mental health treatment services, psychiatric medications, and even
other medical interventions—meditation, not medication, whenever
possible.
Cultivation of positive emotions is at the core of all the world’s great
spiritual traditions. Our capacity to manifest compassion, gratitude,
and other prosocial emotions is a testament to the deep intercon-
nectivity and interdependence of human beings. Our own long-term
flourishing is enhanced by the flourishing of our human community
and by the health of our entire planet.
Mammalian brain,
full of gyri and sulci—
for the sake of love.