I must take good care of myself to be kind to others.
The core of mental strength training designed to activate the prefrontal cortex lies in self-affirmation and affirmation of others.
Among these, representative practices scientifically proven effective include forgiveness, compassion, love, acceptance, gratitude, and respect.
This time, let us examine compassion.
Compassion begins with self-compassion, which involves caring for oneself with kindness and warmth.
Many studies show that while modern people are kind to friends and family, they are harshly strict with themselves. As a result, they often repeat negative thoughts and negative internal communication regarding themselves. This leads to a significant weakening of mental strength.
The essence of self-compassion is treating yourself kindly and warmly, just as you would treat a close friend well.
In the tradition of meditation, alongside Sati meditation, Metta meditation—or love-kindness meditation—forms the two major pillars. This video is a 19-minute summary of a lecture originally delivered on January 15, 2023, which lasted 1 hour and 48 minutes.
To condense and summarize the lengthy lecture, the video editor significantly reduced the spacing between sentences and words. As a result, it may feel as though I am speaking breathlessly and rapidly.
If you find the speech in this video too fast, I recommend watching the original video.
Here is the link to the original video:
https://www.youtube.com/live/ENm40KZM...