beyond magzine sept 2016

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Physical symptoms of someone else and their pain becomes
your pain by way of not sympathy, but empathy. Empaths
are often the kind ones, merciful and sympathetic and
always looking out for the underdog because they can feel
their pain, their earnest desire to find a way to win. One of
the dangers of being an empath is the dumping of
emotions—when someone discovers that you can and will
bear their ‘stuff’, they are often too ready and willing to give
it to you and then try to escape, leaving you to hold the bag.
We are almost always creative—artistic, musical, full of
dance and an incredible and vivid imagination. While the
empath is often drawn to people and likes to lend a helping
hand, we also need our solitude, our time to connect with
ourselves and our purpose. We are lovers of nature and all
it’s beauty and we love all of her creatures.
Empaths are free spirits, we love to keep things going
and flowing easily and with purpose. We generally don’t
like clutter, but cannot stand stiff rules and to be controlled.
We are lover of knowledge, thirst to know everything about