Empathy
The
Shamanic, Healing and Mediumship Viewpoint
Empaths and Empathy
An introduction to Empathy and its interconnectivity
to other paths.
~ What is Empathy ~
I regularly hear the question “what is empathy” asked
so I will try to answer that question here. What are empaths? For
the Trekkies out there you already know what an empath is. Jean Luke
Picards fellow crew member Deanna Troy the Councillor in the Star
Treck - The Next Generation is half a Betazoid half human being. Although
Star Treck is a fictitious story the Betazoid race is that of a sentient
species which are able to sense the emotions of others and sometimes
their thoughts.
Empathy is about a link between two or more people
where a high level of understanding is there almost like an unseen
bond, it is an awareness of feelings and thoughts. Empaths are indeed
apparently able to intuitively recognise these feelings and thoughts
of others. Although empathy is often be seen between lovers, within
the family unit and between close friends, empathy is possible and
often does happen between complete strangers also.
Empathy is also not restricted to occurring just between
humans it also occurs between humans and animals. Many times in the
past we found oursevelves feeling poorly or upset and our pet cat
or dog comes to sit beside us offering us support at a time that we
need it so much. Having animals in my life for many years I witnessed
this happen on many occasions. Empathy carries the natural honest
urge to help our fellow human beings and also I feel the urge to help
as animals and plants even earth itself.
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~ Empathy versus Sympathy ~
People often ask what the difference between empathy and sympathy
is and is there in fact any difference? Fair question the answer to
this is Yes there is a difference between empathy and sympathy! The
difference is sympathy is when we feel sorry for someone in their
plight, therefore sympathy is something which is remote to the person
involved allowing the sympathiser to distance themselves from the
given situation; Empathy on the other hand is when we feel the depths
of the persons emotions that we come in contact with, thoughts, fears
worries ect personally, it is a close up and very personal experience
of the plight of the person. Empathy is not pity as with sympathy,
empathy is the actual entering into and experiencing of feelings,
experiencing the same emotions that the person we are connected to
feels.
~ What are Empaths ~
Empaths are people who are very sensitive and are able to link to
someone obtaining a high level of understanding of the person’s
situation without having to know very much about them. They are in
fact able to be acquainted by means of things that they cannot have
had any previous knowledge or understanding of. They have what could
be described as a knowing, the empath is able to link closely to another
person and be very perceptive of that persons life situation. As Empaths
are able to tune into the feelings of those around them they are able
to feel the hurts of others very acutely.
~ Becoming aware that You are an Empath. ~
This is often a confusing time for those who are just starting to
become aware that they have empathic abilities. Often empaths tune
into those around them without any effort and can often be left feeling
upset or uptight for no apparent reason. This may lead to the feeling
of being very draining and many empaths can find people contact on
a day to day basis very draining indeed.
Empaths need to be wary that they do not take on and
keep to themselves the sadness upsets and negative thought patterns
of these people they come in contact with as this could lead to deep
melancholy feelings which may result in depression. I am sure that
many empaths who are aware of their abilities would agree that they
suffered this at different stages of their life until they became
aware that they were in fact empathic.
In time or through contact with other empaths they
become aware that they are sensing and reacting to the thoughts and
feelings of others as opposed to their own thoughts and feelings.
Don’t worry though it is possible to gain control over your
empathic abilities and to hone your new found skills.
You have been blessed with a wonderful gift your ability
to listen and understand other people can make you a wonderful healer
or counsellor you just need is a little help and guidance to protect
yourself and not to allow yourself to be swept away in what sometimes
can be the great hustle and bustle of other peoples thoughts and emotions.
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~ How to hone your empathic skills ~
Before development we are often be unaware that we are open and this
frequently causes us to connect to everyone and anyone all the time.
As mentioned above this regularly cause us to become very drained
and might lead us to shrink back from contact with people and society
as a whole. Through development we learn to harness and control this,
so once you have become aware that you are empathic you need to learn
a few basic steps.
Firstly you should look into how to Ground,
to Protect & to Connect Grounding, Protecting and cleansing
regularly will help to keep you grounded and prevent negative emotions
and thoughts of others attaching themselves to you. This will allow
you far more control over your empathic abilities.
Here you will find some help through cleansing your
chakras and flushing negative energies away.
Protection
Mirror
Method
Bubble
Meditation
Cleansing
Cleansing
& Balancing Chakras
Flushing
Negative Energy
Helpful Meditations
Meditations
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~ The Shamanic Viewpoint ~
People tend to be unaware that we are globally
connected that there is a basic interconnectedness of humanity many
people have spoken of this Carl Jung for one spoke of the “Collective
Unconscious”. As with all other paths empaths walk the Shamanic
path also. We are connected to the source and are able at any time
to connect to anything around us. In early May of 2004 Mystic Familiar
took part in a world wide Medicine Wheel Meditation this included
an actual Shamanic Medicine wheel that spread across 600 miles of
North West America. The aim of this medicine wheel was to help release
negative energies from ourselves, our families, friend, from the earth
and her peoples. Helping to re connect us in our entirety to the source
and help re activate our connectedness to each other.
Shirley Maclaine revealed in her 1980s book “Out
on a Limb” that during her visit to a South American shaman
she was shown how to connect and helped her to astral travel far above
herself, and on subsequent journeys to anywhere she wished. She indicated
that she was able to view during her journeys something she described
as a “silver cord” connected to her Solar Plexus Chakra.
~ Empathy in Healing ~
During healing healers send healing though drawing down universal
energy and sending it out through visualising rays of light, energy
beams or light filaments. To give you some idea of what these energy
beams would look like they can be described as likened to a bristly
Chestnut seed pod. Healers use these to send healing by visualising
these beams stretching out to the person they are healing and then
pour this healing universal energy into them. They tend to send out
their healing energy though their 3rd Chakra, the Solar Plexus Chakra,
or though the 4th Chakra, the Heart Chakra. Healers report that they
feel a tingling in their Solar Plexus when they are sending healing.
This process happened because the healer is connecting mind and body
to the source to help channel healing energy to the recipient.
~ The Roll of the Empath ~
Empaths hold a very important place in our society today as they are
the peacemakers of the world. They are able to wear the shoes of others
and understand that which they are acutely experiencing. They are
helping us to raise our energy to a new level of awareness. Surely
we should all understand that the world’s way forward lies in
the path of tolerance, peace and understand as the alternative is
of intolerance, war and indifference something I feel we have all
more than enough of in the past.
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~ Where Empathy can take You ~
Empaths can and frequently do carry on to hone their abilities and
become mediums. Empathy by its fundamental nature is the mediumship
abilities of Claircognisance or Clairsentience
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