Hey, I was just reaching out to see if there are any fellow empaths here to talk to about some of the common issues that we deal with.
I actually meant someone who can literally feel others emotions, including those of animals. The psychic sponges of the universe I've heard us called. If you don't believe that it exists, or that perhaps it is drug induced or even some form of mental illness, you can feel free to not engage. Though, man, I wouldn't mind Marina Sirtis coming over for a chat. But she's an actress and Deanna Troi is a character, of that I am quite aware. She's still hot though... even now at 56.
I am very sensitive to peoples tensions but I also sense the transient nature of moods, so really I don't take it personally so to speak. Even though I am sensitive to the ups and downs I am one in my group that reminds what is truly meaningful for all of us. I am in effect insulated so to speak by what I regard as truth as those principles take precedent over my transient sensational experience. For example, a totally mechanical practice of gaining control of your breathing and extending the length of exhalation, will allay any sense of anxiety. I can rely on that exercise like clockwork to restore a sense of calm and thus clarity, rather than getting caught up with opinions that carry emotional charges.
If you mean picking up emotions/feelings from others, yes. I used to have a real rough time as a kid cause I didn't know what was happening. It would scare me and I would have anxiety/panic attacks. I have ways of coping now. Surrounding myself with protection and yes, concentrating on breath is a good one.
I agree with the dope's perspective. I can easily sense the state of emotion of things, whether human or animal. Even though we, as humans, are both human and animal, we still share feelings of happiness, sadness, confusion, anxiety or fear, etc. It's actually a really enlightening experience when you think about it. Being able to console those with feelings of loneliness and doubt should be shared by all living things. Though, sometimes I wonder if certain humans just turn a blind eye in pursuit of... how should I say... higher living? doing better for themselves without considering the effect it has on others. Something along those lines. It's an easy thing to do if you have the ability. Affecting other's state of being is somewhat more difficult, but easy if you try. Good post!
I have been that way since I was a kid, although my environment was not very fitting or it. When I was in high school I blocked it out until I discovered meditation in 2006 when I was able to turn up the volume. Other things helped as well...I try to do pranic breathe and focus on compressing others energy instead of blocking it out, it helps to fuel the alchemical fire and also blocking out energy can take a lot of effort...
Hello all, thanks for responding. @thedope: I sense you are the center of your group and an inspiration of balance. It isn't that I take them personally, I also know of the transient nature of emotion, but sometimes it's a little overwhelming. What is your method? I'd most likely be benefited from it. @windy: Yes, that's exactly what I mean. The closer I am to someone, not physically but connectedly, the stronger it is. But I even get it from strangers quite often, and sometimes they will even strike up a conversation that quickly gets very deep and they will reveal a lot more information than is usual for a casual "just met you" conversation. It can be a little overwhelming, especially when I'm low energy. I'm not very practiced at shielding it. @Terrapin2190: It is an awesome thing, and I'm thankful that it's one of my gifts. I've used it many times to alleviate others suffering. Sometimes I can even sense what the real issues are that the person talking to me doesn't even consciously know. And in animals, it's totally safe and fabulous. I've healed a lot of animals in my days. Humans though are more dangerous, for me. @tehuti: I do some meditation, but it isn't very focused or guided. I could use some tips certainly.
Hi Neb For me in dealing with the energy of an empathic nature the key is to always return to love. When we come from a place of Higher love and not emotional love we walk in a place of power and oneness. This way all we have is tempered in the knowing that emotions are but one tool, or weapon, depending on how we use them…in our proverbial human garden shed. As an example; The other day while shopping a woman walked into the store in tears. I saw her struggle and knew she battled more than what was said to her. I waited as she saw me and headed straight toward me. She had no words when she stood in front of me as her tears were so heavy. I smiled at her and said…”Just return to love.” She looked at me with confusion. I told her with each step she took create the mantra of, Be one, Be Whole, Be Well, Be Love Be one Be whole… and so on. She nodded her head and walked away. She told me last night that as she walked out of the store the very person that had chosen to personally attack her ran into her and wanted to apologize for what she had said. Healing happened with the self empowerment and places of vulnerability each faced. We are not here to save others. We are here to return to Love. Being an Empath will set up a two way mirror for both sides to see more clearly the greater truths we must face to balance the energy we are manifesting and creating. Again everything we do and say is a tool, or weapon as we so choose to use it on our self and on others. My next class I am teaching is about personal transformation and awareness and facing the dark side of the moon and those things we bury inside us. To come to wholeness is vital for our own wellness. I learned this long ago when involved in a relationship where so much was lied about and distorted because the other woman had made her exclusive demands and did not want the truth. Not being sure which of us was “ The Other Woman” lol as time went on, I learned to face myself, my dark side, and my own wellness. As an Empath the choices I made took me so far inside I broke. As my self imposed cocoon opened I could began again in a new way. Always Return to Love and not fear, sorrow, or sadness, or defeat and what you see will change before your eyes. I now am filled with gratitude for the wonderful lessons that taught me not to fear the paths we all choose. My heart that once hated, now aches with a love I can not explain because I see her loosing and breaking and she seems still in denial. I have walked in those steps. I had to learn what was mine…not hers. This may be the key to an Empath’s hearts own strength. The beauty of this understanding is I can now see the end of the road and know she too has the potential for finding her own wellness and wholeness. In this, filled with love, I am glad for none will be lost. None will be excluded. All have the tool of Love inside them. What they do with them is theirs, not mine. What I am in charge of Is Returning to Love. In this awareness I am also filled with much joy for the greater I Am and wholeness in and around us. As we develop our abilities and face head on the issues, lessons, and experiences we all must work through may our mantra always be one of Love, for here-in the wellness has no more need of healing for we all will be one and whole in the greater view. Loving You was learning to Love me as well. as a side note many of my thoughts, stories, and experiences in my personal forum show and speak of Healing, and Returning to Love. Blessed Be.
Thank you very much for that aireal. I have been there. I had a year long, deep relationship with another who was full of lies and deception, something I can usually spot a mile away, but I was in too far to see. That person hurt me greatly, and even took some pleasure in that, but it was my own choices that truly were the most devastating personally. A good part of last year was spent in a self-imposed isolation healing myself and the opening of my own cocoon around last december was a new beginning for me. I also realized that much of my love had been misguided, even selfish. But deep in my cave with little input, I was able to separate the notions of romantic and holistic love through self-reflection and see how the force that drove my own suffering had never been anything other than me. There had been a time when I thought that the use of my gifts "should" translate into returns. I now see that that very mindset prevented any form of real return because I was not open to the energy as it came, demanding that it come as I wanted it. Yet it is the very act of loving that has defined me throughout my life, and in breaking for awhile I allowed circumstance to convince me not to love, which broke me even further. I am thankful though. Sometimes it takes great pain to shatter our own personal illusions and light the path. I will continue to return to Love. I'll probably see you there. Peace to you as well sister.
I can't answer that. It has always been part of me, as long as I can remember. It isn't simply sympathy or compassion, but there is something more to it. Something beyond the rational, something intuitive. I can't really explain the experience properly, and most of what I would say might sound to you like a bunch of pothead bs.
Sometimes meditation, sometimes psychedelics, sometimes random genetic mutation, sometimes through will....
wow i've never talked to anyone or met anyone else that shares this ability! for about a year and a half now its developed quite rapidly for me. i find it to be such a blessing. although sometimes it can be tough but i feel it lets me heal others way more effectively because i can feel exactly what is going on with them. its nothing i try to do purposefully it jus happens. its like a 6th sense of sorts and a wonderful tool to have at your disposal. it started evolving for me more rapidly after i was healed by a friend i had not seen in years. after that point my life has gotten significantly better and just keeps going up and up. ill be back on to talk more about this tnite ^.^ this makes me really happy to be able to discuss it love and light
You might as well, it's your thread. It someone feels it is a part of them too, how best to bring it out and use it?
Quote; how does one become empathic, or utilise empathy? Hi Walsh Hope you do not mind my jumping in here with a thought, or two. And Neb I apologize as he asked you, not me. Sometimes I find it harder to be still, so if I am out of line, or on the wrong limb, forgive me. To develop the empath’s heart one must be willing to first face wholly their own hearts. The mirror of empathy will shine equally on both sides. So if we are hiding from our own awareness and vulnerability, we will be exposed. Often we set this up in the Akashic Records before taking on this incarnation or form. With any of the gifts, or abilities, { we all have them inside,} we will only see others as deeply as we see our self. No fudging, or lying to our own minds and hearts. Until vulnerability becomes our greatest strength we will limit our development. The other thing is to face our fears. For each one this is different. But we must face head on the greatest fear of all which is the illusion of separation. When we come from a place of love we let go of judgments, and the egos need to control. Our ego becomes our ally and helps us enter the forest of our own perceptions of what is. This changes reality. If we can not speak the greater truth even to our own hearts, we will feel something is lacking. When we know Who we are, we will also learn what it means to be true to the greater love and path within us. As we lay down our excuses, personal need for attack, and jealousies, we will stand on and in a pure intent which will be to be one and whole in our own wellness. Here what we do to another we do to our self in past, present, and future. Time is also an illusion. As we each face why we came here in the forms we are in, we will begin to open to the greater stream of consciousness and find Love is who we are, not what we are trying to get, or hold on to. This brings us into a place of rebirth where we are living with a oneness that becomes the breath from which the Empath’s heart awakens. As we catch our breath with the beauty and light all around us we enter our own healing as we open to others. Here the deeper one goes into Being Love, the greater the hunger within calls out to go even deeper. As we lay with humbled gratitude and forgiveness, we find our source and strength is in the One that is part of the greater collective grid of consciousness, and we know the "We" the All are born from Love. and then we begin again.
