Empathy: The
ability to share and understand the feelings of another.
As I write
this I knowingly risk the wrath of half the new age world. And yet…I feel
compelled to throw a rock at this glass house that perpetuates separation, and
what occurs to me as a sly form of spiritual arrogance.
Tears that
are not my own are dripping off my chin, walking through a crowd and being hit
with a wave of anxiety, or suddenly struck with fury like a lightening bolt at
random are a part of everyday life for those of us who are emotionally and
energetically sensitive.
The label “empath”
has been hot stuff these last few years. I’ve heard it til my ears bled.
Sometimes it’s used in the same way one might explain a serious food allergy.
“Well you see I can’t attend that event, there’s
just too many people and because I’m an empath
I just can’t take it.”
Kinda victimy
eh?
Other times
it’s worn like a crown.
“Yes I know
exactly what they’re going through, you see because I’m an empath I can feel
all your emotions and theirs.”
Ummm they
lost their child, I’m pretty sure you don’t know exactly what they’re going through.
The most
common concern I hear is, “I’ve got to protect myself from all those other
people’s emotions.”
*Soap box central, watch out I’m letting it rip now!*
Emotions
are contagious. We’re all swimming in a sea of emotions, moving together through
this slushy sentimental soup. Perhaps you are not the home of origin for that
particular emotion. Do you feel it now? Then guess what…it’s yours! You can
choose to resist it, or make up a story about how, why, and who this emotion really
belongs to, as if you could package it up marked “return to sender”.
Hold your
hat I’m about to offer an outrageous new possibility. Take it or leave it, but
please at the very least consider this:
What if you
are not just some flimsy lil helpless recipient? Could it be that you are a
competent powerful loving light being who can take it, what comes your way?
Maybe that amazing big juicy heart of yours isn’t just for the breaking, but
rather it’s a sturdy unstoppable filtration system, one that was made to return
the yuck of the world back into love.
Imagine
walking through life with your guard down, your beautiful robust heart open,
smiling your ass off at everyone you meet, because you actually don’t have to
be that afraid of those people and their emotions. What
if you got the hell out of your own way and allowed yourself to be as powerful
as you came here to be?
So you’re
an empath? Great let’s get to work. Step up. Get out of your head and into your
heart. It’s time love fearlessly!
