Empathy is being fully present and connected to another being.\u00a0 It’s not sympathy, or pity. It doesn’t imply agreement.\u00a0 Instead, it reaches out to acknowledge another.\u00a0 It facilitates understanding and true communication.<\/p>\n
Nor does it even have to agree with another’s point of view.\u00a0Empathy is simply being genuine, present in the moment, and relating to another living being without judgement or ego.\u00a0 it allows others to truly be seen and heard.<\/p>\n
You can grow your empathy!<\/p>\n
Notice empathy in your relationships, and notice when it is absent.\u00a0 When we feel judgement, or the need to give advice, we’ve slipped out of empathy and fallen into relating from ego.\u00a0 When this happens, take a moment to breathe, and instead, allow yourself to feel fully present in the moment.\u00a0 Truly be here<\/em>. Let yourself\u00a0 really listen<\/em>.\u00a0 Be fully present<\/em>.\u00a0 Now you’ll find that a connection happens, as the other person can relax and allow themselves to be more vulnerable and open.\u00a0 Now you’re being genuine with one another, and you’ll feel that effortless connection happen.<\/p>\n So often our conversations with those closest to us, consist of “defend and attack” – in which neither party is actually seen and heard, because we’re so busy defending our selves or thinking of retorts. It can become a habit, as if we’re psychically holding onto our shields and swords.\u00a0 Empathy allows us to stop that pattern, and instead, to truly connect.<\/p>\n And connection, without ego, is pure love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Empathy is being fully present and connected to another being.\u00a0 It’s not sympathy, or pity. It doesn’t imply agreement.\u00a0 Instead, it reaches out to acknowledge another.\u00a0 It facilitates understanding and true communication<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[134,130,131,128,133,132,129],"class_list":["post-579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-positive-truths","tag-communication","tag-connection","tag-ego","tag-empathy","tag-presence","tag-present","tag-sympathy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harmonyintuitive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harmonyintuitive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harmonyintuitive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harmonyintuitive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harmonyintuitive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/harmonyintuitive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":580,"href":"https:\/\/harmonyintuitive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579\/revisions\/580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harmonyintuitive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harmonyintuitive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harmonyintuitive.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}