Cultivating compassion

Sympathy is when one pities someone else’s misfortune. Empathy is where one behaves like another, going along the journey with someone. Discover how compassion differs from both sympathy and empathy in today’s meditation. Your morning mantra: I hear you. I am here with you.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
Approche production, cultivating compassion. Your morning mantra, I hear you,
I am here with you. If it's safe to do so,
close your eyes or lower your gaze. Relax your eyes,

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relax your ears, relax your jaw, relax your shoulders down,
and bring your attention to your breath, drawing your breath
down into your heart. Compassion is holding space, a place

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of safety and for someone else to be themselves, speak
their truth, or just to be held in reverence without judgment.

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It is a meeting of the souls, a meeting of
the hearts, a deep respect for yourself and for the other,
understanding that you have different paths to healing, but that

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you both have the capacity to heal. That you can
trust in your own guidance, trust that they will find
a way and follow their own guidance to stabilize and
find a peace within the suffering. Today's mantra, I hear you,

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I am here with you. Repeat to yourself, either out
loud or in your mind, I hear you, I am
here with you. Follow us on Instagram at your morning
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