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Why Empathy?: July 2012
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Because Sometimes Even When Everything's Alright, it Still Feels Alwrong. Wednesday, July 11, 2012. The amount to which a person can understand others' intents and beliefs is correlated with how altruistic they are. Activity in the temporoparietal junction (TPJ) is correlated with the ability to understand others' perspectives. The size and activation in the TPJ correlate with altruistic behavior. Http:/ medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-individual-differences-altruism-brain-region.html. Links to this post.
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Why Empathy?: A crazy thought
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Because Sometimes Even When Everything's Alright, it Still Feels Alwrong. Saturday, July 7, 2012. When we unskillfully try to reduce our own suffering, we turn to entertainment, diversions, distractions. When we do it skillfully we seek our own liberation. When we unskillfully try to manifest compassion - to reduce the suffering of others - we apply bandaids that solve the proximal causes of suffering. Hunger, pain, etc. When we do so skillfully, we try to point others toward their own liberation. Mostly...