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How Do I Alleviate the Suffering of Others?
Vedic Worldview
English - March 10, 2024 23:00 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 208 ratingsSpirituality Religion & Spirituality Health & Fitness Mental Health spirituality yoga self help meditation transcendental meditation veda vedic meditation thom knoles maharishi mahesh yogi Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The desire to help others is baked into human DNA, and the sight of someone suffering often triggers a need to take action.
This is one of the reasons our species has been able to thrive.
Often, however, our attempts to alleviate the suffering of others don’t succeed, not necessarily because of lack of effort or misguided intentions. It’s because there’s another dynamic at play that can thwart our efforts.
In this episode, Thom reminds us that the desire to be helped doesn’t come as naturally as the desire to offer help, and that the greatest help we can sometimes give, is to not give help at all.
Episode Highlights:
[00:45] The Natural Desire to Alleviate the Suffering of Others
[02:23] Harmonizing Inner Alignment with External Responses to Change
[04:03] Unsought Advice
[05:43] How to Help Someone Who Is Suffering
[07:27] Perceiving Cues
[09:02] The Role of Humility in Seeking Help
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