When I write that we need to practice compassion in our daily lives, you may wonder how exactly to do this. After all, you're probably a pretty compassionate person, so is there a need to do anymore than to simply be who you are? Read on...
How do we meditate on compassion for politicians when we’re completely fed up with politics as usual, or when our preferred party doesn’t seem to be getting it right (or maybe our least preferred party seems to be getting it “wrong!”) Try these four steps:
This week's Meditation Tip of the Week will be preempted with a special announcement: It's radio interview time!! In the spirit of helping others to help others to help themselves, I'd like to encourage you all to listen in to the live radio interview that will be happening on Monday, August 6th, at 9pm EST. If you can't listen to the live broadcast, please feel free to listen to the archived interview, it's sure to be an entertaining evening. RN.FM Radio is the brainchild of Keith Carlson and Kevin Ross, two nurse-entrepreneurs, who are working to empower nurses to speak [...]
Meditation is the practice or the art of non-distraction and compassion (in meditation) is the art of being compassionate for ourselves when we are distracted.
Cultural anthropologist and writer Margaret Meade once wrote the oft-quoted line, "Never underestimate the power of a small group of committed people to change the world. In fact, it is the only thing that ever has." When we meditate on compassion and on how we, in our smallness, can make a difference in the world, let's embrace Meade's view of what a "small group of committed people..." can do to change our world. When we begin to practice meditation, we can find ourselves caught up in our claustrophobic sense of self, lacking compassion for ourselves as well as for others. [...]
Today, in celebration of the anniversary of the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King (his birthday was actually January 15th), I'd like to post a full transcript of his famous speech, known as the "I Have a Dream Speech." Its words are so moving and to me, celebrate the compassion that we often speak on on this site. On this site, I occasionally I like to highlight works of "compassion in action." I can think of no person more deserving of such recognition as Dr. King. In memory of all that Dr. King did to bring our country to the [...]
This blog is devoted to the discussion of compassion as it relates to meditation. However, as has been the case in the past, there are times when acts of compassion or organizations dedicated to the promotion of compassionate action warrant inclusion within this site. Last night while trying to find a soccer game on television, I stumbled upon the 2011 Teen Nick Halo Awards. What? That's what I said. Some of you may know what this is, which puts you (at least) a step ahead of me. The Teen Nick Halo Awards is a yearly program that honors teens and [...]
Can meditation on compassion change the way that we view politics? Regardless of our political inclinations or leanings, we are all subject to the political fracas that erupts years before Presidential elections, and that is almost ongoing in the general and special elections within the local political arena. Do you ever get the impression that many of these politicians, regardless of their party, don't have any idea of how badly we all want things to change for the benefit of everyone? For instance, I don't think that any of us want Medicare to disappear, leaving the elderly in dire straits. [...]
Emotional ups and downs? Stock market ups and downs? Is there a difference? Can meditation alleviate the inner turmoil of the external ups and downs? Wow; this site is about meditation in general, and about meditation is the healthcare field in particular. So, what's this post about the stock market got to do with anything? (<----For those of you needing advice on the stock market, this post links to Robert Pagliarini's column. Robert is a great guy who invests his time and resources in the Band of Brothers, previously featured on this site.) I don't know about you, but even [...]
I cannot imagine having a blog site dedicated compassion and to the practices of meditation and on compassionate action that did not include There With Care