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Compassion

The Daemons of Our Nature

May 27, 2026March 26, 2026 by DT Strain

Learning chess reveals a deeper truth about thinking: we don’t calculate everything—we rely on patterns to navigate overwhelming complexity. This article explores how those patterns shape our thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors, often operating beneath awareness like modern echoes of what earlier thinkers called “daemons.”

Categories Compassion, Complexity Science, Free, Philosophy/Wisdom, Practices & Ritual 4 Comments

A Phenomenal Film for Spiritual Naturalists

July 25, 2024July 25, 2024 by DT Strain

This 1996 film is worth a second look…

Categories Arts & Music, Buddhism, Compassion, Free, Meditation, Taoism 2 Comments

Heroic Mindfulness

May 7, 2023October 11, 2018 by Thomas Schenk

Some thoughts on finding our way through the labyrinth of these times…

Categories Compassion, Free, Meditation, Philosophy/Wisdom 1 Comment

Literature’s Wrath: How Classics Can Move Us To Action

December 15, 2018August 16, 2018 by Jeff Worthy

Remembering the people who would love to have your bad days…

Categories Books, Compassion, Free, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Paying Attention

July 30, 2018June 14, 2018 by SNS Guest

Our guest author explores what’s gained by paying attention and what is lost through distraction…

Categories Community, Compassion, Free, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Mortality’s Mirror

April 19, 2018 by Jeff Worthy

Can we face up to death, our own and that of others..?

Categories Compassion, Free, Practices & Ritual, Uncategorized 1 Comment

Bodhicitta: The Mind of Awakening

February 3, 2018January 18, 2018 by Daniel Scharpenburg

Daniel writes about the awakening and more compassionate living…

Categories Buddhism, Compassion, Free, Philosophy/Wisdom Tags bodhicitta, bodhisattva, buddhism, shantideva Leave a comment

How Hard is Empathy?

August 4, 2016February 17, 2014 by Jennifer Hancock

Jennifer Hancock explains how, even if we may be imperfect in our efforts, cultivating empathy is worth it…

Categories Compassion, Free Tags community, compassion, coping, empathy, race, sympathy, yoga 2 Comments

Compassion hacking: rooting out the attribution bug

August 4, 2016September 2, 2013 by DT Strain

There is a bug in our thought process that often blocks compassion. Here’s how to deal with it…

Categories Compassion, Free Leave a comment
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