Compassionate Self

The human mind is full of competing motivations and potentials. For the compassionate mind to arise and make a difference in our lives, we need to actively train in compassion. This Compassionate Self meditation helps us feel into what it is like to be our compassionate best. The more we can be in touch with our Compassionate Self the more we can be motivated by compassion. This organises our thinking and behaviour around caring and responsiveness for ourselves and others.

Compassion requires us to cultivate an inner capacity and become a certain type of person – someone who is committed to understanding suffering and relieving it wherever possible. For this we must train. Just like a marathon runner puts in hard work to train every morning even when it’s cold because they are committed to taking part in a marathon, so too we need to actively cultivate the qualities of the compassionate mind, especially when the journey gets tough. This meditation supports our training in compassion.

Reviews

Helped me focus on my desire and intention to be a more compassionate person. Thank you very much.

Lovely meditation on compassion. Just one thing though; the rattling of the jewellery was a bit distracting. Other than that, well worth experiencing this meditation. Thank you.

Wow, very powerful. I liked considering what motivates me to be more compassionate and what being more compassionate would look like. Bookmarked, thank you!!

Visualizations were very helpful-thank you

My warrior and crone had a meaningful conversation here. Thank you.