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The Compassion Handbook :
A Guide to Being a Warrior for Positive Change

Last Updated:
May, 2010
This page is a place where the "The Compassion Handbook" will be developed, and edited, over time.  The goal of this handbook is to present an introduction to established ideas about compassion, and then extend from there into some new ideas, such as the theory of compassion development and the compassion space.  It will also be a book that references, makes links to, information on this web site. Hopefully this will further enhance the teaching, understanding and practice of compassion in schools, families and the workplace. It will provide the basic ideas needed to explore becoming a warrior for positive change through the compassion space, and how to teach others to do the same.
Author: W. David Hoisington, Ph. D.

In seeking to present a "Handbook" that speaks to compassion, with the goal of compassion training and improvement,  it is important fundamental questions be clarified.  They are questions linked to the basic assumptions about compassion.  First, there is the hypothesis that people define and understand compassion at different levels.  Second, there is the hypothesis that most people can be taught something about compassion.  Third is the idea that compassion is relational within a compassion space.  There is hardly any research on these theoretical assumptions.  Research on these is on going and will enhance any presentation of a "Handbook".

Join in Giving Compassion A Strong Voice

 Chapter One:
A draft of this paper called "A Philosophy of Compassion" is now ready with the date at the top of the paper.  The 7 assumptions of compassion are described in more detail.  Please note that this is a work in progress and will continue to be updated (check the date).

The myths of compassion are discussed here, along with compassion fatigue
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Coming in the future Chapter 2: "Understanding Our Compassion Definition- Survey Results"

We are waiting on more surveys to be completed, although some preliminary results are mentioned in other papers.

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