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Pema Chodron (Buddhist):
[i]Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognise our shared humanity
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Why bring "belief" into it? Why divide the world into "believers" and "unbelievers"?
To do so is to take one step away from compassion and genuine empathy.
[i]Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognise our shared humanity
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Why bring "belief" into it? Why divide the world into "believers" and "unbelievers"?
To do so is to take one step away from compassion and genuine empathy.