By Sylvia Boorstein — 2007
Loving-kindness meditation (metta) challenges us to send love and compassion to the difficult people in our lives, including ourselves.
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Compassion research is at a tipping point: Overwhelming evidence suggests compassion is good for our health and good for the world.
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Think humans are born selfish? Think again. Dacher Keltner reveals the compassionate side to human nature.
If you’re familiar to meditation, then you’ve probably tried a basic loving-kindness practice. It involves bringing to mind someone you love, and wishing that they are safe, well, and happy—either out loud or to yourself.
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In Positive Psychology, Compassion is seen as a way to relate to the self and a pathway to happiness. The proven benefits of compassion range from increased well-being, to relief from illness, and improved relationships.
The meditation-and-the-brain research has been rolling in steadily for a number of years now, with new studies coming out just about every week to illustrate some new benefit of meditation. Or, rather, some ancient benefit that is just now being confirmed with fMRI or EEG.
When neuroscientists tested expert meditators, they discovered something surprising: The effect of Buddhist meditation isn’t just momentary; it can alter deep-seated traits in our brain patterns and character.