{"id":174,"date":"2008-03-29T03:51:27","date_gmt":"2008-03-29T10:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/blog\/meditation\/meditation-and-compassion\/"},"modified":"2008-03-29T03:51:27","modified_gmt":"2008-03-29T10:51:27","slug":"meditation-and-compassion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/blog\/meditation\/meditation-and-compassion\/","title":{"rendered":"Meditation and Compassion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/dafodils.jpg\" alt=\"Daffodils\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A new study  shows that meditation can help bring forward the quality of compassion. &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciam.com\/article.cfm?id=meditate-on-this-you-can-learn-to-be-more-compassionate\">Meditate on this.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I think the reason meditation brings forward the quality of compassion is that when we meditate we transcend the mind. The mind is by nature critical; it thinks of things to judge and criticise. When we meditate we quieten the critical mind and bring to the fore the inner qualities of the heart. In meditation we also expand our sense of self. We do not just identify with our ego, but feel a greater sense of oneness with other people.<\/p>\n<p>We have written a few posts on meditation including<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/meditation\/an-introduction-to-meditation\/\">An introduction to meditation.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/blog\/meditation\/how-to-gain-control-of-your-own-thoughts\/\">How To control your thoughts<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Other Recommended Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alex Shalman shares his experiences of practising meditation in &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alexshalman.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/26\/the-monks-way-to-inner-peace\/\">The Monk&#8217;s way to inner peace<\/a>. As Alex suggests, meditation is not always easy but, if you create a regular discipline it becomes more natural as you progress.<\/li>\n<li>Albert from Urban monk shares a thoughtful contribution on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanmonk.net\/141\/love-and-aloneness-unravelling-the-ego-and-pride\/\">Love and Aloneness  <\/a>It is strange that we  can spend so much time with other people, and yet still feel a sense of loneliness. It is often the ego that creates barriers and a sense of separation; it is this that really creates a sense of loneliness. It reminded me of a post by Shane on the difference between <a href=\"http:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/blog\/blog\/life\/how-to-distinguish-between-love-and-emotional-dependence\/\">love and emotional attachment<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Another article I liked very much recently is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wethechange.com\/how-to-find-your-true-purpose\/\">How To Find Your True purpose<\/a> by Todd at We The Change. I think it asks very thoughtful questions and doesn&#8217;t overcomplicate the essential process of self inquiry and self discovery.<\/li>\n<li>Sumangali wrote a good post &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sumangali.org\/good-for-your-health-7-surprises\/\">7 Surprising things that are good for your health<\/a>. &#8211; good news for chocolate lovers!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Thanks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to all our commentators, especially Chris Cade of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiritual-short-stories.com\/\">Spiritual Short Stories<\/a>, whose comment on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/blog\/happiness\/the-art-of-forgiveness\/\">The Art of Forgiveness<\/a> was worthy of a post by itself.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Random Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you are looking for a really good laugh, I can highly recommend this British film classic staring Peter Sellers and a plethora of stars. &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tejvan.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/03\/26\/the-wrong-arm-of-the-law\/\">The Wrong Arm of the Law<\/a> had me laughing all the way through.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by: Tejvan, Oxford Botanic Gardens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study shows that meditation can help bring forward the quality of compassion. &#8211; Meditate on this. I think the reason meditation brings forward the quality of compassion is that when we meditate we transcend the mind. The mind is by nature critical; it thinks of things to judge and criticise. When we meditate &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/blog\/meditation\/meditation-and-compassion\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Meditation and Compassion&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meditation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}