was crystal clear! The story was in front of me. It was all around me. It in me… desperately wanted to come out! The approach this time was personal, and the result was a spiritual fiction. “Do
The early Sanskrit writers mentioned it under the names ‘Vidari’ and ‘Bhumi-Kushmanda’. In the Nighantas, it has several synonyms. It was part of the composition of several diuretic and demulcent mixtures. In the Konkan region of India, the root was
An impassioned writer, speaker, yoga mentor and author of the ebook, WellBeing Yoga Immersions for Love and Happiness, Kylie Terraluna applies yogic philosophy and other Vedic sciences to the practice of yoga. She has been teaching yoga since 2002 and
‘Bondage is the death, the karmic bondage. It is for this reason that when a liberated being leaves the body, at least at that time we are supposed to rejoice at his liberation. We don’t. That is our ignorance, but
