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“This is why, when he's teaching, Jeff often avoids the "meditation is good for you" emphasis and focuses instead on the exploratory fun of doing it for its own sake. "Exercise is good for you," he says. "In contrast, dancing or hiking is pleasurable in a way that creates its own motivation. When we get instrumental about meditation, we can lose touch with its intrinsic
'just because' goodness."

“The definition of "compassion" in Buddhism is the intention that suffering be relieved. As my fellow CEC teacher and friend Avi Craimer says, "An intention is not a feeling, nor is it a plan." It is more like a simple wish, in this case for someone's hurt-i.e., your own -to diminish.”