February 2011
5 posts
Exercises in Empathy #1
cc Empathy by [auro]
You can try this at your own time and convenience. Do the following in a public space:
Do something to help someone you do not know.
There are only two conditions to this step:
It has to be simple - things that do not impede on whatever you are doing at that moment
It has to be small - normal, every day things that no one else but you and the person you helped will...
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Books: Wolf Totem
Wolf Totem a novel by by Jiang Rong
A stunning portrait of 1960s Mongolia as seen through the eyes of an empathetic Han ethnographer. This adventurous novel explores the divisions between agrarian/nomadic, warrior/peasant, and tradition/modernity.
via http://thereboot.org
“My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going,
I do not see the road ahead of...”
– in Thoughts in Solitude by Thomas Merton via Paulo Coelho’s blog
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