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The Benefits of Compassion

Introduction

Compassion can obviously benefit those who are the recipients of a kind or altruistic actions, but researchers have also found that compassion can have a wide range of psychological benefits for those experiencing this emotional drive.

Some of the major benefits to the self include:

Increased immunity: 

⦁ One study demonstrated that people who had practiced compassionate meditation had a better immune response to stress.

More prosocial behaviors: 

⦁ Researchers have found that people who receive short-term compassion training are more likely to engage in helpful, or prosocial, behaviors toward others.

Greater empathy for others:

⦁ Even a short period of compassion training can help people experience greater empathy, or emotional understanding, of others.

Increased happiness: 

⦁ Compassionate meditation has also been shown to help people become happier and healthier. Those who practiced this type of meditation rated themselves as happier and more satisfied with their lives.

Compassion Can Be Learned

⦁ So is compassion an innate human response or is it something we learn from our family, society, and culture at large?

⦁ Evidence suggests that compassion is indeed an innate human trait, but research also suggests that it is something that can be cultivated through learning and experience.

⦁ Getting old is never fun and simple things like leaning over or going up the stairs can be a real struggle.

⦁ We don’t often think about that when we are younger and our bodies are strong and agile, but sooner or later, everyone gets old.