DailyGood: Can Meditation Increase Kindness?

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. --Dalai Lama Good News of the Day: When Richard Davidson told his advisers at Harvard that he planned to study the power of meditation in the 1970s, they winced. But Dr. Davidson would one day find a mentor with a different frame of mind: the Dalai Lama. The Tibetan spiritual leader recently announced plans to donate $50,000 to the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at Madison, a new research lab founded by Davidson that investigates whether meditation can promote compassion and kindness. The center has just started a project to teach meditation skills to fifth graders, focusing on charitable thoughts toward loved ones, strangers, and even enemies. [ more ] Be The Change: Practice simple acts of mindfulness today, like watching your breath for a couple of minutes. Notice if you feel a greater sense of peace after a few days of regular practice. Share A Reflection! tell a friend | archives | unsubscribe a service of CharityFocus 105404 subscribers Rate: