Research shows that loving-kindness practices can promote wellness.

Compassion practice works across cultures.

A simple practice could help you cultivate compassion.

How can we possibly reduce harm? It's something I've been meditating on lately.

In particular, I've wondered how we can heal the blaming and shaming that seems to be dividing so many. One approach is practice compassion, or non-harm, towards others, which is a topic that has been talked about frequently throughout history by such persons as Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jesus, and the Buddha.

Given how our world is infused with technology, you might be tempted to say that technology can provide the answer. Well, if that were the case, the world be experiencing an epidemic of love and kindness right now!

Here's the thing: Compassion is not an answer that is searched or found quickly by using a search engine or AI tool. Compassion is a practice that takes time. For example, the compassion practice I learned in the monastery many years ago is something I still practice today. It's invaluable, especially when I'm stressed or under a deadline.

It's worth remembering, too, that in today's world we are primed to make quick decisions. Technology offers quick information—which of course, is not the same as the experience and process of developing loving-kindness and........

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