{"id":152,"date":"2008-06-20T15:10:01","date_gmt":"2008-06-20T15:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2008\/06\/why-meditate.html"},"modified":"2008-06-20T15:10:01","modified_gmt":"2008-06-20T15:10:01","slug":"why-meditate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2008\/06\/why-meditate.html","title":{"rendered":"Why Meditate?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s one reason:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Daniel Goldman, author of Emotional Intelligence, giving a TED talk about compassion. He says:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cWhy don\u2019t we [help others]? I think this speaks to a spectrum that goes from complete self-absorption to noticing, to empathy, and to compassion. And the simple fact is if we are focused on ourselves, if we\u2019re preoccupied as we so often are throughout the day, we don\u2019t really fully notice the other. 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