When we talk of generating loving kindness and compassion, weare talking about the importance of the genuineness of thisattitude. Authenticity is something personal, which one would know.These are times when people can fake it, externally demonstratingone thing, while, internally, something else is going on. We aretalking about genuine compassion, sincerely for the benefit ofothers, not for the purpose of deceptiveshow.We must access the trueresources of our minds ourselves, finding the facts that genuinelyinspire one to generate loving kindness and compassion,understanding that generating loving kindness and compassion is theprimary point. We must personally probe the real reasons why oneshould cultivate loving kindness and compassion. Having found thegenuine reasons, then one can truly begin to generate the mind ofloving kindness and compassion by applying the practice of tonglen,taking and sending.