Corwin Johnson guides you through letting thoughts pass without reacting to them. When you stop snapping at small frustrations, you build compassion for yourself first, then for others, even people who upset you.
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Somebody says something to me and I fly off the handle, you know, that I'm not thinking, I'm not compassionate. I'm just like instant anger, you know, will come up or instant frustration, or I'll be in traffic and it's just like, you know, just that kind of frustration. And that doesn't make me feel good. You know, I don't like being that way. And it, and it has a lot of bad repercussions, you know, going forward and The more that I can allow my thoughts to rise without me reacting to them, the more peaceful I become in my life. And that compassion that I start to really develop for myself, it starts to create compassion for other people. You know, I remember having big feelings when I started meditating, like, wow, if I have all of this negativity within me, how much other people must have too. You know, and you start to feel a lot of compassion for humanity, even when they're acting like jackasses, you know.