The Compassion Paradox: How Feeling Too Much Can Stop Us From Helping At All
Why feeling too deeply can leave us powerless, and how shifting from empathy to compassion reignites hope and meaningful action.
Guided Meditation – Navigating the World’s Darkness with Our Light
In this meditation, David guides us in a compassion practice through the metaphor of a candle flame in darkness. This practice helps us to connect with our compassionate nature, and feel grounded, supported and motivated to remain a light amid the world’s troubles.
Navigating Self-Criticism: Buddhist Approaches to Self-Compassion & Self Confidence
How to shift from unhelpful self-criticism to self-compassion, guided by Buddhist insights and practical tips that reveal your naturally joyful, peaceful nature.
A Helpful Alternative to Guilt & Shame
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Choose Compassion
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Guided Meditation on Patient-Acceptance
This is a guided meditation on patient-acceptance, which accompanies the previous episode 43. Using the power of our imagination, we see how approaching challenges with Acceptance, Understanding, Love, and Fortitude, ultimately empower us and bring us greater wellbeing in difficult circumstances.
Being ‘Intelligently Selfish’ & Tonglen
“If you would like to be selfish, you should do it in a very intelligent way. The stupid way to be selfish is … seeking happiness for ourselves alone. … the intelligent way to be selfish is to work for the welfare of others.” His Holiness the Dalai Lama Notes & Transcript Transcript No transcript […]
The Six Paramitas – Patient Acceptance
Notes & Transcript Autogenerated Transcript (may not be accurate) From the meditation:There are many things in life that we face that we cannot change; illness, harm, disappointments, people behaving badly, goals not coming to fruition. And any time we come into conflict with life in this way, any time we want life to be different […]
Dealing with Stressful Situations
In this episode, David addresses a question about how to deal with stressful situations. Firstly, he explores the internal causes of stress and frustration from a Buddhist perspective, and then looks at some opposing minds that can bring us greater peace and wellbeing in such turbulent times. Minds such as acceptance, understanding, and compassion can help […]
Guided Meditation – Compassion (karuṇā)
This is a guided meditation on Compassion (karuṇā in Sanskrit). Compassion is one of the Four Immeasurables, a rich compilation of practices that open the heart, counter the distortions in our relationships with ourselves and deepens our relationship with others. The essential nature of compassion is a yearning for the person we are directing our […]
