A comprehensive scope of the neuroscience, psychology, and arts of compassion, and how they translate into practices for contemplative living. Compassion enhances emotional regulation and it sustains purpose as an enhancer of mindful relationships, improved communication, and strong social connections. Compassion can become a core competency for emotional, social
and organizational well-being. The creation of new cosmological narratives of interaction based on the contemplative principles of compassion results in the ethics of identity of humans as caretakers of the ecosystem. A contemplative lifestyle makes compassion a catalyst for self-transformation and social transformation.