The Buddha Project Reply To: Self compassion tips?
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Hi Emily, an other view on self compassion is understanding that we are all connected and understand the suffering of our existence. That humans make mistakes, struggle (sometimes) and experience pain. Self compassion in the highest form is the wish and action to free all living beings from suffering. If reactiveness, anger, pride, superficiality arise we can look at it, notice it, observe it, be funny with it: “oooo loook at these angry, pride, superficiality thougths, that’s funny, where did you came from, they are not mine”, and it looses its power. If it already happend in contact with someone we can contemplate on it afterwards. Hopefully it is helpfull for you.