Empathy and the suffering of others.

In this podcast, Eckhart talks about our growing awareness and how it can be used in service of others.

He says, when presence is the foundation of our lives, we are more available emotionally.

He explains that this is when the pitfalls of the ego no longer block us.

Eckhart believes that when we are confronted by the pain of others,

if we have a clear channel connected to the source of consciousness,

we will exercise empathy and compassion.

In this state, he says,

we will not be shaken when the winds of misfortune blow

because we are rooted in the deepest part of our being.

Hi, Akar. It's an absolute honor and a pleasure to see you. I've been studying the Upanishads and the Vedas for a while. And the thing that everyone talks about

is the non-attachment.

I began to feel somewhere that it was almost selfish

not to identify with the pain of someone else.

Because individual pain body, I can understand I can wrap my head around it.

But this collective pain body, you sometimes feel so helpless about the things that are happening

around and it sometimes almost feels very very small to not identify with it and yet do what is required.

But sometimes it feels that am I missing out on feeling that emotion and identifying with it?

Because if you bring that awareness of being the witness consciousness to what is happening,

there is no feeling that you feel there and then you look at people around you suffering and then you feel like am i being insensitive

so it's a very confusing state sometimes and yeah yes i understand exactly what you're talking about.

Thank you.

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