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Category Archives: Compassion
Brain Can Be Trained in Compassion, Study Shows
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Until now, little was scientifically known about the human potential to cultivate compassion – the emotional state of caring for people who are suffering in a way that motivates altruistic behavior. Investigators trained young adults to engage in compassion meditation, an ancient Buddhist technique to increase caring feelings for people who are suffering. (Credit: © byheaven / Fotolia) A new study by researchers at the … Continue reading
Boat people genuine refugees
Bianca Hall (source )
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More than 90 per cent of boat people were found to be genuine refugees in the March quarter, figures to be released on Monday show. But asylum seekers who arrived by plane – despite being eligible for release into the community – were almost twice as likely to be rejected as refugees. The new figures come after the government, with Coalition support, passed its changes … Continue reading
Posted in Asylum seekers, Australasia, Compassion, Diaspora, Global issues, Human rights, Humanity, Migration, Politics, Refugees, Security
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The Islamist War on Women
Lee Habeeb (source )
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What those girls in Ohio suffered happens to millions of women around the world. The facts just keep coming out of Ohio. It is hard to comprehend what they went through, those young women. What they felt while trapped by a monster through those lost years of their early adulthood is almost impossible to fathom. How did they cope? How did they get through each … Continue reading
Posted in Compassion, Culture, Discrimination, Ethics, Global issues, Human rights, Humanity, Morals, Opinion, Religion, Society
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Young Queensland mum honoured
Judith Kerr (source )
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Mother’s Day will be a very special day of family fun for Redland Bay mum of four Emma Gosbell, crowned Barnardos Queensland Mother of the Year. Young inspiration … Emma Gosbell, 18, crowned Queensland’s Barnados Mother of the Year. The 18-year-old stepped into the role of full-time mum after her partner’s mother died suddenly 18 months ago – but Emma and her partner Brendan, 21, don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Australasia, Child abuse, Compassion, Culture, General, Global issues, Humanity, Leadership, Morals, Society, Young generation
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She was diagnosed with cancer – This is what her husband did next!
Kahla Preston (source )
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We all know someone who has been affected by cancer. Yet very rarely do we witness the stark day-to-day experiences of life after the diagnosis. When Jennifer Merendino was diagnosed with cancer, her husband documented her battle. Jennifer Merendino was diagnosed with breast cancer less than six months after marrying her boyfriend, Angelo, in 2007. She endured numerous treatments and surgeries – a double mastectomy, chemotherapy, … Continue reading
Posted in Compassion, General, Global issues, Health, Humanity, North America, Society
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Manolada
Dean Kalimniou (source )
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There are certain toponyms that are deeply etched within the psyche of the Modern Greek. These toponyms, dredged up from the dank and dark depths of a reconstructed history and national consciousness are oft cited as lexical encapsulations of the diachronic character of the Greek. A migrant worker at Manolada’s strawberry fields, photographed in 2008. Photograph: Getty Images Take Marathon for instance. Its hallowed plain … Continue reading
Creating a New World of Shared Values, Compassion and Cooperation
Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese (source )
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This has been another eventful week of resistance in the United States. We have much to share about what happened this week and what is coming up in the near future. But first, we want to remember the bombing in Boston on Monday and show appreciation for those who gave public support. Margaret says, “I ran the Boston Marathon in 2003. I finished around three hours … Continue reading
Posted in Compassion, General, Global issues, Historical, Humanity, North America, Opinion, Society
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Intellectual Freedom Under Threat At Syd
Nick Riemer (source )
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Is Sydney Uni committed to free and open debate? If so, why cancel a talk by the Dalai Lama? And where’s the outrage about funding cuts? Nick Riemer on the gap between rhetoric and policy The University of Sydney’s cancelation of a June talk by the Dalai Lama, revealed last night by the ABC, is the latest in a series of failures of Sydney’s management … Continue reading
Posted in Arts & Culture, Australasia, Compassion, Educational, Events, Humanity, Leadership, Opinion, Society, Young generation
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Let us put an end on human trafficking
Loukas Mexis (source )
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Recently a video was shared in the internet from a Cypriot website, where a young woman dared to speak the truth and narrate her whole experience of being trafficked from Russia to Cyprus in order to work as an escort. Although such a case of human trafficking is not unknown to anyone, still people tend to look the other way and disregard the fact that … Continue reading
Posted in A, Compassion, Diaspora, Ethics, General, Global issues, Human rights, Humanity, Hypocrisy, Migration, Morals, Opinion, Oppression, Society, Young generation
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