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From the Ted Talk by Joan Halifax: Compassion and the true meaning of empathy

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So we can ask: What is __________ comprised of? And there are various facets. And there's referential and non-referential compassion. But first, compassion is comprised of that capacity to see clearly into the nature of _________. It is that ability to really stand strong and to recognize also that I'm not separate from this suffering. But that is not enough, because compassion, which activates the motor cortex, means that we ______, we actually aspire to transform suffering. And if we're so blessed, we engage in __________ that transform suffering. But compassion has another _________, and that component is really essential. That component is that we cannot be attached to outcome.

Solution


  1. aspire
  2. activities
  3. component
  4. compassion
  5. suffering

Original Text


So we can ask: What is compassion comprised of? And there are various facets. And there's referential and non-referential compassion. But first, compassion is comprised of that capacity to see clearly into the nature of suffering. It is that ability to really stand strong and to recognize also that I'm not separate from this suffering. But that is not enough, because compassion, which activates the motor cortex, means that we aspire, we actually aspire to transform suffering. And if we're so blessed, we engage in activities that transform suffering. But compassion has another component, and that component is really essential. That component is that we cannot be attached to outcome.

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Important Words


  1. ability
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  3. activities
  4. aspire
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  8. compassion
  9. component
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  11. cortex
  12. engage
  13. essential
  14. facets
  15. means
  16. motor
  17. nature
  18. outcome
  19. recognize
  20. referential
  21. separate
  22. stand
  23. strong
  24. suffering
  25. transform