Empathy is the most effective form of love for all nurturing and healing relationships that must precede any boundary enforcement.
We humans lack effective empathy skills essential for maintaining or repairing damaged/disconnected relationships.
Therefore, empathy must be trained as the most advanced communication/parenting skill.
What is the highest level of compassion?
It is empathy at Stage 5 according to the 5 stage theory.
It is to understand others’ emotions from their perspectives in various settings, including those of the victims and their families,
as well as those of the perpetrators, even when they commit crimes such as killing others for no apparent reasons other than suspected mental challenges such as depression and suicidality.
What Empathy is not:
Empathy is not simply
1. to identify: cry when others cry as babies do
2. to please: shower with nice gifts such as money, jewelry, or a car
3. to advise: give a well-intended advice/lecture out of worries
4. to show pity: providing a good meal/financial support for the unfortunate
5. to show sympathy: feel for those who are in the similar experienced situation
6. to be indifferent: be respectful of one’s personal right to the freedom of experiencing danger, misery, depression, loneliness, and lack of safety and security
(for example, homelessness)
