Learning empathy

[tomcat941]

Ok, i think empathy is extremly easy. Possable easier than psi balls. I will point out though, that although its easy, its hard to understand. I'll get straight into it.

recieving

To recieve what someone is feeling, you just have to open yourself up. That's all.First you have to ground and centre. I do this by imagine roots coming out of my feet, and into the ground, and then feeling that someone i love is sitting next to me, or i imagine the 'centre of my body' then All i do is sit back and close my eyes (although its not neccesary) and think 'I wonder what ____ is feeling?' and i usually get the right result.
A way to practice is to have two people on chat. Person 1 induces an emotion, such as sadness etc. He tells person 2 when he is ready. Once ready Person 2 scans person 1 and then reports back. Person 1 will either correct or confirm. They then swap with person 2 inducing the emotion and person 1 scanning.

When you do it online, it is hard to believe as other people can lie, but you can tell its possable when they start getting everyone of your emotions right. 

It is easier to read people online, or when you can't see them. I discovered that being able to see the person conflicts with the result. For example, if your friend is smiling and laughing, you already know that she is happy, so when you scan her, if you don't get the result your expecting (which is happiness) you're going to ignore anything else, until you get a result that fits the way they seem to be behaving. This causes your subconscious to create the result. THis process if referred to as AOL.

Understanding

Recieving is easy, understanding what you just recieved is harder. The biggest obstacle is the belief and trust in your ability. This gets in my way a lot. I started writing down everything i recieve now, and its always one of the things. And usually its the first one i recieve, yet i still struggle to trust it will be the first word. You can recieve in many different ways. I personally have the name of the emotion said in my head. This is irritating when it comes to reading everyday emotions, as humans can have a multitude of emotions at any one time, that we can't even tell what we ourselves are feeling, so there usually isn't a word to descrive this. Another way i have recieved, is through physical sensation. Like when you have 'butterflies in your stomach' Every emotion tends to cause a physical sensation, but usually you don't notice it, unless its unusually strong, but the physical sensation tends to be amplified when you're scanning someone. Needless to say, this is hard to label an emotion. But, i have managed to freak out my friend by telling them what they were feeling physically so it does work, but it will be hard to name the emotion causing the sensation. Another way you can recieve is to feel the emotion. I have never got this unfortunaly, but i know others do. Sometimes you might see a colour, such as red for angry, or see an image, as in a calm beached, for relaxed etc. though i have never experienced this.
There is no easy way to understand what you recieve. The best way is to write down everything you get when you're starting out, and then you might notice some patterns. And the most important thing is too trust yourself.