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Now if we look at the economic imperative here, this isn't just about compassion.

You look at the cost-benefit analysis, and my dream is to take this issue, not just from the compassion argument, but to the finance ministers of the world, and say we cannot afford to not invest in the access to adequate, affordable nutrition for all of humanity.

I want to address the issue of compassion.

Compassion has many faces.

I looked into the face of one of these women, and I saw in her face the strength that arises when natural compassion is really present.

And that woman did not have sentimental compassion.

So we can ask: What is compassion comprised of?

And there's referential and non-referential compassion.

But first, compassion is comprised of that capacity to see clearly into the nature of suffering.

But that is not enough, because compassion, which activates the motor cortex, means that we aspire, we actually aspire to transform suffering.

But compassion has another component, and that component is really essential.

And when I worked in the prison system, it was so clear to me, this: that many of us in this room, and almost all of the men that I worked with on death row, the seeds of their own compassion had never been watered.

That compassion is actually an inherent human quality.

But the conditions for compassion to be activated, to be aroused, are particular conditions.

And what is fascinating is that compassion has enemies, and those enemies are things like pity, moral outrage, fear.

And in that paralysis, of course, our capacity for compassion is also paralyzed.

Now we know from neuroscience that compassion has some very extraordinary qualities.

For example: A person who is cultivating compassion, when they are in the presence of suffering, they feel that suffering a lot more than many other people do.

Many of us think that compassion drains us, but I promise you it is something that truly enlivens us.

Another thing about compassion is that it really enhances what's called neural integration.

Another, which has been discovered by various researchers at Emory and at Davis and so on, is that compassion enhances our immune system.

But compassion, the generation of compassion, actually mobilizes our immunity.

You know, if compassion is so good for us, I have a question.

Why don't we train our children in compassion?

If compassion is so good for us, why don't we train our health care providers in compassion so that they can do what they're supposed to do, which is to really transform suffering?

And if compassion is so good for us, why don't we vote on compassion?

Why don't we vote for people in our government based on compassion, so that we can have a more caring world?

Women have manifested for thousands of years the strength arising from compassion in an unfiltered, unmediated way in perceiving suffering as it is.

And they have actualized compassion through direct action.

And then ... when we connect together in these connection spaces, facilitated by connection systems, we need to change the way we talk to each other and connect with one another and relate with generosity and open-mindedness and kindness and compassion and not hate.

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