Christian writers also elaborated on the Sacred Heart of compassion. They established devotional practices to open the heart's closet to the suffering of the world. The Sacred Heart is the heart of compassionate mysticism; it sets out a discipline of love parallel with the path of the heart in Hinduism (Bhakti yoga) and the mothering, discriminating intelligence of the heart (Binah) in Kabbalist meditations. Contemplation of the Sacred Heart leads one beyond personal subjective feeling, expanding character toward charity, pity, and mercy.
— James Hillman, The Force of Character