The power of compassion

"In the spiritual life it is important to be in touch with one's capacity for evil as it is to be in touch with one's capacity for good," says author James McNamara. In the Power of Compassion he describes how this insight leads to true compassion he describes how this insight leads to true compassion and to personal conversion. McNamara examines the experiences of powerlessness and meaninglessness, and the tendency toward a pseudo-innocence which is characterized by naivete and seeking excuses rather than taking responsibility for oneself.