https://pdxyogini.com/2009/02/28/sympathy-deficit-disorder/ Reflections from the deep end of Practice. Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.3 https://pdxyogini.com/2009/02/28/sympathy-deficit-disorder/#comment-166 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:02:00 +0000 http://pdxyogini.com/2009/02/28/sympathy-deficit-disorder/#comment-166 I have seen people who refuse to be compassionate in lesser circumstances find their hearts softening when they person of derision has a death or a severe illness they can relate to. Apparently this event wasn’t enough for this person to get there and she wasn’t able to truly see herself reflected in the other’s suffering.I suppose either way of her interpreting the event gives her options… and she chose to express herself authentically, and that is a value I recognize, even if I’d have made a different choice to recognize the suffering of the pet caregiver.

]]> https://pdxyogini.com/2009/02/28/sympathy-deficit-disorder/#comment-162 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:16:00 +0000 http://pdxyogini.com/2009/02/28/sympathy-deficit-disorder/#comment-162 I don’t know much about any precepts but I do understand how you feel. compassion for others when they are suffering of have had a loss is a measure of us as humans. Loss of a special life in our lives cust across all barriers. We are not Left or right, Democrat or republican, Right or Wrong we are simply humans. Compassion is a great and honorable Virtue that is in diminishing supply. Thank you for your post to remind me.

]]>