Selfless Part 2: Building Compassion

This is a series of podcasts exploring the many benefits of being Self-Less.  In part one we saw that being compassionate does not fatigue us, but in fact it rejuvenates us, even when we are feeling low. In this second episode of this series, we’ll explore a number of ways we can build this capacity for compassion including practising loving-kindness meditation; taking opportunities for prosocial action, especially in every-day interactions with everyone we encounter; recalling and diarising memories of people we have compassionate feelings for; experiencing sympathetic joy - feeling pleasure at others' pleasures; and giving people the '3 Experiences' of being heard, understood and accepted. Encouragement is given that this is a gradual process of building more win-win interactions in life and gradually becoming less self-centred.