Compassion at the Edge: A Revolutionary Approach to Benefitting Others without Burning Out

In this excerpt from Joan Halifax’s new course, Compassion at the Edge, she explains that understanding the difference between empathy and compassion is one of the first steps in learning how we can meet the challenge of helping others with an open heart and mind.

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Natalie Goldberg

Natalie Goldberg is the author of ten books. Writing Down the Bones, her first, has been translated into twelve languages. For the last thirty years she has practiced Zen and taught seminars in writing as a spiritual practice.

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SINGAPORE DREAM

from Singapore Dream and Other Adventures

“In the morning I had chased butterflies on the byways, overgrown with grass and overhung with foliage, that run among the European gardens. In the white heat of noon I returned to the city on foot, and I passed the afternoon walking about, visiting shops, and doing my shopping in the beautiful, lively, teeming streets of Singapore . . .”

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