Compassion

 

When we truly rest in awareness, our experience is spacious and intimate, without defenses. With it arises compassion; we feel our heart's natural compassion with life. - Jack Kornfield One of the most important results of practicing mindfulness is having compassion for ourselves. As we learn to observe and not judge that which is going on in the present moment, we become gentler with ourselves. For example, when anger or jealousy comes up, we can simply notice it. We can feel it in our body...