Practicing Sanity in an Insane World

True compassion is not just feeling sympathy or even empathy for another—but it includes the desire to alleviate the suffering of others.  How do we fulfill this desire?  Especially for people we don’t know, will never meet?  This week we will explore 2 spiritual practices we can do anywhere, anytime--that are meant to assuage the pain of humanity, one a Buddhist practice, and one from the indigenous shamans of the south seas islands.