Episode 49: SELF COMPASSION MEDITATION - MEDITATION SPACE

MEDITATION SPACE

Welcome to MEDITATION SPACE on the EUDAIMONIA connection podcast. Known also as karuna meditation, compassion meditation is deeply rooted in Buddhist philosophy and guides participants toward compassionate thoughts. It is a method for connecting with suffering — our own as well as others' — and for awakening the compassion that is inherent in all of us. This meditation fosters feelings of compassion and concern for others by training people to notice suffering and strive to alleviate it, while at the same time giving people the emotional resources to not feel overwhelmed by the distress caused by that suffering. Loving-kindness and compassion meditation actually seem to change the brain by increasing activation in a circuit important for empathy according to neuroscientists. It increases positive emotions towards the self and others, altru- istic behaviour, and a sense of connectedness. Habits can be difficult to change. Mindfulness is a key to habit change because it allows us to bring into awareness behavioUrs that have become automatic and unconscious. Once we've brought the behavioUrs into awareness, we can make choices about how to respond. It’s not easy to change habits because habits develop strong pathways in the brain, neuro pathways. We need to develop the skills to be willing to stay with and experience difficult feelings, and learn that we don’t have to believe all the messages, the urges, the cravings, the reactions that our minds repeat. Enjoy this session. Joe-y Busuttil WEBSITE: https://eudiamoniaconnection.podomatic.net Joe Busuttil Website: www.equator-hypnotherapymelbourne.com FACEBOOK : The Eudaimonia Connection Podcast : https://www.facebook.com/theeudaimoniaconnectionpodcast ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am Joey Busuttil and after experiencing years in mental, physical and spiritual psychosis- I decided to re claimed my life by stepping into a quest to find EUDAIMONIA. Unlike our everyday concept of happiness, Eudaimonia is not a state of mind, nor is it simply the experience of joys and pleasures. Moreover, happiness is a subjective concept. ... Eudaimonia, in contrast, is meant as an objective standard of 'happiness,' based on what it means to live a human life well. When taken to the extreme, it can translate into the pursuit of pleasure and simply doing whatever you want that helps you attain this. Aristippus, for example, lived a life in pursuit of pleasure and did anything for the sake of sensual pleasure. With the word Eudaimonia in mind, we’re striving to do justice to our full human potential and to work in some small but key way towards the improvement of our species. Meditation is a practise that can really make your life better. A practise that changes and improves your life in ways you might not expect. So we need to do the right things and set up the right conditions if we’re going to change. Let yourself relax and let go. This podcast offers practice to funding stillness and hopefully Eudaimonia.