Hello and welcome to the Secular Buddhism Podcast.

A podcast that presents Buddhist teachings, concepts and ideas from a secular perspective.

You don't need to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist, you can use what you

learn to simply be a better whatever you already are.

I am your host Noah Rasheda and let's jump into today's topic.

This is episode number 181.

Today I wanted to talk about the topic of kindness, specifically self-kindness or self-compassion.

So some quick background here.

You may recall I've mentioned this in previous podcast episodes but for the last several

months I've been developing an online course called the inner peace road map.

And part of this course entails presenting several new frameworks to help understand

what it is that's happening in our minds and which techniques are beneficial for learning

to develop greater inner peace or cultivating inner peace.

One of the lessons in the inner peace road map is called the no-self method.

And that's KNOW.

In other words, to know yourself, self-knowledge I believe is a critical component in cultivating

inner peace.

By gaining a better understanding of ourselves we can develop a more skillful relationship

with all of the different parts that make up who we are and how we function.

And the no-self method is a unique blend of concepts and ideas from Eastern philosophy,

from Buddhism specifically, from modern psychology and just practical wisdom designed to help

you to guide you toward a better and deeper understanding of yourself and the way you

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