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#77: The Science of Compassion - Shauna Shapiro, PhD
The FitMind Podcast: Mental Fitness, Neuroscience & Psychology
The Compassion Meditation Is Good for You, Liam
Tibetan monk Metu's brain was activated in the same way as if he was on drugs. Compassion meditation is giving him all sorts of rewarding chemicals, writes Liam Smith. The key and what this beautiful monk has learned to do,. which is so powerful, is to transform empathy into compassion. And when you do that, just as you said, you light up your reward centers. All of a sudden, you have the energy and the capacity to help others.
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