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From the Ted Talk by Dayananda Saraswati: The profound journey of compassion

Unscramble the Blue Letters


As the child grows to become an adult: so far, it has been a consumer, but the grwtoh of a human being lies in his or her capacity to ctnurtboie, to be a contributor. One cannot contribute unless one feels secure, one feels big, one feels: I have enough.

To be compassionate is not a joke. It's not that simple. One has to discover a certain bigness in oneself. That bigness should be centered on oneself, not in terms of money, not in terms of power you wield, not in terms of any suatts that you can cmmnoad in the society, but it should be centered on oneself. The self: you are self-aware. On that self, it should be centered — a bnsgeis, a wholeness. Otherwise, coispamson is just a word and a dream.

Open Cloze


As the child grows to become an adult: so far, it has been a consumer, but the ______ of a human being lies in his or her capacity to __________, to be a contributor. One cannot contribute unless one feels secure, one feels big, one feels: I have enough.

To be compassionate is not a joke. It's not that simple. One has to discover a certain bigness in oneself. That bigness should be centered on oneself, not in terms of money, not in terms of power you wield, not in terms of any ______ that you can _______ in the society, but it should be centered on oneself. The self: you are self-aware. On that self, it should be centered — a _______, a wholeness. Otherwise, __________ is just a word and a dream.

Solution


  1. bigness
  2. status
  3. growth
  4. compassion
  5. command
  6. contribute

Original Text


As the child grows to become an adult: so far, it has been a consumer, but the growth of a human being lies in his or her capacity to contribute, to be a contributor. One cannot contribute unless one feels secure, one feels big, one feels: I have enough.

To be compassionate is not a joke. It's not that simple. One has to discover a certain bigness in oneself. That bigness should be centered on oneself, not in terms of money, not in terms of power you wield, not in terms of any status that you can command in the society, but it should be centered on oneself. The self: you are self-aware. On that self, it should be centered — a bigness, a wholeness. Otherwise, compassion is just a word and a dream.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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collocation frequency
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learn swimming 3
human heart 2
dynamic manifestation 2
discover compassion 2


Important Words


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  3. capacity
  4. centered
  5. child
  6. command
  7. compassion
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  9. consumer
  10. contribute
  11. contributor
  12. discover
  13. dream
  14. feels
  15. grows
  16. growth
  17. human
  18. joke
  19. lies
  20. money
  21. oneself
  22. power
  23. secure
  24. simple
  25. society
  26. status
  27. terms
  28. wholeness
  29. wield
  30. word