
Cultivating Conscious Compassion
An acquaintance of mine told me a story about his father who had fallen to the ground on a busy street because he could not see the curb. His father struggled to get up and was covered with scratches on his head and arms. The amazing thing about this incident is thatnot one personstopped to help him stand up again. I was astonished to hear this. Definition of compassion: A feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong