Compassion

Compassion “Compassion is a profound human emotion prompted by the pain of others. More vigorous than empathy, the feeling commonly gives rise to an active desire to alleviate another’s suffering.” (Wikipedia:compassion) Compassion is a natural response to pain.  Children must be conditioned not to show compassion.  Babies will burst into tears when their parent expresses [...]

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Filters

Have you ever noticed how the forest seems to get noisier and noisier the more time you spend in it?  Your unconscious auditory filters that screen out extraneous sounds in an urban environment continue to screen out seemingly extraneous sound when you move into a more quiet environment. After you have been in a more [...]

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