David Winston, RH(AHG), and Steven Maimes
See book keywords and concepts |  Sacred to Vishnu and Krishna, it strengthens faith, compassion and clarity. Basil gives the protection of the divine by clearing the aura and strengthening the immune system" (Frawley and Lad 1986).
• Licorice commonly is used as a tea by Buddhist monks and called
"the peacemaker" herb by the Chinese. Licorice root tea helps calm and prepare the mind for meditation.
• Reishi generates a sense of inner calm and harmony while also heightening mental perception, both logical and intuitive.
• Shatavari is thought to foster the energy of tolerance and compassion. |
Joseph Campbell
See book keywords and concepts | | And he is filled with compassion for the self-terrorized beings who live in fright of their own nightmare. He rises, returns to them, and dwells with them as an egoless center, through whom the principle of emptiness is made manifest in its own simplicity. And this is his great "compassionate act"; for by it the truth is revealed that in the understanding of one in whom the Threefold Fire of Desire, Hostility, and Delusion is dead, this world is Nirvana. "Gift waves" go out from such a one for the liberation of us all. |
Rick Levy and Lou Aronica
See book keywords and concepts |  During the course of our work together, which involved talk therapy and hypnosis to release the fear, shame, and guilt she carried, she began to embrace her own nobility—her devotion to her siblings under extreme duress, the courage and discipline demonstrated after being banished from home, her dogged insistence on a bright future, her compassion for others, and her faith. She even came to understand how her nude modeling was a natural offshoot of her powerfully negative experience with her own sexuality. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  It's based on profits, not compassion. And the more Americans it can keep in a state of chronic disease, without curing them, the more profits it can squirrel away. Pharmaceutical medicine has now become the single greatest danger to the health and safety of the American people, and the FDA has become the single most dangerous organization in North America, far outweighing the dangers of terrorism. Consider this: Through its negligence and refusal to protect the public, the FDA will cause the deaths of more Americans this year than if a terrorist set off a nuclear bomb at the Superbowl. |
Mark Sircus
See book keywords and concepts |  The fact that it is last speaks miles and miles about the level of compassion and intelligence in modern allopathic medicine.
References
1 Folic acid, vitamins E, B6 and B12, iron, magnesium, zinc and selenium deficiencies have been known to cause infertility that is easily reversible with supplementation (McLeod, 1996).
2 Howard JM, Davies S, Hunnisett A. 1994. Red cell magnesium and glutathione peroxidase in infertile women- effects of oral supplementation with magnesium and selenium. |
Ron Garner
See book keywords and concepts |  This is how Jesus was able to express compassion for those who crucified him: "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do."1
Being bound to a person through unforgiveness reminds me of a practice from ancient Greece. Evidently, when a person was convicted of murdering someone, the corpse of that person was tied to the murderer and s/he was forced to drag it around with them. That's sort of how it works when we won't forgive someone who we think has wronged us. They continue to plague our mind and drag us down. True forgiveness cuts that connection and sets us free. | | Ultimately, our aim would be to personify an attitude of compassion toward all others.
BEING AUTHENTIC
We all have an inner sense of whether we are being real or not. When we are being real, we are authentic and genuine. There is no acting; our true self is coming across. Our authentic self is honest, open, and straightforward; it is free of ego. It makes no pretense of being anything other than who we are; it is transparent. Our authentic self is our child self that is spontaneously natural, because it is always in the present moment. It has no agenda other than being who it is. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  We can fill it with TV, fear, misery, cruelty and greed, or we can fill it with love, sharing and compassion. I believe that the more we fill it with love, sharing, compassion and peace, in time, everybody will get it, and it doesn't take that many people, you know, maybe one percent of the population. We have to do it by practicing. People are now beginning to pay attention because they're seeing their kids being sick. The rate of cancer is unbelievable, and you're not going to solve it by figuring out some kind of drug; you've got to change your life. |
Joseph Campbell
See book keywords and concepts | | Therefore, sirs, cultivate friendliness; cultivate compassion, joy, and indifference; wait on your mothers; wait on your fathers; and honor your elders among your kinsfolk.'
"This is called the Cyclic-Uproar." 8
The Mayan version of the world-end is represented in an illustration covering the last page of the Dresden Codex.9 This ancient manuscript records the cycles of the planets and from those
8 Reprinted by permission of the Harvard University Press from Henry Clarke Warren, Buddhism in Translations, pp. 38-39.
9 Sylvanus G. | | Apotheosis
One of the most powerful and beloved of the Bodhisattvas of the Mahayana Buddhism of Tibet, China, and Japan is the Lotus Bearer, Avalokiteshvara, "The Lord Looking Down in Pity," so called because he regards with compassion all sentient creatures
82 Leon Stein, "Hassidic Music," The Chicago Jewish Forum, Vol. II, No. 1 (Fall, 1943), p. 16. suffering the evils of existence.83 To him goes the millionfold-repeated prayer of the prayer wheels and temple gongs of Tibet: Om mani padme hum, "The jewel is in the lotus. | | A Bodhisattva is a personage on the point of Buddhahood: according to the Hinayana view, an adept who will become a Buddha in a subsequent reincarnation; according to the Mahayana view (as the following paragraphs will show), a type of world savior, representing particularly the universal principle of compassion. The word bodhisattva (Sanskrit) means: "whose being or essence is enlightenment."
Mahayana Buddhism has developed a pantheon of many Bodhisattvas and many past and future Buddhas. | | If ye realize the Emptiness of All Things, compassion will arise within your hearts; If ye lose all differentiation between yourselves and others, fit to serve others ye will be; And when in serving others ye shall win success, then shall ye meet with me; And finding me,ye shall attain to Buddhahood.11*
Peace is at the heart of all because Avalokiteshvara-Kwannon, the mighty Bodhisattva, Boundless Love, includes, regards, and dwells within (without exception) every sentient being. |
Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
See book keywords and concepts |  Many consider the aroma of the flowers itself to be an aphrodisiac as well as to foster feelings of love, confidence, compassion, receptivity, and physical and emotional well-being. The essential oil of jasmine has a chemical structure similar to that of human sweat, and it has been shown to stimulate dopamine production. Smelling the essential oil of jasmine has been shown to abate seizures and lift depression. Also, the essential oil is believed to increase the attractiveness of whoever wears it. |
Rick Levy and Lou Aronica
See book keywords and concepts | | Its very nature is limitless health, compassion, peace, wisdom, love, and joy—the infinite source of every superlative virtue and power. It is in you. You are in it. You are it. You are merely unconscious of the fact, and because you are unconscious of it, you cannot tap its power. Meditation will change that in magnificent ways.
It's ironic that we work so hard to attain happiness. We struggle to earn a good living, be healthy, have a wonderful home, a loving family and friends, and a little excitement. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  And your precious pet is only seen as a vehicle for generating profits by an industry that has zero compassion for living beings (human, canine, feline or otherwise). There is no effort to protect life. It is only an effort to protect (and expand) profits.
What you can do right now
If you're a pet owner, I urge you to do two things right now:
1) Switch to a healthy, natural, holistic pet food. Read the report, Pet Food Ingredients Revealed to learn the truth about pet food ingredients. And make fresh meals from scratch whenever possible. Pets should not be raised to live on processed foods. |
Rick Levy and Lou Aronica
See book keywords and concepts | | He was a virtuous and courageous man and I had an oceanic compassion for him. Our work together involved the use of hypnosis to find and release the battlefield experiences that were continually playing out in his subconscious mind. As we did so, we dismantled the chronic stress-response syndrome that had been fueling his emotional and physical ill health. We also used hypnosis to help him move into super-conscious awareness, where he found the peace and joy that had so long eluded him. He began to meditate regularly. |
Anne Harrington
See book keywords and concepts |  Over time, it was believed that such efforts enhanced self-understanding, equanimity, clarity of mind, and compassion. Some American teachers of Buddhism described a mind possessed of such qualities as a "healthy mind," but it is important to realize that this term was a translation from the Pali word kusala, which refers to qualities of merit or virtue as much as health, or rather makes no distinction between these concepts. It was not a medical claim. |
Pam Montgomery
See book keywords and concepts |  Doc Childre and Howard Martin's research shows that the positive heart-based feelings of appreciation, love, compassion, and care "generate the smooth and harmonious HRV [heart rate variability] rhythms that are considered to be indicators of cardiovascular efficiency and nervous system balance." There are many "core heart feelings," but the simplest and easiest to access is one of gratitude or appreciation. | | She explained that before one comes to passion they must first experience compassion. Fiona suggested I soften my hard edges, and, through this softening, my heart would mature into passion. She invited me to step inside her where I felt the heat in my heart, melting barriers. This particular journey was one where I received personal assistance. With time and through my deepening relationship with Fiona, I began using Fireweed to help others work with their hearts. Fiona has become one of my closest allies. | | Our awareness of unity blossoms into compassion, not only for other humans but in all of our relationships, moving us into a stream of love—the glue bonding all together. Peace emanates from the heart when equilibrium between heaven and earth is maintained by a balanced and open heart chakra. The element of air resides in the heart chakra, and it is our breath being received by the heart that sends vitality throughout our whole being. It is also our main connection to the plant world, as the plants give of their breath for us to have ours. | | Platonic love based in the heart brings compassion and sexual love brings passion. When the two are combined the ultimate union can exist. Trillium can resolve any differences between the two, eliminating separation and allowing a union of these very powerful energies, creating one dynamic force. (See color plate 14.)
HAWTHORN—CRATAEGUS SPR
It's autumn in Vermont and the hillsides are splashed with color as the trees display their finery, dressing as if they are going to a festive ball. | | It is the color of the heart chakra, where love and compassion reside and where the circulation of blood and oxygen through the body can be felt. When we are in the natural world surrounded by green living plants, trees, and grasses, we feel nurtured, supported, and vibrantly alive. The frequency of the green biophoton is received by our cells, which are healed by the presence of green.
Plants also inform us of their associations with other systems that incorporate color. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  As a population, we don't seem to understand that compassion is important.
The next step toward ending cruelty is to stop meeting violence with more violence. If the problem is violence, then solving it will require a different approach, such as compassion, negotiation, or even an apology. The predominant mindset in response to terrorist attacks, for example, continues to be revenge. This revenge is propped up by the media and the war-mongering rhetoric of the current administration. But when we act on revenge, we simply create more hatred and more violence. | | First, it requires teaching compassion. We must understanding that other human beings have souls and consciousness, and that is it not right to ignore those souls for personal gain, be it power, control of resources or some kind of financial gain. This is a lesson that isn't being taught in American culture. It's not taught in our public schools, it's not an element of free-market capitalism, it isn't something propagated by the press, and it certainly isn't practiced by the current government administration. As a population, we don't seem to understand that compassion is important. |
Richard Bartlett
See book keywords and concepts |  Toward the conclusion of our semester with him, he told us that if we could develop the compassion in our hearts as physicians to such a degree that a person could cry from just our presence in the room, then we were truly on our way to becoming something more, perhaps even healers. Well, this woman had the opposite reaction. What does that imply? Then I remembered a book I'd read whose title asserted that laughter is the best medicine. "We'll see," I muttered to myself.
It was about three weeks later when I saw her again. |
Charles Barber
See book keywords and concepts |  Acceptance and compassion were key similarities. Also, in both systems, we try to help people with their overattach-ment to material things and symbols (of success, etc., something we call "addiction").
He appeared to echo what is also the essence of the cognitive approach, namely self-responsibility rather than depending on some external force to inspire ethical standards.
Below is a list of similarities that I suggested to the Dalai Lama in our private meeting. similarities between cognitive therapy and buddhism i. Goals: Serenity, Peace of Mind, Relief of Suffering ii. |
Anne Harrington
See book keywords and concepts | | Her energy, her strong positivity in every aspect of her life, and her unique blend of compassion and humor unleash a life force and energy that sustain her through everything.60
Cancer, however, was not the only place where positive thinking became a prized psychological tool—and expression of rebellion—for patients who felt let down by their doctors and were looking for a medically sound means of self-cure. | | Miracle does not use patience, compassion, trust, or any other of our usual human means of interacting with patients: Instead, Dr. Miracle, befitting his name, chooses magic.
"And what is so wrong with magic?" Dr. Miracle replies. "It got the job done." What is so wrong, we counter, is that this form of magic is an illusion performed more for the benefit of the magician than for the patient; the metaphor at work here is that of the exorcist trying to trick the pain into leaving the body. This is a thoroughly inadequate model of medicine for our age. | | Most forms of Christianity teach that belief opens the door to healing, is perhaps a necessary moral condition for healing; but that healing itself is a gift from God, a reward for faith and a sign of divine power and compassion. In contrast, "the power of positive thinking" narrative puts the focus squarely on the believer and the power he or she possesses in him- or herself. The power that this narrative ultimately asks us to acknowledge is not the power of God but rather the power of faith itself. | | When the researchers in Davidson's laboratory put 128 electrodes on Ricard's head and asked him to meditate on "unconditional loving-kindness and compassion," they noticed powerful gamma activity—brain waves oscillating at roughly 40 cycles per second in a highly synchronized
Matthieu Ricard in the laboratory of Richard Davidson (University of Wisconsin, Madison) preparing to undergo EEG investigations of his brain while meditating. |
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