Compassion and Empathy are relatives for sure, yet for me compassion is not objectified empathy.
I see their relationship this very simplified way: ( I can offer more depth to those who want it)
antipathy: I don't like, I don't want, I feel for me
sympathy: I like, I want, I feel for you
compassion: I care, I have concern, my heart opens, I am compelled to action
empathy: you enter me, I enter you, I am authentically present, I embody right action, my mind is the servant of my thinking heart
On Sep 29, 2015 Barbarah wrote :
Compassion and Empathy are relatives for sure, yet for me compassion is not objectified empathy.
I see their relationship this very simplified way: ( I can offer more depth to those who want it)
antipathy: I don't like, I don't want, I feel for me
sympathy: I like, I want, I feel for you
compassion: I care, I have concern, my heart opens, I am compelled to action
empathy: you enter me, I enter you, I am authentically present, I embody right action, my mind is the servant of my thinking heart