(keywords) (slightly edited version) politics, hollow, inconsequential, principle, 4 Divine Abidings, caring, empathy, image, wound, mirror, actuality, noggin, approximation, sensitivity, processing information, self-referencing, willing to feel hurt, backlog, denied hurt, affluence, entitled, obstructed, wishy-washing, until the cows come home, numbness, children, miserable, softening, breathing exercises, devotion, massage, acupuncture, disappointment, ‘may I be free from suffering’, meditation object, tears, rash, tardy, compassionate awareness, effective actions.