An Important Difference

In the "About Me" portion of this blog, I said that an empath functions different from others who may call themselves health or medical intuitives.

The difference is this: An empath experiences what it is like to be another person, hopefully, for the purpose of lifting a burden, healing, or learning. You do not stay there! That is why it is important to become conscious and skilled. It is the subjective experience of receiving information, not the objective experience. One is not better than the other, just different. There are those, well known perhaps, medical intuitives who consider experiencing the other persons emotional reality a contaminate to receiving that information. This would be true for that individual. The empath attunes to the inner patterns of the person from that brief time when they are merged with that being.

When one is unconscious and unskilled with empathic experiences they can be painful or at least confusing. It never has to be! It can be unhealthy to remain unconscious and know that you still are. It is not a badge of honor to continually carry other people's pain either, (does the term co-dependence mean anything?).

It is very important to get into the habit of checking in with your own self when you start your day. Take a couple of deep breaths in through the nose and out through the mouth. Ask yourself, "What am I experiencing physically, emotionally, mentally, (focus), intellectually and
spiritually?" Allow yourself to sense your own energy field, (aura). Touch in to the deepest part of you, the soul, and ask, "What do I need to know now?"

Make it a habit to do this when you first get up in the morning, (or whenever it is you first wake up). This is a basis for knowing what is you and what is not for the remainder of your day. In another entry, I will talk about situations that can occur throughout the day and how to remain clear.