Contemplative Dyads
Contemplation and Compassion: The Second Gaze
Explores the importance of contemplative practice for fostering compassion, emphasizing the transition from self-centered reactions to a compassionate second gaze that aligns with divine intimacy and authentic action.
cac.org- both traditions base their theory and practice on the premise that every mental activity is causally effective, and has determinate consequences that shape ongoing development; 2) they both view the mind as embedded in an evolutionary continuity of ever-adapting forms of life, conceiving development as an interactive, intergenerational process info
Emily J. Wolf • Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy: Accelerating Healing and Transformation
In retrospect we remember such moments as moments of magical intimacy, an intimacy in which we are completely with the other person, with a compassion that knows the pain yet is free from any pity, judgment, sentimentality or despair. In such moments, we don’t have a sense of “I” and “other.” We are just there, completely aware and present.