#CommunityBuilding

Breakthrough research published in the journal Mindfulness reveals that a simple two-minute meditative practice involving direct eye contact and shared humanity contemplation can dramatically enhance feelings of closeness, compassion, and physiological synchronization between strangers—offering transformative potential for addressing Thailand’s growing social isolation crisis while building stronger community connections across cultural and generational divides. The “Just-Like-Me” meditation technique produces psychological and biological changes equivalent to much longer relationship-building interventions, providing accessible tools for enhancing social cohesion in educational, workplace, and community settings throughout Thai society.