Empathy Or Compassion?

In this talk, Mary Ann Pack discusses the possible energetic differences between empathy, sympathy, and compassion. Is it all just semantics, or is there really a difference? Which one is the best way to serve our world in joy? Which one is aligned with problems, and which is aligned with solutions?

Learn more, and you will be more masterful at fine-tuning your vibration, which will benefit not only those with whom you work but also yourself!

Transcript

Welcome,

This is your host,

Marianne Pack,

Spiritual medium,

Author,

And joyologist.

This reading is entitled,

Empathy or Compassion?

Is there a difference between empathy,

Sympathy,

And compassion?

Are they all the same and it's only semantics?

Or is there an energetic difference between them?

As uplifters,

Teachers,

And healers,

We feel called to serve our world.

But when are we the most beneficial to others?

How do we see people in the world that we want to help?

Are we empathetic?

Are we sympathetic?

Are we compassionate?

What is the best attitude to be the light in the world?

Do we see others struggling or feel for them?

Do we believe they have their own inner being to help guide them?

Do we feel the need to show them the way?

Do we feel the need to offer them our way of being?

What if they're just not getting it,

No matter how clearly we explain it?

What can we do for them to help them on their path?

How do we know when they are ready to hear?

I know these are a lot of questions to consider,

So let's dive in to help us recognize what is our responsibility and what is not.

What attitude is best to hold as we offer help to others?

And what attitude will hinder their evolution and ours?

This post is not intended to judge anyone for their practice.

This post is intended to uplift and encourage us to maintain our connection and alignment with our inner being while we serve the world in joy.

As we dig into these words and their energetic frequencies,

We learn to fine-tune our energy to be the best version of who we are.

We are becoming masters of focusing energy and vibration.

Are sympathy and empathy the best practice?

In empathy and sympathy,

We feel all the feels of others.

We listen to their woes and experiences and join them in how they feel.

We empathize.

We understand how they feel.

We really connect with them.

But there is a problem with this approach.

If we have empathy or sympathy for others,

We harmonize with how they feel.

We have connected mutually with them in their lower energetic state of struggle.

Many of us can really feel their pain.

We are highly sensitive.

We can even exhibit sensations of bodily pain as we tune to them.

Unfortunately,

We have nothing to offer in this empathy or sympathy because we are now vibrating at their lower frequency.

We are doing them a disservice,

Not to mention we are disallowing our own alignment.

It is not our responsibility to make them understand why they are struggling.

It is not our responsibility to empathize with their struggle because when we do,

We have to lower our energy level to theirs.

We are coherent with their vibrational output.

In that low state of mutuality,

Harmonizing with their vibrational being,

We are of no value whatsoever.

We can't uplift anyone unless we maintain our higher frequency of feeling really good because we don't allow ourselves to lower our frequency to theirs.

We can't feel their struggle,

Harmonize with it,

And still be of service.

When we align with our emotions and our emotions align with theirs,

We lose our connection to our own inner being and how they see them and how their inner being sees them.

When we contradict what our inner beings and even what their inner beings know,

Think,

And feel about them and where they are,

It feels horrible.

If we can feel their pain,

We are out of alignment with our inner beings because our inner beings will never go there.

That's why we feel so bad.

We can feel how bad they feel.

We're not seeing them for who they really are as on their path with their inner being who is aware of them and flowing to them at all times.

You can only empathize with anyone through a flash dip out and back up to your own alignment.

You can touch into empathy,

Feel what they feel,

And immediately return to your alignment.

But even this approach is not the best because you don't know how long it's going to take you to return to your alignment.

Once you allow yourself to find mutuality with their feelings and stay there longer than 68 seconds,

You already have momentum going in that lower vibration.

Most people cannot tell their story of difficulty in less than 68 seconds.

So let go of the belief that you must empathize or sympathize with them.

That's not your job.

Even their inner being won't go there with them.

That's why they feel so bad.

They're out of alignment.

And in that moment of feeling their painful struggle,

You are also out of alignment and of no value to them.

You cannot uplift them because you're wallowing in their problems.

Now in your mutuality with their pain,

You're expanding their problem.

If they're not ready to hear from their own inner being,

What makes you think they will hear from you?

How do we help focus on their solutions?

What do we do?

Our only responsibility is to stay connected with our inner being.

To be in alignment with our high vibration and live our example out loud in the world.

To see others through the eyes of Source who sees them as perfect in every way.

Who sees them on their path with their own guidance.

Who sees their contrast as valuable for walking their path because it allows them more clarity for what they want,

What they're passionate about.

Many teach empathy and sympathy as virtuous attributes,

Even gifts,

But are they?

I was shocked when I first realized empathy is an energetic divergence from alignment.

But it resonated with me once I sat with it.

I know this thinking contradicts mainstream coaching practices,

But these attitudes take us out of alignment with our inner beings.

That certainly cannot be in service to others.

We cannot feel pain,

Ours or anyone else's,

And be in alignment.

Pain is contradictory to alignment.

All pain is contradictory to what our inner beings feel.

Our inner beings will only see us in our perfection and only feel good about us.

So why do you think we should attain mutuality with the pain of another human being when their inner beings will not?

Compassion is the best practice.

Since Source always feels good about us and where we are in every moment,

We never feel impatient.

They never feel impatient because we're not in alignment.

Compassion is cooperating with someone's passion for what they truly want.

In compassion,

We are now part of their solution instead of part of being their problem.

When we empathize or feel sympathy for them.

In compassion,

We are co-creating with their passion because we hold them in the same energy that aligns with their inner being.

If we have compassion,

We see them through the eyes of Source energy.

We see them as on their path.

We see their contrast as serving them well.

We know they have their own inner guidance of their own inner being who is calling them in every moment.

And when they are ready to hear,

They will begin moving in the direction of what they want.

But until they are ready,

They will not hear anything from you either.

We teach through the clarity of our example.

That's it.

When we are radiating our life example of alignment with our own inner beings,

We are doing the work.

As others observe our living example of alignment,

Connection,

Appreciation,

Love,

Joy,

And freedom in well-being,

They have the opportunity to choose their own alignment or not.

If they are ready to receive,

They will receive your life's example and be attracted by your radiant presence.

Readiness is the key.

Until that time,

They are not ready to receive anything from anyone.

They are not yet listening to their own inner being,

So why would your message be any clearer?

This is why we must practice compassion,

Not empathy or sympathy.

When we are empathic,

We are sympathetic.

We feel what they are feeling.

We are part of their problem.

In compassion,

We are part of their solution.

We are focused on what they want and where they are going,

Not on where they have been or where they are currently.

In compassion,

We look ahead with them to see who they are becoming.

Readiness is the most exciting and exhilarating place to be with them.

When we hold them as our object of attention and see their pure positive potential,

We are seeing them as Source sees them.

So don't practice empathy and sympathy.

Practice having compassion.

Let's hold ourselves aligned with our inner being and see them in perfection as our inner being does.

When we live by the clarity of our example,

When others see us holding our joyous alignment no matter what,

They will be attracted to that energy because their inner beings are calling them there all along.

In compassion,

We will be of greatest service to others without even trying.

We will be clipping along,

Living our best life,

And as others see our example,

They will wonder how we found our happy life and inquire how to get it for themselves.

As coaches,

We know this.

When we experience contrast and want to find a solution,

We ask for help because we are finally ready to hear.

We look for someone,

Another coach or therapist,

Who we are attracted to,

And it is because they are living their best life.

We don't look for someone in the doldrums of empathy and how their clients feel.

No.

These coaches show us the way by maintaining their lived example of connection and alignment with their own inner beings,

And we want that consistent alignment too.

We want someone who will see us for who we are becoming through our passion.

We look for someone who has gone ahead of us and can show us the way as they continue to hold the space for us to join them on a higher level of energy.

We don't look for someone in the same place as us.

We're looking for someone to show us an example of how to move higher.

This is what compassion does for us.

Someone compassionately sees us for who we are and who we are becoming.

They root for and cheer us on as we follow our own inner being's guidance.

They are cooperative components of our passion for creating an energetic environment that attracts and welcomes our desires,

Our passions.

So be more compassionate.

Be a co-creator with someone's passion.

Maintain your alignment so consistently that you don't even see their struggle.

You simply see them as on their path with their inner being who never sees their struggle.

Hold your alignment and be the example of happily ever after so when they are ready to ask for help,

You're ready to be of service in the highest form possible,

Compassion.

Big hugs,

Marianne.

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