Empathy is an important value, but during challenging times, it seems to be even more important. According to The Dalai Lama in his book, Emotional Awareness, empathy is the ability to recognize an emotion in another person. Recognizing how another person is feeling can sometimes lead to what is called “emotional resonance” or feeling what the other person is feeling, whether it is pain or pleasure. Having empathy applies to all walks of life and professions, from romance, friendships, parenting to politics . In his early research, Carl Rogers defined empathy as perceiving the internal frame of another person. He said that maintaining an empathetic way involves being sensitive moment by moment to the changing felt meanings that flow in the other person. “It means temporarily living in the other’s life, moving about in it delicately without making judgements; it means sensing meanings of which he or she is scarcely aware, but not trying to uncover t...
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