nativeeagle.....this statement I do not agree with and in fact know it is not totally true
" once you open it up, you will not be able to stop anything that comes you way; good and bad. "
as an empath you can learn to control what you receive and how much you receive and if you receive anything......yes this takes working with the gift/ability but it can be done
In my opinion the hardest part about being an inexperienced or new empath is in knowing which emotions are truly yours and which are those of others and then how to express and act on those emotions.
true empath are born that way .. how ever most ppl can develop empathy, the steps to doing so have already been touched on so i will say no more however lol as a true empath my self (as in i was born with it) i love my gift and hate it also its not something i would wish on anyone nor is it somthing i would give up
note you will never be a true empath if your not born one but by being intune with your own emotions you will be able to understand and to an feel the emotions of others
thanks for the advice but i'ld like to know why most people say that everyone is born empath ,only it is more developped in some people...by the way...why i want to be empathic is my business...i'm only asking for advice and encouragements...thanks kikuyo for your help....
because it is true.. I too was born an empath, was extremely hard to understand what all these emotions were and it messed with my head when growing up especially when I was a teenager.
Most youngsters are lucky nower days as there are a lot of information and help around to help them understand their gifts.
Empaths have high intuition with other poeoples emotions, we feel them, sense them and even become that emotions either it be happy or sad; it kinda makes us feel as though the emotion is ours but it isnt it is the other persons emotions.
For instance my partner when he gets angry I feel agitated and angry not understanding where this emotion has suddenly come from; its not until I speak with him and he reveals that he is angry.
I beleive it is both a curse and a gift and does take a while to understand things but once you have grasped the true understanding it becomes easier.
Like others have said (and you have not listened) you can become an empath in a way of attuning your own emotions and picking up on certain things... but those that are born with it have a higher attuned sense and feel everything..
First let me say that I was lucky enough to be born very empathic. However,you do not have to be born with this gift to have it and I will explain y. You see, empathy is something that everyone already has, just to varying degrees. In its simplist form, empathy is nothing more than feeling the emotions of others, and thats it. Now, think of how many times that you have actually felt the emotions of someone else...see? You do have some empathic ability! But like I said, that is empathy in its most simplistic form. The logic behind my argument of everyone having empathy is simple enough, we are all energy essentially with our own individual energy patterns varying from one person to another. But just bc our energy patterns differ from each other is irrelavant when it comes to empathy. The reason is because the energy at our core is all the same for everyone. If we are all energy and the Universe is energy as well and with the Universe being the ultimate form of energy we are all connected. It is because of this connection given to us by the Universe that we all have the ability to become empathic.
Now for trying to explain how to build empathy...The easiest way I can think of is with Pscyhological Empathy (Magickal Empathy to me is something different bc it uses the energy of the Universe to connect to others emotions). Psychological Empathy could also b rephrased as observation. Just pay attention to the actions, reactions, and mannorisms of others and you would b amazed at how much you can tell about their emotional state! If you are not naturally strong with magickal empathy, then I would recomend attempting Psychological Empathy first bc it does not require the connection of energy between people. However, if you wish to train and attain empathy as it pertains to most ppl I would recomend first making sure your "Thrid Eye" chakara is open (not going to get into details of how to do that here, with a lil bit of digging it shouldnt b a problem for anyone to find how to do). That chakara is often given credit for giving people psychic sight so to speak (it allows the person to more easily access psychic abilities).
Honestly, beyond that part it begins to get hard for me to describe in words on how to develop empathy. I still do not have total control over mine and I seriously doubt I ever will. To those that wish to bring this ability to the light I would say start using simple observation to gather emotion, mediate of course, and be very careful when actually trying to be empathic (one thing I have noticed is that empathy works best for me when I am not trying to b empathic...if I do try to be empathic my own emotions may sometimes blur the true emotions of the other person)...thanks, hoped this helped...
@ego-less.
Becoming an empath doesn't mean you have to be one by birth.
One can learn his/her emotions then he/she can understand other people's emotion.
Meditation is one good way to do that.We as beings are capable of many things even that of the impossible we perceived as..
