Empathy, Compassion, empathy, Compassion and Empathy are very important positive human qualities, I would say that these are the abilities of a spiritually Mature Soul. Souls of the person who has experience and itself through a lot of things passed and a lot of things experienced in life. Some consider compassion and empathy a weakness or unnecessary emotions, nuns, etc., but this is not the right attitude. One whose heart is not capable of compassion and empathy – deserves this same compassion and sympathy, because in his heart lives the violence and living God (Love).
It is also important not to confuse compassion with pity. Compassion is a bright feeling that strengthens the one to whom it is directed. And pity is a dark and destructive feeling, and it always makes the one who is pitied even weaker and more insignificant. Compassion is a sign of Generosity, and pity is an indicator of cowardice! Read more about Pity here.
What is Compassion and Empathy?
Compassion and Compassion - is the ability of the soul to empathize, that is, to understand the feelings of another person, to understand what is happening in his soul (to understand and empathize with his victories and joys, suffering and pain).
They say that if you are capable of compassion, then you have a heart, and in your heart there is love. It's true. A person can experience compassion only on the basis of the experience of his soul, that is, his soul remembers (even if the person does not remember it) when he himself was in a similar situation (in a past life or in this) and that she then experienced (good or bad).
About Compassion and Empathy
Compassion and empathy can only spiritually rich Soul, a rich life experience that has passed their trials with dignity, not angry, not hard, did not accumulate resentment and anger at his fate and on God, and kept in heart love, humanity, faith, light feelings. Such a person is able to comfort and encourage another in a difficult situation and help him, and not drown him in suffering with his pity.
Compassion is a light feeling when a flow of light energy (positive experience, feelings) comes out of the spiritual heart of a person and enters the heart of another person, brightening, healing and helping him to overcome his grief. Compassion - it does not mean to suffer with a person, it does not mean to pull on the problems and negativity of another, does not mean to be killed with him tearing him and his heart apart, no! This means healing, including the truth, being able to speak it with compassion and love, even if it is very bitter.
Compassion and compassion presupposes the subsequent acceptance of the problem (even the most painful), the whole truth about yourself (recognition of your sin, your wrong) and the active solution of this problem – " Any trouble-must be eliminated!”.
True sympathy, as a rule, does not end with one empathy, but involves some active actions to help someone who needs this help very much. Pity, in itself barren and does not involve any active and useful.
Compassion and generosity
The Pity:
Pity is a dark feeling, the essence of which is: “Let's suffer and destroy ourselves and each other together...”, “Why will you suffer alone, let's together – I will pity you, you will pity me, suffer in full, on corrode your soul, on the accusations of fate, complain to each other what a world is not fair, what a hard life... so you look and do nothing will have to...”. Pity-does not involve active action to eliminate the problem.
Pity destroys man's faith, feeling light in the heart, kills Love, although many people mistakenly believe that pity is one of the qualities of love. It's not! Pity - this in the pure indulgence (justification) the evil in man (his negativity, vices and weaknesses), which this the most love kills! And until the person regrets his evil, and justifies, it's always going to live in it and destroy the soul, until you grow to infinite size and destroy the person. Then one of two things – either you it or you, no middle ground!
Every normal and decent person needs to learn to distinguish clearly between Sympathy and Pity. Learn to feel and understand the experiences of others so as not to feed them all the dark, not worthy, vicious and weak, but on the contrary, to encourage them to release from all the nasty and destroying their soul. That instead of disgusting feeling of self-pity, helplessness and own insignificance, the person began to feel force, a positive charge and determination to cope with all problems, adequately and with honor to pass any tests of destiny! And to make him feel understood, loved, believed in and always helped