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#### <s class="topic-title">[[empathy]]</s>
Empathy is the capacity to understand or feel what another person is experiencing from within their frame of reference
^[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empathy]
**See**:: [[sympathy]], [[Neuroscience]], [[socialization]]
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> - [[Christians struggle to feel empathy because they must believe that non-christians are going to hell]]
> - [[Disambiguation - empathy, sympathy, compassion, pity]]
> - [[Empathy does not disallow judgment]]
> - [[Having extreme and uncontrollable empathy is dangerous]]
> - [[Meditation helps us develop empathy]]
> - [[There is a difference in empathy responses when seeing something vs hearing about it]]
> - [[What are the biological origins of empathy]]
> - [[You can't blame people for failing to rise above their circumstances]]
> - [[You should the love the loves of those who you love]]
> - [[empathy isn't understanding how you would make the decision it's understanding why they made the decision]]
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> - [[notes - Different Meditative Styles]]
> - [[videoScarra Drk Interview]]
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> - [[Anahata Chakra]]
> - [[Emotional Mirroring]]
> - [[Kundalini Yoga]]
> - [[prosocial behavior]]
> - [[A secure identity is the best defense against social anxiety]]
> - [[Accepting responsibility is not only about your actions]]
> - [[Humans have decided to reject an unjust world]]
> - [[Look for understanding before you look for solutions]]
> - [[Yang's political failure was due to lack of activism and political inefficacy]]
- **empathic** - showing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states; "a sensitive and empathetic school counselor"
- **empathise** - be understanding of; "You don't need to explain--I understand!"
Empathy can be divided into three distinctions
###### Cognitive empathy
The capacity to understand another's perspective or mental state.
###### Affective empathy
The capacity to respond with an appropriate emotion to another's mental states
###### Somatic empathy
This is a physical/[[Neuroscience|neurological]] reaction that is based of a [[neuron]] activation in the brain ^[[[Humans are a product of evolution]]]