Compassionate Communication

The Art of Communication | Thich Nhat Hanh

I bought this wonderful wisdom on April 15, 2015 at Kinokuniya bookstore Singapore when I first relocated back from Beijing after 4.5 years of work then. During that period of time I was constantly angry and causing my loved ones so much stress without myself realising all those negative energy that I was carrying with me, in particularly during communications.

This book has quietly transformed my life not until September 2017, not until I started to see the light of mindfulness of compassion when I finally practiced listening with the intention -- to help the other person suffer less.

The Two Keys to Compassionate Communication:

(1) Deep Listening

(2) Loving Speech

If you can keep your mindfulness of compassion alive for even 10 minutes (which I'd been practicing religiously), you are inhabited by the energy of compassion and you are safe. As long as compassion is present, you can listen with equanimity.

I only want to help the people that I come across especially my beloved ones suffer less. I no longer blame or judge them anymore.

正念的慈悲，慈爱的沟通。

"Nourishing and healing communication

is the food of our relationships."