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As time went on, he found that the more he practiced and became familiar with the feelings of compassion, the stronger his courage became that he, too, could develop it at the higher levels. Richie monitored people’s heart rate and sweating while they let their mind wander or did mental tasks. When the yogis meditate on compassion there’s a strengthening of the coupling between heart and brain beyond what is ordinarily seen. Cortland Dahl, Great Perfection, Volume Two: Separation and Breakthrough (Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2008), p.