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Issue 93, February edition 18 Negative Empathy – feeling too much or too less Is it possible to have too much empathy? If we ‘feel with’ other people, is it possible for us to become swamped by their feelings, especially if they are experiencing nega$ve states. This ar$cle will help you in overcoming this feeling of Nega$ve Empathy…. Negave empathy is a state of being so sensive to other people’s experiences that we become overwhelmed by their suffering, to the point where we begin to suffer ourselves. This is a very real problem, which many of us experience from me to me. Because of the risk of negave empathy, some people close themselves off from other people’s suffering, build an armour around themselves, to minimise the risk of further emoonal damage. But as empathy is one of human beings’ most precious and noble capacies, so it would be absurd for us to suppress it. And there should be no need for us to suppress it, if we take the right approach. It is not inevitable that other people’s suffering should disturb us. It is possible for us to be deeply empathic, without suffering any potenal negave effects. The most important thing is not to ‘latch on’ to other people’s suffering, or to idenfy with it. We should allow other people’s suffering to flow through us like a river, without clinging to it, and creang stories relang to it. We can be affected by it at the moment we experience it, and respond to it in the appropriate way but then allow it to pass through. This is quite difficult to do, but it’s not dissimilar to how we should ideally respond to our own experience. When we experience emoonal pain as individuals, we oBen make the mistake of latching on to it. For example, if we have an experience which is embarrassing or disappoinng, we oBen ruminate over it for a long me aBerwards. And as we ruminate, the experience wounds us more deeply, and we build up more resentment and anger. But usually, if we don't latch on to the experience, the emoonal damage heals quite quickly. It is latching on to and idenfying with the experience which brings most of the pain. And this applies to other people’s sufferings too. It’s important for us to maintain a place of stability, where we can ‘feel with’ other people, without being disturbed by their suffering. This doesn’t mean being detached or aloof. It means being inmately involved in other people’s lives, but at the same me not immersed in them. And significantly, this actually makes us much more capable of responding effecvely to other people’s suffering. Ideally, empathy leads to altruism - benevolent acts which help to alleviate the suffering of others. But negave empathy can create such a state of discord and confusion that we may not be able to act in this way. So remember, to ‘feel with’ does not necessarily mean to ‘suffer with’ others. In fact the less we suffer ourselves, the beJer we are able to respond to suffering.
Issue 93, February edition 19 Book Review on Practising Spiritual Intelligence: For Innovation, Leadership and Happiness -By Mr. N.M. Omprakash, DGM – Forex & Treasury, Ahd Spiritual Intelligence refers to the intuive knowledge of the self, others, situaons and techniques to achieve the desired objecves. Hence it can be called the soul of all intelligences. Spiritual Intelligence enhances our power to inspire others by transforming their souls in such a way that their desires and aspiraons are aligned in a single direc- on. Soul is beyond all reason and intellect. It is, in fact, the source of mind and intellect. One who knows his soul knows the universe, since soul is nothing but the microcosm of the universe. This book explains this body-soul connuum and suggests praccal steps to evolve through the bodysenses-mind-intellect to reach our soul. We all wish to aCain success and happiness in our lives. However, only a few people are able to live life the way they want and get what they desire in their lives. Our ability to get what we want is commonly known as intelligence. Yet the IQ Tests are not the proper measure for true intelligence as we know that many people with high IQ lead miserable lives as they fail to develop the true intelligence, which must include: • Knowledge of the self • Knowledge of others- your allies and your opponents • Knowledge of the ground situaon • Knowledge of the various techniques that need to be employed • Intuive ability to select the best technique This book explains the concept of Spiritual Intelligence and provides praccal methods to develop and pracce it for developing innovaon, leadership and happiness. The author believes that Intelligence is subjecve and everybody has intelligence, but how to ulise your intelligence in a way that would lead to professional success, is what is highlighted in this book. All in all, I really found this book to be very interesng, if you wish to move on in life, you should read this book. It is fun, interesng book from which one can learn a lot of amazing informaon. A small note About the author: Dr Awdhesh Singh, an engineer by training, a senior officer of the Indian Revenue Service by profession, is a seeker at heart. His wrings synthesize science, religion and philosophy to provide a comprehensive view of life which appeals to all secons of society.
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