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On Mar 28, 2014 Nikhil Jain wrote on Are You Bored Yet?, by Karen Maezen Miller:
Boredom is aversion to neutral sensations. It can be conquered by observing those sensations with equanimity.
Boredom is aversion to neutral sensations. It can be conquered by observing those sensations with equanimity.
On Sep 28, 2015 Nikhil wrote on Compassion: an Objective Form of Empathy, by Jeff Weiner:
The way I understand it is:
Objective compassion is to share the pain, but not the suffering.
For pain is inevitable but suffering is optional. By not suffering ourselves, we open up the way for the other person to also treat their pain objectively.