All is not what it appears, and finding a credible source is often more difficult than simply collecting ‘facts.’ Come into the knowing of your larger purpose here: that of embodying the higher aspects of self. Here, we may come into unity with source energy and thus connectedness with each other. When you become distracted by an attitude, an opinion, or a position, you move further from this higher purpose. “Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos …
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Empathy in Communication: Basic Advice
Empathy in communication requires the suspension of ego-based agendas and the need to be right. The ability to recognize another’s feelings, feel those feelings as personally relatable, and respond compassionately within subsequent communication has the power to diffuse the tension in most conflicts. “Choosing with integrity means finding ways to speak up that honor your reality, the reality of others, and your willingness to meet in the center of that large field. It’s hard sometimes.” Terry Tempest Williams If we wish to be heard, we must be willing to recognize the reality of others. Our inner world, life’s experiences, inner …