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Motivate Ourselves with Compassion Learn and Practice with the Power of Compassion
2022-03-31 Motivate Ourselves with Compassion Learn and Practice with the Power of Compassion 49:32
Eve Decker
Compassion is a central Buddhist teaching and practice. It is meant to be applied to all aspects of life, including our inner life. Many of us learned to motivate ourselves with critical inner language and tone. This creates an inner atmosphere where difficult emotions arise more easily. We can utilize compassion instead - and lift the well-being our whole inner life, while still motivating ourselves. The talk explores the difference between criticism and compassion in self-motivation, and how to use compassion as our guide rather than criticism.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

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