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Is feeling strong emotion for someone the same as being compassionate?

Emotion is not compassion

Revving yourself up into a huge amount of emotion and reaching out to somebody is self-satisfaction, not compassion. Genuine compassion is possible when there is nothing to fulfil in you.

You revving yourself up into a huge amount of emotion and reaching out to somebody is not compassion. This is just self-satisfaction.

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