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Evolution, Compassion and Happiness
Paul Gilbert PhD FBPsS OBE
www.compassionatemind.co.uk
www.compassionatewellbeing.co.uk
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Consciousness and
Contents of Consciousness
Inner contemplation -insight Outer investigation and measurement
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Both approaches are now coming together
to support and guide each other
Central focus on Compassion, Prosocial
Behaviour and Happiness
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The interactive flow of Happiness
Self-happiness
Happiness of others Happiness from
Others
Each has it own facilitators and inhibitors
Families
Schools
Organisations
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Facilitators and Inhibitors
All motives have facilitators and inhibitors
Same for Happiness
Fears, Blocks and Resistances
Suffering can be an inhibitor
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Why do we need Compassion?
Life is Hard
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The Two Psychologies of CompassionCompassion can be defined in many ways but focuses on two
key psychologies:
As a sensitivity to the suffering/distress of self and otherswith a deep commitment to try to relieve and prevent it
Two different Psychologies
– To approach, understand and (how to) engage withsuffering/distress - looking into its causes -COURAGE
– To work to alleviate and prevent suffering/distress –work to acquire wisdom and skills - DEDICATION
Each more complex than might at first seem
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Compassion is interested in the the Big
Questions
The Nature of reality and
How we fit into it
Into the causes and nature of suffering
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Evidence for the Causes of Suffering
Evolution
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The Universe – 13.8 billion years
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Age of the Earth 4.5 billion years
At least 4 major mass extinctions
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Bringers of life and Death
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Humanity is part of the
flow life -- 99% of all
species that have
existed are extinct
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The human brain is the product of many millions of years of evolution – a process of conserving, modifying and
adapting
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War
Tribalism
Greed
Abuse
Wound
Slavery
Torture
Sadism
Hatred
Peace
Equanimity
Fairness
Care
Heal
Liberate
Nurture
Protect
Forgive
Mind as a multi-self
The seeds of mind
Which do we cultivate?
Highly dependent on social context
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Compassion begins with a reality check
Insight builds wisdom
• We are gene-built - with evolved brains
designed to struggle to survive, to want,
grasp and avoid pain
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We arise from the Genetic Lottery
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Compassion begins with a reality check
Insight builds wisdom
• We are gene-built - with evolved brains designed tostruggle to survive, to want, grasp and avoid pain
• We are all born, grow, decay and die - and aresusceptible to many diseases and injuries – life withtragedy – pain and suffering – more thanimpermanence
• We are socially shaped – from our geneexpressions, to our sense of self and values – babykidnap
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Compassion begins with a reality check
Insight builds wisdom
The multi-dimensions of interdependency
Not our fault as we all just find ourselves here!
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Why Compassion?
• Compassion is helpful and is associated with well-being and moral behaviour – and therapy
Deeper Level
• There is something terrifying and deeply tragic at the heart of human existence
• There is anger, fear and grief that we are normally dissociated from – until it knocks on our door
• Terror management with dissociation from reality is normal but a deeply problematic human way of dealing with reality
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Old Brain Functions
Motives (harm-avoidance, food, sex, caring, status)
Emotions (anger, anxiety, sadness, joy)
Behaviours (fight, flight, shut down, courting, caring)
Tricky Brain and its problematic loops
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New Brain Troubles
Self-monitoring
Self-criticism
Fearful Imagination
Fear of feelings
Emotional avoidance
Shame – sense of inferiority
Rumination
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New Brain Competencies:
Imagine, Plan, Ruminate,
Self-monitor, Self-identity
Old Brain FucntionsMotives (harm-avoidance, food, sex, caring, status)
Emotions (anger, anxiety, sadness, joy)
Behaviours (fight, flight, shut down, courting, caring)
Tricky Brain and its problematic loops
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Threat
System
Level
Time
New brain
Ruminating Imagining
worst outcome
Self-
criticising
New Brain – ‘Can keep the threat going’
Old brain
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Emotion Brain
Stomach acid
Saliva
Meal
Sexual/erotic
AArousal
Bully-threaten
Bully-
Threaten Kind, warm
caring
Soothed
Safe
Compassion
Sex
Meal
Brain-body responds to it own internal creations
Fear depression
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So What to do???
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New Brain: Imagination,
Planning, Rumination, Integration
Old Brain: Emotions, Motives, Relationship Seeking-Creating
Mindfulness as harnessing our inner Observer
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New Brain: Imagination,
Planning, Rumination, Integration
Old Brain: Emotions, Motives, Relationship Seeking-Creating
Mindful Brain
Mindfulness
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My mind
Natures Mind
Tricky Brain and its problematic loops
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Types of Affect Regulator Systems
Incentive/resource-
focused
Wanting, pursuing,
achieving
Activating
Non-wanting/
Affiliative focused
Safeness-kindness
Soothing
Threat-focused
Protection and
Safety-seeking
Activating/inhibiting
Anger, anxiety, disgust
Drive, excite, vitality Content, safe, connected
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Between self and others
ThreatAffiliative/ Soothing
Calms
120 Million year evolving system to regulate threat
Self-to selfSelf to self
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Sympathetic nerves
to heart
Increases HR
Parasympathetic
nerves to heart
Slows HR
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Safeness -connecting and the parasympathetic
system: The Vagus Nerve
• PNS influence on heart rate – slows beat down during outbreath
• Associated with affiliation, tend & befriend, general positive emotional tone
• Sensitive to safeness
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Two Types of Positive Feeling
Hedonic
Achieving, obtaining, gaining, and holding, self-focused competitive.
Down side short-lasting, addictive, socially manipulative, striving to avoid inferiority,
social comparison, envy, shame, depression, anxiety
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Two Types of Positive Feeling
Eudemonic
Making a contribution, meaning purpose, connectedness and
Down side – how one makes a commitment –tribalism and war as group loyalty loss of meaning - hopeless
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The Two Psychologies of CompassionCompassion can be defined in many ways but focuses on two
key psychologies:
As a sensitivity to the suffering/distress of self and otherswith a deep commitment to try to relieve and prevent it
Two different Psychologies
– To approach, understand and (how to) engage withsuffering/distress - looking into its causes -COURAGE
– To work to alleviate and prevent suffering/distress –work to acquire wisdom and skills - DEDICATION
Each more complex than might at first seem
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Compassion is interested in the the Big
Questions
The Nature of reality and
How we fit into it
Into the causes and nature of suffering
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New Brain: Imagination,
Planning, Rumination, Integration
Self-Identity
Old Brain: Emotions, Motives, Relationship Seeking-Creating
Mindful Compassion Brain
Mindfulness
Compassion
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Mammalian
Caring
Human
Social Intelligence
• Knowing
awareness
• Empathic
awareness
• Knowing
intentionality
Evolution: From caring to compassion
Compassion
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The Compassion Motive
May we find the way to help all
beings be free of suffering and
the causes of suffering
Build Wisdom
from Evidence
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The Process of Compassion
Wisdom
Nature of Mind
Mind Awareness
Grounding
Stabilising
Strength
Commitment
Motivation
Intention
Each has it own facilitators and inhibitors
Compassionate
Mind/Self
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The Interactive Flow of Compassion
Self-Focused
From others To others
Each has it own facilitators and inhibitors
Compassionate
Mind/Self
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Happiness and the Compassionate Self/Mind
Wisdom
Nature of Mind
Mind Awareness
Grounding
Stabilising
Strength
Commitment
Motivation
Intention
Each has it own facilitators and inhibitors
Compassionate
Mind/Self
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The Journey
Mindfulness
Mind Awareness
Compassion
Intentions and Cultivation
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Compassion as Decent not Ascent?
• Compassion is not getting rid of the difficult
contents of the mind but mindfully engaging
with them (e.g., rage, fear, prejudice) – going
into, not away from the difficult
• Mindful Compassion helps us engage,
understand and contain our dark sides (natures
mind) without blaming and shaming. That is
the courage of compassion. The dark side fuels
compassion
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The interactive flow of compassion
Self-Compassion
Compassion
from othersCompassion
to others
Each has it own facilitators and inhibitors
Families
Schools
Organisations
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Compassionate mind/mentality
AttentionThinking
Reasoning
Behaviour
Motivation Emotions
Imagery
Fantasy Compassion
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Threatened mind can block compassion
AttentionThinking
Reasoning
Behaviour
Motivation Emotions
Imagery
Fantasy Threat
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Competitive mind can block Compassion
AttentionThinking
Reasoning
Behaviour
Motivation Emotions
Imagery
Fantasy Compete
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Compassionate mind/mentality
AttentionThinking
Reasoning
Behaviour
Motivation Emotions
Imagery
Fantasy Compassion
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What we are
• We have knowing awareness – conscious of consciousness and consciousness is the mystery and importance --- how do we study and use it
• Charles Chalmers consciousness• https://www.ted.com/talks/david_chalmers_how_do_you_explain_consciousness?lang
uage=en#t-89114
• We can awaken to the patterns that DNA and life circumstance creates in us which then invites us to learn to wisely start to choose – enlightened choosing is the beginning of the spiritual journey
• Compassion changes our patterns of energy flows in us and others and hence in field of consciousness itself .
• The challenge of humanity is now to wake to this reality and all begin to take responsibility for the patterns created in consciousness
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Compassionate Mind Foundation
• Promote compassion via its scientific understanding - to advance how we address suffering and our potential to cause it - in all beings
• Release people from fear and suffering wherever possible - at the heart of compassion – open to connectedness.
• Courageous engagement with wise action
So Please join us and our partners in the challenge
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