From the course: Mindful Meditations for Work and Life
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Preparation for loving-kindness
From the course: Mindful Meditations for Work and Life
Preparation for loving-kindness
- [Instructor] There's some really fascinating research out there around compassion. We're effectively programmed to feel compassion for people in our in group and not feel compassion for those in our out group. And we see the result of this on the evening news, in our communities, in our politics, in the divisiveness that's on full display. That's the bad news, we're programmed this way. The good news is we can hack the system. When we are able to see the similarities we have with others instead of focusing on the differences, we increase our ability to have compassion for them. We increase our ability to be in relationship with them and work together towards better common outcomes. In the work environment, we have a built-in advantage, because every member of our work group is, by definition, on the same team. We may not always see eye to eye, but if we can remember that we're all playing for the same team and we all want the same eventual outcome, we'll be better off. The following…
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