A HEART WITH FEAR - COMPASSION

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What is compassion? Most of us would agree that it is important in both our lives and our guys as to the society in general. In addition from that, and indisputably part of oureveryday human experience. We love and care for our children; when faced with somebody what be feeling pain, instinctively us we feel bad put that one person; we are moved when someone turns to us in a time of distress. Most of us would agree that compassion has something to do with the real meaning of a good life. So it is not coincidence what she finish if revealing the basis common in what you teachings ethical of allthe main religious and humanist traditions meet. Even in the fierce arena politics, it is a value that both sides of the spectrum are eager to claimto yes.

Despite our experiences and beliefs on the subject, compassion does not play a central role in our lives or in society. In contemporary culture, we have a relationship very confused about values like kindness and compassion. For some people, it's a question religious or moral, a particular concern of the individual, with little or no relevance social. Others question the possibility of altruism and suspect feelings like compassion, who put the well-being of others first. At the other extreme, these qualities rise to the point where they are out of reach for most of us, becomingexclusivity of exceptional individuals, something to be admired in people like Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Mud, but what no if show relevant to the our day the day.

In one definition wide, compassion and one concern what arises when we see the suffering of another and we wish it would end . In essence, this feeling is our response to the reality inevitable from the condition human: our experiences of pain and Suffering.

The compassion us offers the possibility of react to the Suffering with understanding, patience and kindness instead of, say, fear and repulsion. It makes us open toreality of suffering and seeking its relief. Compassi

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