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The Kindness Box
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Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Try this loving-kindness meditation for dummies -
Practice Loving Kindness Meditation - dummies
All the best!
Practice Loving Kindness Meditation - dummies
All the best!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
If that aint enough for you ...
Try - kindness meditation youtube - for example -
Cheers!
Try - kindness meditation youtube - for example -
Cheers!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Can appreciating another person change the world?
The Love and Kindness Initiative began when I learned my cousin was one of the eleven people killed in the 27 October 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. According to the many articles I’ve read about him and the things I’ve heard about him from family members, he was a wonderful man.
I wish I’d known him. I’d moved away from my hometown when I was a teenager, and I’d only met him a few times.
Why would the death of someone who was essentially a stranger to me profoundly change my path, inspiring me to push myself out of my comfort zone to grow The Love and Kindness Initiative?
https://www.transformingthroughlove.com/love-and-kindness-initiative/
Enjoy!
The Love and Kindness Initiative began when I learned my cousin was one of the eleven people killed in the 27 October 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. According to the many articles I’ve read about him and the things I’ve heard about him from family members, he was a wonderful man.
I wish I’d known him. I’d moved away from my hometown when I was a teenager, and I’d only met him a few times.
Why would the death of someone who was essentially a stranger to me profoundly change my path, inspiring me to push myself out of my comfort zone to grow The Love and Kindness Initiative?
https://www.transformingthroughlove.com/love-and-kindness-initiative/
Enjoy!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Restore your faith in humanity -
29 Beautiful Stories That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity | SUCCESS
29 Beautiful Stories That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity | SUCCESS
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Last week we continued the strength of Intimacy by taking a look at Empathy. When we use empathy, we get a sense of the sorrows and joys of others. But empathy on its own doesn’t inherently mean that we become kinder or more compassionate toward other people.
That’s the focus during this episode: warming the heart, and developing greater compassion and kindness as personal traits.
Being Well Podcast: Growing Compassion & Kindness - Dr. Rick Hanson
Enjoy!
That’s the focus during this episode: warming the heart, and developing greater compassion and kindness as personal traits.
Being Well Podcast: Growing Compassion & Kindness - Dr. Rick Hanson
Enjoy!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
In our current political climate, you’d be forgiven for thinking that anger and division are just part of who we are.
In my years of teaching high school, by the time students reached my classroom they were pretty set in their opinion that it is basic human nature to be selfish and competitive. Unless we have governments to keep us in line, they’d tell me, we’ll go all Lord of the Flies on each other and kill people just to get a conch shell.
But here’s what we absolutely know to be true:
Compassion and generosity and kindness are fundamental to human nature.
I taught history, so I am well aware that the past is full of examples of humanity’s inhumanity to others.
Born to be Mild: Compassion is our Basic Human Nature - Left Brain Buddha
In my years of teaching high school, by the time students reached my classroom they were pretty set in their opinion that it is basic human nature to be selfish and competitive. Unless we have governments to keep us in line, they’d tell me, we’ll go all Lord of the Flies on each other and kill people just to get a conch shell.
But here’s what we absolutely know to be true:
Compassion and generosity and kindness are fundamental to human nature.
I taught history, so I am well aware that the past is full of examples of humanity’s inhumanity to others.
Born to be Mild: Compassion is our Basic Human Nature - Left Brain Buddha
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Mindfulness meditation proponents often tout it as a way to create a more compassionate society. But that claim seems a bit dubious upon first glance.
After all, meditation is an internal affair—focusing on our own experiences, emotions, and thoughts—and people generally meditate alone. What does that have to do with how we treat anyone else? While some meditation practices directly aim for increasing compassion—such as loving-kindness meditation—others focus more on creating mindful attention, a focus on one’s present experience. This seem less likely to automatically impact how we relate to others.
Does Mindfulness Meditation Really Make You Kinder?
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After all, meditation is an internal affair—focusing on our own experiences, emotions, and thoughts—and people generally meditate alone. What does that have to do with how we treat anyone else? While some meditation practices directly aim for increasing compassion—such as loving-kindness meditation—others focus more on creating mindful attention, a focus on one’s present experience. This seem less likely to automatically impact how we relate to others.
Does Mindfulness Meditation Really Make You Kinder?
Enjoy!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Kindness happy kids - several? -
Are kids born kind or do we need to teach them kindness? This nature versus nurture debate is an old one, but new findings published last month in the journal PLoS ONE may provide some novel insights.
The study, by Lara Aknin and her colleagues in the psychology department at the University of British Columbia, builds on the idea that if altruism is a deeply rooted part of human behavior, serving an evolutionary purpose, we’d find kind, helpful—or “prosocial”—acts intrinsically rewarding from the earliest stages of life, even when these acts come at a personal cost. In other words, performing selfless acts would make kids happy—even before they’ve been socialized to fully appreciate the cultural value placed on kindness.
Being Kind Makes Kids Happy | Greater Good
Are kids born kind or do we need to teach them kindness? This nature versus nurture debate is an old one, but new findings published last month in the journal PLoS ONE may provide some novel insights.
The study, by Lara Aknin and her colleagues in the psychology department at the University of British Columbia, builds on the idea that if altruism is a deeply rooted part of human behavior, serving an evolutionary purpose, we’d find kind, helpful—or “prosocial”—acts intrinsically rewarding from the earliest stages of life, even when these acts come at a personal cost. In other words, performing selfless acts would make kids happy—even before they’ve been socialized to fully appreciate the cultural value placed on kindness.
Being Kind Makes Kids Happy | Greater Good
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Ways to grow kind kids -
Model kindness. It may feel like our children actively do the opposite of what we say and do but, deep down, they are soaking up our example like a sponge. So, if we want our children to behave kindly, that means we need to set a good example. This means speaking kindly (be mindful about moaning and saying unkind things about friends, family, neighbors and partners!) and acting kindly. If your children see you being polite to others, they will start to imitate this behavior.
Four Ways to Grow Kind Kids
Model kindness. It may feel like our children actively do the opposite of what we say and do but, deep down, they are soaking up our example like a sponge. So, if we want our children to behave kindly, that means we need to set a good example. This means speaking kindly (be mindful about moaning and saying unkind things about friends, family, neighbors and partners!) and acting kindly. If your children see you being polite to others, they will start to imitate this behavior.
Four Ways to Grow Kind Kids
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
How have you shown kindness to someone today? How has someone else been kind to you?
With the increased acknowledgment that bullying behavior is a widespread epidemic in workplaces and schools, the need to reclaim our kindness roots is imperative.
Worldwide efforts to shine a light on kindness have led to the development of kindness curriculums and days devoted to celebrating kindness and compassion.
There are countless organizations whose entire mission is to spread kindness. As you read this article, you’ll learn about several of them. You’ll also learn about ordinary people doing ordinary things with extraordinary results.
Read the full article here - it's rather a long one!
What is Kindness in Psychology? (Incl. Activities + Quotes)
With the increased acknowledgment that bullying behavior is a widespread epidemic in workplaces and schools, the need to reclaim our kindness roots is imperative.
Worldwide efforts to shine a light on kindness have led to the development of kindness curriculums and days devoted to celebrating kindness and compassion.
There are countless organizations whose entire mission is to spread kindness. As you read this article, you’ll learn about several of them. You’ll also learn about ordinary people doing ordinary things with extraordinary results.
Read the full article here - it's rather a long one!
What is Kindness in Psychology? (Incl. Activities + Quotes)
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Dr. Wayne Dyer famously wrote, "When given the choice between being right and being kind, choose kind." We all struggle with the insecurities of our egos, with the insecurity of being wrong. And a threatened ego will almost always lash out. When we make an effort to prove someone wrong by establishing ourselves as right, we're being unkind in the process, whether we intend to be or not. Only the ego cares about the distinctions between right and wrong. The heart simply loves and accepts whomever is on the other side of the conversation. Let's operate from our hearts, with kindness.
The next time we feel ourselves pressing to make our point and needing to be right, let's take a moment to remember that being right is not the goal. It's unimportant. Let's try to integrate some of the above qualities into our way of speaking, knowing that by doing so we invite a more conscious and loving exchange with whomever is on the other side of our dialogue.
What other qualities do you bring into your disagreements to keep them from being about who's right and who's wrong? I'd love to know.
5 Things Much More Important Than Being Right
The next time we feel ourselves pressing to make our point and needing to be right, let's take a moment to remember that being right is not the goal. It's unimportant. Let's try to integrate some of the above qualities into our way of speaking, knowing that by doing so we invite a more conscious and loving exchange with whomever is on the other side of our dialogue.
What other qualities do you bring into your disagreements to keep them from being about who's right and who's wrong? I'd love to know.
5 Things Much More Important Than Being Right
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
"It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.” This is Ralph Waldo Emerson’s description of the deep nature of relationship between ourselves and our fellow human beings. If you desire peace for others, you’ll receive it. If you want others to feel loved, you’ll be the recipient of love. If you see only beauty and worthiness in others, you’ll have the same returned to you. You’ll only give away what you have in your heart, and attract what you’re giving away. Your impact on others—whether it be strangers, family members, co-workers, or neighbors—is evidence of the strength of your connection to the power of intention. Think of your relationships in terms of holy or unholy.
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Kindness | Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
Looks like another site chock-full of inspiration!
Comes from this site!
Kindness | Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
Looks like another site chock-full of inspiration!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
If compassion was the motivating factor behind all of our decisions, would our world not be a completely different place?
~ Sheryl Crow
Comes from the better world site - dozens of quotes featured ...
Better World Quotes - Kindness
~ Sheryl Crow
Comes from the better world site - dozens of quotes featured ...
Better World Quotes - Kindness
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Be a better person
When it comes to being a better person and becoming a great person, we are often more achievement focused. Being a great person is not about what we have though, it’s about what we give.
Few of us actively make kindness a part of our personal growth. What you give lasts. Not necessarily materially because giving doesn’t always mean just physically giving. You can also give time, energy, love What you give lasts in people’s hearts and minds and in our own as well. To become a better person, we must implement kindness and generosity and giving into our daily lives.
Kindness is something that seems to be so basic, yet few of us actually take the time to think about it and act on it. We go about the day so engrossed in our own problems.
https://reachingself.com/25-ways-to-become-a-better-person/
When it comes to being a better person and becoming a great person, we are often more achievement focused. Being a great person is not about what we have though, it’s about what we give.
Few of us actively make kindness a part of our personal growth. What you give lasts. Not necessarily materially because giving doesn’t always mean just physically giving. You can also give time, energy, love What you give lasts in people’s hearts and minds and in our own as well. To become a better person, we must implement kindness and generosity and giving into our daily lives.
Kindness is something that seems to be so basic, yet few of us actually take the time to think about it and act on it. We go about the day so engrossed in our own problems.
https://reachingself.com/25-ways-to-become-a-better-person/
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
From Pema Chodron:
Bodhicitta is a commitment. We commit to doing all it takes to free ourselves completely from all our varieties of confusion and unconscious habit and suffering, because these prevent us from being fully there for others. In the language of Buddhism, our ultimate commitment is to attain "enlightenment". In essence, this means knowing fully who we really are. When we are enlightened, we will be fully awake to our deepest nature, which is fundamentally open-hearted, open-minded and available for others. We will know this to be true beyond any doubt, beyond any going back. In this state, we will possess the greatest possible wisdom and skill with which we can benefit others and help them to awaken completely themselves.
All the best!
Bodhicitta is a commitment. We commit to doing all it takes to free ourselves completely from all our varieties of confusion and unconscious habit and suffering, because these prevent us from being fully there for others. In the language of Buddhism, our ultimate commitment is to attain "enlightenment". In essence, this means knowing fully who we really are. When we are enlightened, we will be fully awake to our deepest nature, which is fundamentally open-hearted, open-minded and available for others. We will know this to be true beyond any doubt, beyond any going back. In this state, we will possess the greatest possible wisdom and skill with which we can benefit others and help them to awaken completely themselves.
All the best!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
Virtuous behaviour is not about doing "good" because we feel we're "bad" and need to shape up. Instead of guilt or dogma, how we choose to act can be guided by wisdom and kindness. Seen in this light, our question then boils down to "What awakens my heart, and what blocks that process from happening."
~ Pema again!
~ Pema again!
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
PDF of the wisdom of kindness -
https://static1.squarespace.com/sta...905d059370/1459165199812/Life+Lessons+PDF.pdf
https://static1.squarespace.com/sta...905d059370/1459165199812/Life+Lessons+PDF.pdf
Geoff-Allen
Resident megalomaniac
No matter how small or great your act of kindness, the conversations you have about them matter. Reflections help you make the most of your family activity, by extending meaningful family time and by teaching children to think critically about their actions.
Reflecting on your kind acts, books, and experiences teaches kids how to ask big questions, how to make earnest observations, and how to walk in the shoes of another.
We offer discussion questions with each of our projects to make it easier for you to get started.
For more tools, check out our collection of Conversation Starters.
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4 Elements of a Kindness Practice — Doing Good Together™
Reflecting on your kind acts, books, and experiences teaches kids how to ask big questions, how to make earnest observations, and how to walk in the shoes of another.
We offer discussion questions with each of our projects to make it easier for you to get started.
For more tools, check out our collection of Conversation Starters.
Comes from this site
4 Elements of a Kindness Practice — Doing Good Together™