the conscious road to compassion
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The Conscious Road to Compassion. A Social Psychological Perspective on the Quiet Ego. Heidi A. Wayment, Ph.D. Department of Psychology Northern Arizona University May 16, 2013. What is compassion? What are the barriers to compassion? What is a “quiet ego?” What good is a “quiet ego?” - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Conscious Road to Compassion
Heidi A. Wayment, Ph.D.Department of PsychologyNorthern Arizona University
May 16, 2013
A Social Psychological Perspective on the Quiet Ego
Outline
What is compassion?
What are the barriers to compassion?
What is a “quiet ego?”
What good is a “quiet ego?”
Can a “quiet ego” be cultivated?
What is Compassion?
At the core of every spiritual and religious tradition
“... the feeling that arises in witnessing another’s suffering and that motivates a subsequent desire to help.”
Goetz, Keltner, & Simon-Thomas, 2010Psychological Bulletin
Is target deserving of
help? Anger
DistressAnxiety
Fear
Compassion
No
Yes
Do I have resources to
help?
No
Yes
Witness suffering
NoDoes target’s suffering satisfy
self goal?
Goetz, Keltner, & Simon-Thomas, 2010Psychological Bulletin
Is target deserving of
help? Anger
DistressAnxiety
Fear
Compassion
No
Yes
Do I have resources to
help?
No
Yes
Witness suffering
NoDoes target’s suffering satisfy
self goal?
Goetz, Keltner, & Simon-Thomas, 2010Psychological Bulletin
Is target deserving of
help? Anger
DistressAnxiety
Fear
Compassion
No
Yes
Do I have resources to
help?
No
Yes
Witness suffering
NoDoes target’s suffering satisfy
self goal?
Goetz, Keltner, & Simon-Thomas, 2010Psychological Bulletin
Is target deserving of
help? Anger
DistressAnxiety
Fear
Compassion
No
Yes
Do I have resources to
help?
No
Yes
Witness suffering
NoDoes target’s suffering satisfy
self goal?
Goetz, Keltner, & Simon-Thomas, 2010Psychological Bulletin
Is target deserving of
help? Anger
DistressAnxiety
Fear
Compassion
No
Yes
Do I have resources to
help?
No
Yes
Witness suffering
NoDoes target’s suffering satisfy
self goal?
Goetz, Keltner, & Simon-Thomas, 2010Psychological Bulletin
Is target deserving of
help? Anger
DistressAnxiety
Fear
Compassion
No
Yes
Do I have resources to
help?
No
Yes
Witness suffering
NoDoes target’s suffering satisfy
self goal?
Behavior Cognition
Emotion
Psychological Distance
Schopenhauer (1969, p. 372)
Compassion ...
the recognition that any perceived distinction between others and ourselves is only a
"fleeting, deceptive phenomenon"
