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#219 - The Power of Compassion

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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The Benefits of Caring Compassion

When you're of service to others, it has a profound, profound, positive effect on your physiology. It helps every aspect - decreases stress hormones and decreases inflammatory proteins. As we evolved as a species, we could not survive without being cared for by our parents. And when they cared for us, the benefit of those resources and energy is manifested by the release of oxytocin that gives you a sense of pleasure and reward.

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