Empathy is a virtue whose value is directly related to our emotional intelligence, probably the truest of all the intelligences or talents we possess.
The essential characteristic of an intelligent person is his ability to understand the emotions of others. It does not seem conceivable that a person believes he is really intelligent when at the same time he does without a mental mechanism that makes him understand the susceptibility, pain or suffering of others.
It does not matter how many academic titles that person has, if he is not capable of intuiting, perceiving, recognizing, realizing, that is, of putting himself in the other's place, it is certainly a limited person in his emotional and intellectual capacities, restricted only to what you have learned in school, university or your social or family environment.
Outside of their field of action, the most outstanding academic professional turns out to be as stupid as the most ignorant of human beings if they do not master the concept of empathy.
An intelligent person, we said, was the person who is capable of living harmoniously with everything he does, without harming others, of course, but this personality cannot lack values such as empathy, justice and solidarity, if not intelligent person we are talking about.
You can be the best surgeon, the most amazing mathematician or scientist, and the most disciplined of students, but if you lack empathy, you will always be exposed to miserable failure in interpersonal relationships.
In fact, for couple relationships, for example, how much can the titles or academic qualifications that one has matter? there the fundamental thing is the value of empathy, if you do not know how to put yourself in the place of your partner, that relationship will be a resounding failure, a few months after marriage they will be throwing the dishes over their heads.
Empathy is a value that must be learned as a child, and intelligent parents who educate their children by showing them the consequences of their actions, teaching them to be supportive, and not to do or say things that could hurt other children, do very well. If empathy is cultivated as a child, you have a very useful weapon for your mental and spiritual growth and development.
The more empathic a person is, the more supportive and tolerant they are, but empathy is related to true intelligence and in this sense the value of empathy should not be confused with abandoning one's own interests and principles to excessively support others without thinking about the consequences.
Therefore, it is a false empathy that lacks interpersonal and intrapersonal balance (self-understanding), that is, one should not put oneself in the place of others if they have not first internalized themselves in the deepest yearnings of their reason. of being.
Empathy is a fundamental value and an essential characteristic in people who mentally possess a higher state of consciousness. It is an extraordinary quality to almost guess what others are thinking just by looking at them. An empathic person is understanding, kind, supportive and highly tolerant.
The empathic human being always has the challenge of successfully facing and tolerating people limited by stupidity and evil. Their capacity is not necessarily related to religious characteristics, but the empathic person definitely understands that "faith" apart from "knowledge" is an important factor in their intrapersonal development, the starting point for a successful interpersonal relationship with others.
Author: Mardam
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Spirituality