The most reliable way to cut through the thinking process is to bring attention to what you are experiencing in the body. - Ken McLeod

As compassion deepens, we find ourselves developing a nobility of the heart. Increasingly, and often to our surprise, we respond to difficult situations with calmness, clarity and directness. A quiet fearlessness or confidence is present as we no longer fear that we will compromise our own integrity. We find, too, a joy, a joy which arises from the knowledge that our every act is meaningful and helpful to the world.

Any form of idealism involves avoiding some specific pain or suffering.

When you read sutras don't seek to understand them. Stay in touch with precisely what they are eliciting in terms of experience in you.