Definition:
Empathy is the ability to feel someone else's emotions. It is the most common of all psychic abilities,
and often people have it without fully realizing it. Empathy sometimes occurs as a feeling that a friend is hurt or in trouble, without being physically
present. Empathy is also indicated by someone feeling stressed when a friend is, without having any apparent reason to be stressed themselves. It is most
common between friends and family members and when people are relaxed. With practice, empathic ability can be increased to being able to understand very
detailed emotions without any additional information
Connecting Empathically:
An empathic connection can be created by focusing on the person you want to connect with. Use a focus similar to that of projecting, but rather than traveling to the person, feel energy connecting you to them. Let the connection grow and strengthen, like webs or joined hands holding you together. Emotions flow through the connection in either one direction or both, depending on what you want.
Open up to receive images through the link. You may feel the emotions as if they were your own, or you may feel slightly distanced from them. They may appear as emotionally charged images or just as gut feelings. You will probably become familiar with their form very quickly after opening a link.
As you receive images, watch for related details. Notice any subtler
feelings associated with what you are receiving. Observe how the person reacts to their own feelings as you receive each feeling as you observe feelings,
be aware of whether the feelings change to answer the questions you think about. Practice navigating between various areas of feelings by feeling your way
through the related emotions. Controlled navigation can take a while to learn, but it is necessary for choosing what you receive and for eventually
learning telepathy. Watching the natural empathic links between people can tell you a lot about how they interact. (This, of course, does take practice,
though.)
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Disconnecting Cleanly Closing a link is just as important as opening it. When you are ready to close a link, visualize it gently drawing apart and closing off. If you try to simply remove it, it may hurt like a suddenly-broken relationship. It could even hurt physically near the heart (which is where empathy typically connects). Be gentle with empathic links because they are representative of your relationship with the person on the other end. Both people are affected by it, in both good and bad ways. |
