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Morning once again to all of 
you. 

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Thank you for being here today. 
It's an all. 

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Always an honor to practice with
you. 

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Today we will make port at the 
Isle of Sympathetic Joy. 

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Pathetic joy represents a 
positive mental state in which 

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we rejoice in the good fortune 
of others without jealousy or 

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resentment. 
It is the joy felt when 

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witnessing the goodness of 
others, even with we are not 

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directly involved. 
It is a form of happiness 

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derived from celebrating the 
good deeds and good fortunes of 

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others. 
This quality is one of the four 

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measurables, the four boats 
along with loving Titus, 

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compassion as well as 
equanimity. 

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Pathetic joy is significant of 
Buddhist teaching because it 

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helps us cultivate a deep sense 
of interconnectedness. 

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By celebrating the happiness of 
others, we loosen the grirt of 

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negative emotions such as envy, 
jealousy, or competitive 

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disappoint. 
The emotions that can arise in 

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our professional lives are daily
encounters. 

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Instead, we foster a more 
compassionate and open hearted 

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attitude. 
Buddha emphasized the words of 

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sympathetic joy, teaching that 
it leads to release of the heart

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contributes to a profound sense 
of happiness and fulfillment. 

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But how do we cultivate 
sympathetic joy in our outlines 

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again, but those closest to us 
rejoicing in their happiness, 

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and gradually extend this joy, 
our thirst, to neutral 

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acquaintances and even to those 
we may find difficult? 

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This practice can be developed 
through meditation, mindfulness,

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focusing on the happiness of 
others, allowing their joy to 

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resonate within us. 
You'll note there's a lot of the

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same things being said about 
loving Titus, and profession 

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starts here, and it works out. 
Most importantly, we must begin 

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with ourselves, because I have 
said at my crew beach talks, the

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foundation always starts within.
Just as we cannot fully extend 

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loving kindness or compassion to
others without first cultivating

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with ourselves, so too not 
generally experience sympathetic

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joy unless we first acknowledge 
and celebrate our own moments of

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joy, however small. 
Skinner Foundation cares us to 

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rejoice in the happiness of 
others. 

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If I could go off script for a 
minute while I was writing this,

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I had a sudden light bulb go off
for some of you. 

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You may know that I volunteer at
one of the hospitals here in 

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Columbus and I work up the front
and I do little, go for jobs 

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escorting patients, escorting 
family members, places for 

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procedures or for visiting. 
And sometimes I drop off 

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flatters. 
But one thing I get to do every 

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once in a while is I get to take
flowers up for new parents is 

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the paternity court. 
And I find everything I do at 

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the hospital boarding. 
But I've realized that those 

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times that I do get to go up to 
the maternity ward and I take in

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the flowers and there's the big 
father holding the new freshly 

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hatched 1, the new soul entering
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Father may even be holding the 
child. 

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I can see the the the pride and 
happiness and the joy few 

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fathers had the deer in the 
headlights look, but most of 

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them are are doing all right. 
And when I walk out, I just, I 

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don't know, I feel this joy for 
them, but them having their own 

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one child now, whether it's the 
first, second or third, I also 

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start to think to myself, you 
know, there might be help for 

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the human race, yet things are 
OK. 

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So I just wanted that pass on 
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So let's get back here. 
After we start to celebrate 

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glory within ourselves and then 
out to our family. 

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Therefore, we expand outward to 
family, friends, and ultimately 

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all beings, even those you 
struggle with. 

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I encourage you, as I remind 
myself practice regularly. 

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Like any skill, cultivating 
sympathetic joy requires 

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consistency and mindfulness. 
Engaging its specific 

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meditations on sympathetic joy 
and help reinforce this quality 

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of daily life. 
Sympathetic joy is a powerful 

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antidote negative emotions and a
vital aspect of the Buddhist 

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practice. 
By learning to rejoice in the 

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happiness of others, we help to 
create a more compassionate and 

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interconnected world, one that 
leads to greater personal and 

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collective will.