Mind and Heart

"In all the Asian languages, the word for mind and the word for heart is the same word.  I you see the mind and heart are the same, then compassion is built right into it.  Mindful attention is itself affectionate.  It's open, spacious, curious, and in the seeing of the interconnectedness, then compassion arises naturally as there is no separation.  Wisdom is the knowing of no separation, and compassion is the feeling of no separation."  - Jon Kabat-Zinn