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"A cost-of-living crisis, the ongoing impact of COVID, climate change, and
numerous global conflicts and refugee crises. When it feels like so many people
are doing it tough, how do we decide where to direct our compassion?
In a world that seems increasingly fractured, we wanted to find out if people
can bridge the divide between “us” and “them” – to grow their feelings of
wanting to help others, who would be typically beyond their “moral circle”.
We discovered that a surprisingly short period of compassion training can
expand how much someone cares about people far beyond their immediate circle."
Via Muse, who wrote:
This is an interesting article about how to increase people’s ability to
care.
The world feels/is more dangerous these days. Part of it is our attitudes.
Marketing and politics have taught us to distrust one another. As more
people are impoverished or feel the threat of impoverishment, the angrier
they become. This is hardly surprising.
When pet dogs or cats are abused and abandoned, they can often become
distrustful and aggressive. We are no different. It takes a lot of
consistent security and care to turn these behaviours around. If we want to
resolve any number of the problems we are facing in the world, we have to
stop thinking in terms of who needs to be punished. Stopped–yes,
rehabilitated–yes, used as an outlet for vengeance–NO!
Human rights start with recognising everyone’s humanity.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
