The main purpose of this book is to encourage people to ask—as I have— deep probing questions of themselves as a starting point for discovering the source(s) of their physical and/or mental pain. This book is also intended as a roadmap towards reducing one’s suffering from the pain. Having the emotions of compassion and self-compassion is a road that leads towards healing and becoming a happier person. Along the way, this book encourages people to have more compassion for themselves, each other, and the world. At many key points in our lives, we need help from others who are compassionate towards us. This is a fundamental universal truth. The book discusses in detail this emotion of compassion and how it naturally encourages an open exchange of ideas between individuals.