"Compassion allows us to use our own pain……" — Sharon Salzberg

Compassion allows us to use our own pain and the pain of… - Sharon Salzberg

"Compassion allows us to use our own pain and the pain of others as a vehicle for connection. This is a delicate and profound path. We may be adverse to seeing our own suffering because it tends to ignite a blaze of self-blame and regret. And we may be adverse to seeing suffering in others because we find it unbearable or distasteful, or we find it threatening to our own happiness. All of these possible reactions to the suffering in the word make us want to turn away from life."

— Sharon Salzberg

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