Are you an Empath?

Empathy is what one feels by putting oneself in the shoes of another, by using cues from their appearance, body language, voice, or behavior. It is based on what one believes the other may be feeling. So it is essentially based on a projection. Having more than normal empathy is often attributed to being an Empath, but that’s not really the correct use of the word.?

An Empath is “a person with the paranormal ability to perceive the mental or emotional state of another individual.” They are extremely tuned to the energetic vibrations of people, animals and even places. They may not even be in the presence of a person, or even know the situation that someone is in, but would pick up the energy in the form of an emotion (Clairsentiment) or a physical sensation (Clairsentient).?

Ever wonder why it’s difficult to remain calm in the face of a rude angry person? We tend to believe that is because we are being mistreated. We know pretty well through experience that anger doesn’t change that feeling and is useless. The real reason is that the anger of the other matches in vibration, with the anger within us and we resonate. You can only resonate with a frequency if it exists within you.?

The extreme sensitivity that some people experience in the presence of others, is very often a form of this resonance and not a sign of being an empath. Persistent unconscious judgements of the other’s state of mind along with unaddressed emotions lead to this. One perceives the other as angry and resonates with the anger or perceives the other as sad and resonates with the sadness.?

The extreme sensitivity may seem like that of an empath, but the fundamental difference is that for the empath the cause of the behavior does not lie within them. The behavior of a person with heightened empathy is like the resonance of a Tuning fork, where both forks are of the same frequency. The behavior of an Empath is that of a Radio that tunes into a frequency but is in no way like the transmitter or the frequency itself.

Believing you are an empath connects you to the morphic field empaths and brings with it a lot of difficult experiences over and above the energy sensitivity. Before you are convinced that you are an empath, check within yourself multiple times, with every situation, is there something in me that’s resonating. Take help from others, who can see the situation from a distance.?

For a person on the journey of self-discovery, or any person for that matter, blaming their thoughts, emotions and behavior on the energies of others or the collective without having done the self-work is a serious pitfall. One could begin to feel like a victim of energies and spiral down a path of anger and resentment, which would again get attributed to the environment. It’s a vicious circle that is very difficult to break once in it.