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February 17, 2009 by Colin Beavan Leave a Comment

Yesterday I watched a video of Harvard psychologist Daniel Goleman’s talk at the 2007 TED (you can watch it here). Goleman discussed brain research which says we are hardwired for empathy and compassion. If we see someone in pain, we automatically want to help. Unless we aren’t paying attention. Goleman said that we get so […]

Filed Under: Environment, No Impact Man, Society Tagged With: Chris Field, climate change, compassion, Daniel Goleman, global warming

Forgive me if I sound too pious

December 17, 2007 by Colin Beavan

I have a friend, a Zen teacher, who lost his daughter a decade or so ago. Years passed, and he asked his own teacher, “I have been meditating for many years, but underneath, I still feel an abiding sadness. Am I doing something wrong?” His teacher told him, “What you feel is Universal Sadness.” When […]

Filed Under: Best of No Impact Man, Environment, No Impact Man, Society, Spirituality and Personal Growth, Zen and Meditation Tagged With: compassion, empathy, helping, sadness, tragedy, Zen

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