The Power of Compassion to Change Lives with James Doty
Compassion isn’t just something we extend to others, but something we can-and should-extend to ourselves. It benefits oneself as much as it benefits others. Negative self-talk is common among many, but being compassionate to yourself improves not only your mental state, but also your physiology. Dr. James Doty discusses the evolution and neuroscience of compassion and how it changes us both physically and mentally.
James R. Doty, M.D. is an adjunct professor of medicine, primary care and population health. He is the founder and director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) where his academic focus is on meditation, compassion, and self-compassion, for which he has lectured worldwide. He is also a neurosurgeon, neuroscientist, author, and philanthropist.
This event is presented by the Stanford Alumni Association.
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Glad to see you back in action. This man is a major inspiration for me and my artwork.
Thank you for this interview, it gave me important insights on my life and helped to find some clues. And to my mind, one can't overestimate the importance of the scientific project of Dr Doty - that's exactly what the world needs now... Thank you for that!
I bought your book not ever hearing anything about it, and it was not even about what I had assumed from the title, I thought I was going to gain some knowledge of neurology and what I had discovered was you, you are the gift in this book, not just the book I had a similar upbringing instead of alcohol it was a combination of drugs and alcohol my parents both abused and I suffered. Starting at 12 years old I was taught all the wrong things and I suffered and nobody but me I felt was aware of this, nobody asked me how I felt about anything, so I thought for a long time my feelings only mattered to me.
42:20 - It seems to me in situations where there are people who 'will not' accept difference are projecting a kind of 'control' they are deeply struggling with internally. There can be a way to view those 'bullies' with compassion. Of course: Never at the expense of the safety of those who are being viewed as 'different'. With a consequentialist/logical mindset there is a way to see 'intolerance' as a type of strategy/method to 'change' traits that are viewed as 'dangerous'. In a way it can be seen as a (typically deeply unskillful) method to 'protect' those that are being 'bullied'. In the case of differences that are not objectively 'dangerous' and are intrinsically identity based that 'method' is (of course) deeply harmful.
Can some of the factors he discussed explain generational or societal level trauma and resulting miss behavior? I’ve been wondering a lot about Russians for example. Is how they behave as a society and a state related to some sort of trauma of constant oppression, or maybe constant alcoholism to quote a stereotype, or some other social-cultural inbreeding.
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