To learn compassion, enemies are our best teachers

The Compassion Initiative: Just Two Guys in Brisbane talking Compassion. www.thecompassioninitiative.com.au

In today’s video, I’ll explore how compassion might help with the day to day battles we find ourselves in with people who give us trouble, our so called enemies. In fact, we can think of it in this way. It’s not really those who we already like or love, and love quite easily, that help us to practice our compassion. Obviously, we want to be compassionate towards our friends and loved ones too, but to really deepen and embed a compassionate motivation, it’s the people who are difficult to like or difficult to love that offer us a chance to practice. TARGETED PLAYLIST LINK: Compassion in a T-Shirt LINKS: Dalai Lama's Blog https://www.dalailama.com/messages/compassion-and-human-values/compassion Marcus Aurelius, Meditations https://www.amazon.com.au/Meditations-Marcus-Aurelius/dp/0140449337 Apicella and Silk (2019). The evolution of human cooperation. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982219303343 Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ. https://www.amazon.com.au/Living-Buddha-Christ-10th-Anniversary/dp/159448239X If you would like to know more, please check out my book, The Gifts of Compassion: https://www.amazon.com.au/Gifts-Compassion-understand-overcome-suffering/dp/1925644480 Say hi on social: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drstansteindl Twitter: https://twitter.com/StanSteindl Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr_stan_steindl/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stan-steindl-150a5264/ Website: https://www.stansteindl.com/ YouTube Video URL: https://youtu.be/nxkCgWH3z8Y *Affiliate Disclaimer: Note this description contains affiliate links that allow you to find the items mentioned in this video and support the channel at no cost to you. While this channel may earn minimal sums when the viewer uses the links, the viewer is in no way obligated to use these links. Thank you for your support! Video hashtags Compassion, Thich Nhat Hanh, Marcus Aurelius, Dalai Lama