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door: Redactie Earth Matters
Bron: Waking Times
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(Waking
times | Randi G. Fine) Have you ever wondered why people who are strangers or
people you hardly know open up to you and share their most trusted thoughts? Do
you have an instant connection with animals? Are you unable to watch violence,
cruelty, or tragedy on television or in the movies because your soul just can’t
bear it? Do you have an instant knowing about the character of the people you
meet upon first meeting them? Are you highly spiritual and find the physical
world and everything in it heavy? Are you often tired and have physical
ailments that cannot be medically explained? If you answered “yes” to any of
these questions you may be an empath.
Empaths
are people who are highly sensitive to the energy and the emotions of the
people, animals, and sometimes even the spiritual imprints that exist around
them. Some are even sensitive to the energy of plants. This extreme sensitivity
applies to the familiar as well as the unfamiliar; people we are intimately
close with and total strangers. We experience the world around us and feel what
other people are feeling through our extraordinarily heightened senses and keen
intuitions. We often internalize the feelings of others without being aware we
are doing it and interpret those feelings as being our own.
Just
as with every other healthy minded individual, empaths have the ability to
empathize with whom they are interacting. We are able to relate to how others
feel and understand what they are experiencing. What sets empaths apart is our
higher-than-average level of empathy, the ease at which we can connect to the
feelings of others, and the range within which we can do it. And where others
experience feelings of empathy that are cued by interacting with others,
empaths do not always. We do not have to rely on the physical senses of sight,
hearing, or touch, or clues from our interactions with others, to pick up on
the emotions and energies around us. We can feel and internalize emotions from
people near and far.
Crowded
places such as shopping malls, supermarkets, stadiums or movie theaters can
overwhelm the senses of the empath. They may fill him with uncomfortable
emotions, emotions that feel as if they are his own, picked up from the all the
energies around him. Environments with depressive, low energy, such as nursing
homes, assisted living facilities, and hospitals can cause feelings of depression,
physical maladies, and fatigue in the empath. Thrift stores, consignment shops,
and antique stores, places that carry the residual energy of previous owners
can be very draining for empaths as can used cars or pre-owned houses. I love
antiques but I have had to stop frequenting those types of shops because they
zap my already low energy, energy that may be constantly being depleted by the
many pieces I already have in my home. I am not willing to part with them so we
will just have to find a way to live together.
Empaths
are avid seekers of solutions, answers and knowledge. We are deep thinkers and
studiers. Believers that there is a solution for every problem, and
uncomfortable and frustrated until we find it, empaths will tirelessly search
until they are satisfied. Those who are spiritually connected will ask God or
the universe for guidance and answers. Our gift allows us to tap into the
spiritual realm and tune into its energies. We frequently experience
synchronicities, phenomena that occur in everyone’s life, but because we are
more connected than most people to the supernatural world we more easily
recognize these coincidences as signposts of guidance.
Empaths
have great interest in metaphysics. Likely having experienced paranormal
experiences of our own, whether it be near death experiences, out of body
experiences, psychic ability, or a connection with those who have crossed over
to the other side, we easily incorporate this unseen reality into our physical
experience without question. We naturally know that these things are so without
requiring any rational explanation.
With
a natural ability to tap into Universal energy and heal others, empaths tend to
gravitate toward work in the fields of holistic therapies and energy work. Our
sensitivity allows us to feel the emotions of others, influence their bodies
and minds, and create harmony within them. In order to do that, empaths must
learn ways to keep the energy of others from becoming their own. Otherwise the
balance and harmony we create in others will cause unbalance and disharmony
within us.
Empaths
are usually non-violent and non-aggressive people who love peaceful and
harmonious environments. Disharmony makes us uncomfortable. We will do
everything we can to avoid it. If and when we are confronted with turbulence we
will take on the role of peacemaker and will work toward a resolution as
quickly as possible. I have played the role of peacemaker with family and
friends since I was a little child.
We
are painfully sensitive to violence, cruelty, and tragedy, whether real or
dramatically acted out. Watching it on the television, in the movies, or
reading about anything that involves the physical or emotional suffering of
another feels nearly unbearable. The suffering of people, children, or animals
becomes our own suffering. We fully identify with it and feel it. There are
many things I cannot watch on television without becoming extremely depressed,
but the first one that comes to mind is Sarah McLachlan’s ASPCA commercial
about animal cruelty. I quickly change the channel the second it comes on;
otherwise I begin to internalize the suffering of the animals.
I
am a vegetarian who occasionally eats fish and seafood. It is never a
comfortable experience for me because I can’t help thinking about the once
beautiful living and breathing animal that was killed, maybe even suffered, and
is now on my plate. I don’t feel as if my right to eat it super cedes the
animal’s right to live.
Because
empaths feel things so deeply and tend to be nurturing, we often work as
volunteers who passionately dedicate their time to helping animals, children,
others in need, or the environment. We are excellent listeners who are truly
interested in the happiness and welfare of others.
Because
of our natural ability to know things without being told, we can be a great
asset to others because we tend to know where others are coming from. But this
knowing ability also makes it very difficult for others to lie to us, put on a
facade, or hide their emotions. We just know the feelings and intentions of
other people, even if we have just met them. We are also adept at reading body
language and noticing subtle inflections of speech that others might miss.
Empaths
require truthfulness in others and in their selves. We feel terribly
uncomfortable with those we perceive to be lying to us, manipulating us, or
acting phony. Because of the way it makes us feel we do not accept or tolerate
that type of behavior from anyone, including ourselves. And where we are
generally very tolerable people, we absolutely cannot tolerate unnecessary
drama, egotistical behavior, or self-centeredness; especially that of
narcissists. We also cannot tolerate negativity in others, especially judgment
and jealousy. Those attitudes immediately drain our energy.
We
cannot lie to ourselves, nor can we pretend to enjoy things that we don’t
enjoy, whether it involves social activities or our work. Our work must feel
meaningful to us or it will end up making us emotionally, spiritually, and
physically unwell. Many empaths work in creative fields such as art, dance,
writing, or music; expressive fields that feeds their souls and is vital to
their well-beings.
We
also cannot pretend to be happy when we’re not, and unhappiness can take us
over at any moment. Because of the bombardment of overwhelming energies,
negative and positive, empaths are highly prone to mood swings. We can be easy
going and happy one minute and miserable the next without any logical
transition. We may be the life of the party one minute and then quiet and
reclusive the next. When we are miserable we can’t hide it even if we want to.
It is written across our face for everyone to see.Freedom
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One
thing that makes us very unhappy is restrictions. Empaths are free spirits who
must have their freedom of movement and expression. We feel imprisoned by
control, rules that are too rigid or that we do not believe in, and routines.
Many of our life experiences have been daring or adventurous — we have a great
need to experience the true pulse of life, whether good or bad. And having had
these various life experiences we have knowledge on a wide range of topics.
This often makes us appear wise to others, though we are usually quiet about
our achievements unless asked. We are more comfortable pointing out the
achievements and attributes of others.
Empaths
exude a deep level of warmth and compassion that draws others to them. Strangers
sense that about us on a subconscious level and find themselves telling us
private things about their lives. Before they realize what they have done they
have poured out their heart to us. Animals bond to us very quickly for the same
reasons.
Our
deepest mutual connections are with those who those who are like us, those who
get us, and those we can be expressive, open and frank with. We can form
lasting friendships with those who are not like us but it will always feel as
if an element of the relationship missing.
Empaths
have difficulty staying focused on things that do not stimulate their minds. We
are daydreamers who get bored or distracted easily. When we are not stimulated
our minds will go off to other places, sometimes even detach from the physical
reality.
We
live our lives in duality. Empaths physically exist in the dense, dark world
filled with negativity and lower energy called Earth, but they mentally exist
in the light, pure, high energy, optimistic world of spirit. It is hard for us
to stay grounded because we understand the freedom of the alternative world,
but we must stay grounded because that is the way we all complete our Earthly
missions.
Bron:
Waking Times
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