EMPATHIC PAIN AND PLEASURE

THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CARING

Empathy is caring, but also much more. It is sharing. The empath experiences the circumstances of others, and shares their life realizing what Oneness means.

When one to whom an empath is close hurts, so does the empath, in a quite literal way. Also, pleasure is shared as one.

We heal others by healing ourselves.

I theorize we each live alternate lives for each other. We are one person living different lives for each of our many personalities. My wholeness depends on you, and vice versa. I am you as me, and you are me as you. Thank you.

Look at another person to whom you are close, same sex or different, and think of that person as yourself living another life simultaneously with your current ego perception of self. You really are One person busy being many. This is good. It is the way we are, I am.

We see ourselves playing the role of genius, fool, rich and poor, famous, and unknown. Each is equally important. We are robber, killer and saint, talented and lunatic.

We are here to live the fullness of life, realizing it as one life at a time.

I am my dog and cat and they are me, as is the buzzard on my roof and the dolphin feeding next to me. We are One as many, each deserving equal respect, attention, and love.

I catch a trout who fights fearlessly for it’s life. Not needing it for food, I set myself free to live another day as…