
Compassion – Part 2 of Present Heart: The Universal Expressions of Love
Tara Brach
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The Power of Mindfulness and Compassion
When there is self compassion, we naturally extend. So i'd like to give you an example of how how it can work. A story that really struck me because it was a man and a woman got married, and he and their family became those two and her son. And what came up, he child was eight years old, had a lot of tantrums. It was difficult, it was rude. And the sky font is finding himself not liking his stepson,. He felt anger, feeling rage. But when he let himself acknowledge this was hard and softened towards himself, he was able to start talking to his wife and it actually opened things up for her.
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