Tag: compassion fatigue

• The Dewdrop and the Sea

  

  A stripped-down folk-blues meditation for anyone who’s ever felt the weight of the world on their shoulders. “The Dewdrop and the Sea” is a story about moving from the burnout of trying to fix everything to the quiet hope found in small, meaningful action. It’s a song about a simple truth: our individual acts of…

  William Altig

  October 16, 2025

  Chapter 25, music, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

  acoustic, Acoustic Guitar, Avalokitesvara, Blues, Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva vow, buddhist music, Burnout, Compassion, compassion fatigue, Conscious Music, dependent origination, Dharma, Dharma music, Enlightenment, Folk Music, Harmonica, helplessness, hope, interconnectedness, kannon, karuna, Kuan Yin, Lotus Sutra, mahayana, meditation music, Mindfulness, original song, prajna, sacred music, Singer-Songwriter, spiritual folk, Spiritual Music, Suffering, The Dewdrop and the Sea, wisdom, zen

• Empty the Ocean

  

  What do you do when the world’s suffering feels too vast to bear? When your two hands seem powerless against an ocean of problems? This song was born from an ancient Buddhist teaching about Avalokitesvara—the Bodhisattva who listens to the cries of the world—and a very modern question: How do we stay engaged with compassion…

  William Altig

  October 16, 2025

  Chapter 25, music, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

  acoustic spiritual, activist music, Avalokitesvara, Bodhisattva vow, buddhist folk, buddhist music, burnout recovery, climate anxiety, collective action, community organizing, compassion fatigue, compassion songs, Conscious Music, contemplative folk, contemporary dharma, Deep Listening, Dharma blues, dharma folk, Engaged Buddhism, environmental activism songs, fingerpicked blues, Folk Blues, gospel folk, Guanyin music, hopeful activism, interconnectedness, liberation music, meditation music, mindfulness music, non-dual wisdom, ocean metaphor, oceanic vow, protest spirituality, Skillful Means, social justice music, speaking truth to power, spiritual blues, spiritual folk music, sustainable activism, systemic change, wisdom tradition