{"id":2621,"date":"2011-04-04T16:40:10","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T23:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iamsignificant.ca\/andre\/?p=2621"},"modified":"2016-10-04T15:01:34","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T15:01:34","slug":"compassion-genius-in-the-art-of-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iamsignificant.ca\/andre\/sole-significance\/compassion-genius-in-the-art-of-living\/","title":{"rendered":"Compassion: Genius in the Art of Living"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The term \"compassion\" often evokes visions of pity or an infomercial showing impoverished children around the world.\u00a0 It seems the fullness of compassion in real, everyday life is often overshadowed by the noise of cultural greed and violence.\u00a0 Recent world events like the Japanese earthquake \/ tsunami and the resulting outpouring of support and prayers illustrates that perhaps compassion is still very much alive and well.\u00a0 In this video, journalist Krista Tippett explores the meaning of compassion through several moving stories, and breaths new life into an underestimated force for wholeness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"446\" height=\"326\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"bgColor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"vu=http:\/\/video.ted.com\/talks\/dynamic\/KristaTippett_2010Z-medium.flv&amp;su=http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/tedindex\/embed-posters\/KristaTippett-2010Z.embed_thumbnail.jpg&amp;vw=432&amp;vh=240&amp;ap=0&amp;ti=1074&amp;lang=&amp;introDuration=15330&amp;adDuration=4000&amp;postAdDuration=830&amp;adKeys=talk=krista_tippett_reconnecting_with_compassion;year=2010;theme=words_about_words;theme=the_charter_for_compassion;event=TEDPrize%40UN;&amp;preAdTag=tconf.ted\/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"446\" height=\"326\" src=\"http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf\" pluginspace=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" wmode=\"transparent\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" flashvars=\"vu=http:\/\/video.ted.com\/talks\/dynamic\/KristaTippett_2010Z-medium.flv&amp;su=http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/tedindex\/embed-posters\/KristaTippett-2010Z.embed_thumbnail.jpg&amp;vw=432&amp;vh=240&amp;ap=0&amp;ti=1074&amp;lang=&amp;introDuration=15330&amp;adDuration=4000&amp;postAdDuration=830&amp;adKeys=talk=krista_tippett_reconnecting_with_compassion;year=2010;theme=words_about_words;theme=the_charter_for_compassion;event=TEDPrize%40UN;\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">What stood out to you in this video?<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Have<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"> your ideas about compassion changed?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">What do you think of the phrase \"Compassion is a Spiritual technology\"?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Do you agree the change occurs within us first?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Share your thoughts by making a comment below.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The term \"compassion\" often evokes visions of pity or an infomercial showing impoverished children around the world.\u00a0 It seems the fullness of compassion in real, everyday life is often overshadowed by the noise of cultural greed and violence.\u00a0 Recent world events like the Japanese earthquake \/ tsunami and the resulting outpouring of support and prayers illustrates that perhaps compassion is&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/iamsignificant.ca\/andre\/sole-significance\/compassion-genius-in-the-art-of-living\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading<\/a>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[33,38],"tags":[58,110,111],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v17.2 (Yoast SEO v17.2) - 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