Learning about, contemplating, and meditating on compassionate insight illuminates the mind, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #mind
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Learning about, contemplating, and meditating on compassionate insight illuminates the mind, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #mind
Compassionate insight helps transform difficult circumstances into causes for growth, www.compassmethods.com. @CompassionsCompass-sb7jo #transform
No matter how dark the times might get, keep your compassionate insight shining, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #light
Minds process the world of sensory experience in differing ways. The calmer the mind, the clearer the perception, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #mind
Change is inevitable. Compassionate insight helps us grow as we change, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #change
Life is fleeting, compassionate insight makes it beautiful and worthwhile, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #beauty
Few wants, easily satisfied. -Tibetan Proverb, www.compassmethods.com, youtube.com/@compassions... #contentment
Compassionate insight listens with heart mind, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #listening
Who would want to go to DC when the oligarchy has filled it with troops serving them instead of the people?
When we investigate appearances, we can see that they arise in dependence on many unseen causes and conditions, as do we. Wisdom sees the dependent nature of appearances, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #wisdom
When lies, abuse of power, and hatred are in charge, everyone suffers. Not so if people of conscience band together to topple injustice, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #unite
Sarah, a victim/survivor of Epstein/Maxwell, & co-conspirators tells all. Listen. Feel. Believe. Demand #Justice4Survivors. #WhereIsTheList
A compassionate life is a meaningful life, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #compassion
We’re all the same in wanting to be safe, secure, and well nourished, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions...
When we keep planting the seeds of compassionate insight, they eventually will shape what we become, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #seeds
We’re always changing. Compassionate insight can help in finding a meaningful path forward, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #change
Compassionate insight keeps you genuine, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #genuine
Compassion makes life meaningful, wisdom sets us free, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #wisdom
Healing oneself helps heal the world, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #healing
Compassionate insight brings beauty into the world, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #beauty
Small acts of kindness bring joy, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #kindness
Wherever you are, whoever you’re with, you can let your compassionate wisdom shine, www.compassmethods.com. @CompassionsCompass-sb7jo #shine
The four foundations of mindfulness include mindfulness of the body, feelings, mind, and mental objects. All of these can be accessed through mindfulness of the breath, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #mindfulness
The insight part of compassionate insight is to see through the curtain of discursive thoughts and debunk misconceptions about ourselves and our world, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #insight
A beautiful short song composed by Wes Smith. Enjoy! #music youtube.com/shorts/Cwy0E...
In the gap between initial perception and mental labeling, our emotional histories, reactions, and conceptual constructs can alter our view of phenomena, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #perceptions
The first moment of bare sensory perception is immediately followed by a mental labeling process with complex neurological interactions. Over time, meditators can become aware of this process, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #mindfulness
Cruel and sadistic
The first step in compassions development is self acceptance. Mindfulness practice helps, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #acceptance
In these days of extreme narcissists seizing control, we need compassionate leaders to rise up and guide us forward, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #leadership
Compassionate insight frees us from illusions of separateness, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #wisdom
Here’s a song about love and loss. No one gets through life without loss. The challenge is in whether our losses consume us or make us grow. Taking the love , learning, and gratitude forward from past deep connections keeps us growing stronger. #music youtube.com/watch?v=TaMI...
When our nervous systems are hijacked by fear, it becomes more difficult to find our compassion and wisdom. But if we make a daily practice of cultivating compassionate insight, it will be available to us even through the toughest times, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions...
Interesting, though the nature of the mind itself remains a hidden phenomenon except when investigated through introspection. jmb-online.com/pdf/05/JMB-4...
Definitely. Intuition comes in handy at such times.
It’s a challenge. Our advantage is that anger distorts thinking and perceptions, dumbing down the person overcome by it. In contrast, compassion does not cloud judgment and insight helps in discerning the best course of action to take when confronted by malevolence.
Compassionate insight builds courage and resilience for life’s toughest challenges, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #resilience
Ya. But what if the mind is not necessarily tied to our neurology? jmb-online.com/pdf/05/JMB-4...
When the cultivation of compassionate insight becomes a daily routine, it eventually becomes natural, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #natural
Thanks Diana, glad you enjoyed it! 🙏🙂
Mind is the most important part of us. Take care of it by cultivating compassionate insight, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #mind
This is a short, interesting instrumental that Wes and Wilson cooked up. When things get crazy on the surface, it’s time to go underground. #music youtube.com/watch?v=bS4t...
When you cultivate compassionate insight each morning, it stays with you through your day and brings beauty to whoever you encounter, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #beauty
We’re all equal in wanting to be safe, secure, and fed. To care is to share, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #sharing
Endings are beginnings. When things fall apart, as they inevitably do, compassionate insight is the best guide forward, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #endings
We can stay only as long as our causes and conditions allow. If we use this time wisely, living compassionately, we prepare a better future for ourselves as things inevitably change, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #abide
All we are and all we have came from causes and conditions. If we want wellbeing for ourselves and our communities in the future, we must act with compassionate insight now, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #actions
Compassionate insight integrates heart and mind, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #love
One day, Wes took a break from work for a quick jam in the studio. He started this little ditty and Wilson joined in. Though our make shift studio is in a tiny basement room, the transported us to the islands. #music youtube.com/watch?v=B6sc...
When you cultivate equanimity, gratitude, and love, compassionate insight naturally blooms, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #bloom
We have no choice but to change. Compassionate insight can make it meaningful, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #change
The key is compassionate insight, www.compassmethids.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #key
Even in the worst of times, the clear nature of mind is with us. We can focus on it at any time, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #mind
In giving and taking practice, one imagines taking away suffering from others with an inbreath and sending them wellbeing with an outbreath. While just imagined, it can reduce self-focused fears and enhance compassionate courage, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #courage
Compassionate insight keeps hearts and minds open through the storm, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #open
In the garden of a quiet mind, flowers of compassion and wisdom can bloom, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #mindfulness
Momento mori can become a daily practice in which reminders of our mortality lead us to use our time meaningfully. #life bigthink.com/smart-skills...
This song is a call to return to our basic decency, love, compassion, and wisdom. We all have the potential to make our minds berserk or to cultivate our fullest potential as human beings. Lynnell Lewis sings the lyrics with exquisite beauty. Enjoy! #music youtube.com/watch?v=81Km...
MAGAville is unhinged crazy town.
The key to a compassionate life is to never give up, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #perserverence
Compassionate insight connects us with all life, www.compassmethods.com. @CompassionsCompass-sb7jo #connection
The question is: what god do they worship? youtu.be/9-yr5_6ydnQ?...
One day, Wes and Wilson were jamming in the studio when Wes started this beautiful song. We turned on the recording and it came out like this. #originalmusic youtube.com/watch?v=ybP3...
Mindfulness, observation, and critical analysis lead to better choices and eventually to wisdom, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #choices
The Voodoo Penguins are launching our own YouTube channel. We’ve only uploaded one song thus far, but more to come. Enjoy! youtube.com/@wilsonhurle...
Human made suffering in the name of Christ. It’s a hard rain gonna fall. 😒💕
When things fall apart, compassionate insight helps with acceptance, problem solving, and turning hardship into emotional growth, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #hardship
The best way to make life meaningful is to cultivate compassionate insight each morning as the motivation for your daily activities, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #motivation
The Greedy Oppressive Perverts (#GOP), seen here laughing about the horror they just unleashed on the sick, the frail, those seeking assylum, and the working poor, rejoice in taking money from the poor to use in funding ICE to destroy the lives of working people and to fund more yachts for the rich.
Our control lies in how we react to circumstances. Loving kindness is the best path forward, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #love
Yes, that underlies all this chaos.
Your heart and mind are in the right place. They’ll inform your choices going forward. That’s all we can do for now I think.
A prayer this 4th that people in America and around the world will reject hate, greed,and fear, and that we will collectively be guided by love, compassion, and wisdom. #july4th
Our collective actions will determine what we become. Choose wisely. #choices
Few wants, easily satisfied. -Tibetan Proverb www.compassmethods.com, youtube.com/@compassions... #happiness
What would you add to this list? Here’s an interesting read on our situation: contrarian.substack.com/p/where-we-g... #July4th
This happened today. 😒 It will take a few years before the devastating impact of today’s vote hits people who are already struggling. Sadly, many Republicans seem to be rejoicing in their sadism as they use our tax money to fund a war on immigrants. All in the name of Jesus?
aargh indeed 😒
In MAGA world good is bad, up is down, and right is wrong. 😑
Compassionate insight knows no bounds, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #compassion
Appalling and deranged. Sacrificing lives to feed the rich.
Kindness is the way, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #kindness
Compassionate insight connects us with everyone, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #connectioon
Now is always the best time for cultivating compassionate insight, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #forever #now
Compassionate insight has a ripple effect in ourselves and in the world, www.compassmethods.com. @CompassionsCompass-sb7jo #interbeing
There’s always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it. -Amanda Gorman- www.compassmethods.com, youtube.com/@compassions... #light
Loving kindness brings wellbeing now and into the future, www.compassmethods.com. @CompassionsCompass-sb7jo #love
Procrastination can be overcome by simply taking the first steps towards doing an avoided task. Motivating yourself with compassionate insight is a great way to start any task, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #motivation
Our time here is limited, make it meaningful with compassionate insight, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #life
Be brave, work for peace, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #peace
The most trustworthy protection can be found internally, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #protection
Bomb boy unleashes unholy hell in desperate attempt to feel important and to deflect attention from his failing domestic policies. www.cnn.com/world/live-n...
Finding peace in an insane world takes time, effort, and practice, but the rewards are beyond measure. Peaceful, compassionate people are what the world needs, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #peace
We can approach the current difficulties of reality from two different perspectives: (i) consisting of fear, panic, despair, anger, hatred, disqualification, or aggression; (ii) the other is based on love, compassion, & motivation to take action without violence to change them as soon as possible...
Life choices become easier with compassionate insight, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #choices
Part of insight is to to realize our fragility, impermanence, and interconnect. Compassion offers a safe pathway through life’s storms, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #impermanence
Compassionate insight brings abundance to the present and future, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #generosity
A mind at peace can notice both the beauty and the horror in the world, responding with kindness and compassion, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #peace
Acceptance allows an examination of the underpinnings of fear, compassionate insight offers a step beyond it, www.compassmethods.com. youtube.com/@compassions... #fearlessness
