Dr. Rick Hanson

Arabic, appears much more often in the Quran than it does throughout the Old and New Testament in the Judeo-Christian Bible. I'm not saying this at all critically. I'm just pointing out that there's a universal appreciation of compassion. Now that I said that, Trying to recall the exact question. How is compassion natural or how is the value of it? Oh, how do we develop?

Arabic, appears much more often in the Quran than it does throughout the Old and New Testament in the Judeo-Christian Bible. I'm not saying this at all critically. I'm just pointing out that there's a universal appreciation of compassion. Now that I said that, Trying to recall the exact question. How is compassion natural or how is the value of it? Oh, how do we develop?

Arabic, appears much more often in the Quran than it does throughout the Old and New Testament in the Judeo-Christian Bible. I'm not saying this at all critically. I'm just pointing out that there's a universal appreciation of compassion. Now that I said that, Trying to recall the exact question. How is compassion natural or how is the value of it? Oh, how do we develop?

I love, honestly, your framing of this. And it's really central to my own experience because when I grew up, I did not feel I mattered. Part of that was my own constructing as a shy kid who just chose to stay inside the bars of my own invisible cage. I was a kid, but still, I made those choices.

I love, honestly, your framing of this. And it's really central to my own experience because when I grew up, I did not feel I mattered. Part of that was my own constructing as a shy kid who just chose to stay inside the bars of my own invisible cage. I was a kid, but still, I made those choices.

I love, honestly, your framing of this. And it's really central to my own experience because when I grew up, I did not feel I mattered. Part of that was my own constructing as a shy kid who just chose to stay inside the bars of my own invisible cage. I was a kid, but still, I made those choices.

And one of the things that's been extremely important to me personally is to look for people with whom I can feel Like I am a thou to their I. If you're familiar with Martin Buber's framework of I-thou relationships or I-it relationships or it relationships. And we all have had the experience of being an it to somebody's I. They're selling us or intimidating us, manipulating us.

And one of the things that's been extremely important to me personally is to look for people with whom I can feel Like I am a thou to their I. If you're familiar with Martin Buber's framework of I-thou relationships or I-it relationships or it relationships. And we all have had the experience of being an it to somebody's I. They're selling us or intimidating us, manipulating us.

And one of the things that's been extremely important to me personally is to look for people with whom I can feel Like I am a thou to their I. If you're familiar with Martin Buber's framework of I-thou relationships or I-it relationships or it relationships. And we all have had the experience of being an it to somebody's I. They're selling us or intimidating us, manipulating us.

They're using us as a means to their ends. compared to feeling like a thou to someone's I, I feel like a thou to your I, that you're with me, you're present, you have a job to do here. We haven't known each other before this. We're getting to know each other here. It's not more than what it is, but it's not less than what it is. It's a genuine I-thou relationship.

They're using us as a means to their ends. compared to feeling like a thou to someone's I, I feel like a thou to your I, that you're with me, you're present, you have a job to do here. We haven't known each other before this. We're getting to know each other here. It's not more than what it is, but it's not less than what it is. It's a genuine I-thou relationship.

They're using us as a means to their ends. compared to feeling like a thou to someone's I, I feel like a thou to your I, that you're with me, you're present, you have a job to do here. We haven't known each other before this. We're getting to know each other here. It's not more than what it is, but it's not less than what it is. It's a genuine I-thou relationship.

And I actually have a little piece I wrote a while ago called Thou All Others. It's an orientation. It's an aspiration. An asymptote, we don't always reach it, but we approach it increasingly, where we treat all others as a thou to our I, even if we need to oppose them or protect ourselves from them.

And I actually have a little piece I wrote a while ago called Thou All Others. It's an orientation. It's an aspiration. An asymptote, we don't always reach it, but we approach it increasingly, where we treat all others as a thou to our I, even if we need to oppose them or protect ourselves from them.

And I actually have a little piece I wrote a while ago called Thou All Others. It's an orientation. It's an aspiration. An asymptote, we don't always reach it, but we approach it increasingly, where we treat all others as a thou to our I, even if we need to oppose them or protect ourselves from them.

We don't lose sight that there's a being behind those I's who wants to live, doesn't wanna suffer, loves their children, enjoys chocolate, and there's someone over there. And so both of those are true. So I love how you're approaching it. And you said it in a beautiful summary way. And indeed, compassion sounds like a fancy word.

We don't lose sight that there's a being behind those I's who wants to live, doesn't wanna suffer, loves their children, enjoys chocolate, and there's someone over there. And so both of those are true. So I love how you're approaching it. And you said it in a beautiful summary way. And indeed, compassion sounds like a fancy word.

We don't lose sight that there's a being behind those I's who wants to live, doesn't wanna suffer, loves their children, enjoys chocolate, and there's someone over there. And so both of those are true. So I love how you're approaching it. And you said it in a beautiful summary way. And indeed, compassion sounds like a fancy word.

What it's about essentially is the combination of empathy and benevolence in response to suffering. Kindness does not presuppose suffering. Compassion presupposes suffering. It's a response to suffering in ourselves or in others. And clearly, if we don't give a damn about their suffering, that kind of is foundational for they don't matter, right?

What it's about essentially is the combination of empathy and benevolence in response to suffering. Kindness does not presuppose suffering. Compassion presupposes suffering. It's a response to suffering in ourselves or in others. And clearly, if we don't give a damn about their suffering, that kind of is foundational for they don't matter, right?