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Originally Posted by kaytibear
 Agree with what you said. Compassion not only is wishing others to be free of suffering imo but what moves us to act to help people along with love.
Kayti |
Exactly. It starts with the willingness to be present with and attend to suffering--without minimizing it or suppressing it or clinging to it.
Compassion creates RESPONSE ABILITY--the ability to respond to ourselves and others lovingly--without an agenda of trying to 'fix it'. Having the wish that another be free of suffering doesn't mean not being ok with suffering. The human condition is suffering.