
Compassion – Part 2 of Present Heart: The Universal Expressions of Love
Tara Brach
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What Does It Really Mean to Be Compassionate?
Compassion is an all pervading, wide open state of heart that's really inclusive. It doesn't exclude d i and the truth is, as we deepen our attention to our own consciousness and vulnerability, we're more and more alert to how all beings are sentient,. they hurt, and they want to stay alive, just like us. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion has chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.
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