RE: How to act in the world from a place of true purpose
Thank you for taking the time to comment. I would not hate you for writing something i did not agree with, this is a crux in itself, people can't differentiate an opinion or view point from the identity of another person. They can start to attack the character of another because they have different stances on a topic, I have actually lost life long friends because of some things I have tried to discuss on facebook, and it's the most ridiculous thing ever. I will jump in and debate until the sun goes down, but still enjoy a drink with them after! Most people don't share this premise though. I would love to read it, and just from what you've explained above there is a lot of truth in what i can perceive is going to be discussed.
Ego can mean different things to different people, and you may think this is typical of what someone would say when they want to feel 'different or special'. But if you have the time and are interested, no worries if not, i have 2 Empathy blogs, part one and two. I only have a handful of blogs so they are easy to spot- but this will highlight for you the paradox i often find my self in. The desire to help does not come from the need to satisfy my ego, the desire to help comes from the necessity to keep my sanity and to alleviate my own suffering, or try to understand it, as i quite very literally feel all sorts of pain from people, animals and the world around me which has driven me to the point of suicide more than once. In the quest to understand why this is, why i experience this, i often land upon writings or teachings of similar ish nature, but it doesn't really give me the answers i seek. It's almost like i don't have a choice.
Anyway, those blogs will give you more insight as to where i am coming from, but you're probably very busy so no worries if you cant. I will keep an eye out for your post and jump in if i have something to say :)
I understand your issue with "feeling other peoples stuff". I struggled with that my whole life. What helped me were the teachings of Matt Kahn. I wrote a lot about it in my "Healing the empathic heart"-Series. It may be easier to find them on my blog https://atmos.black/tag/empath/. Also I wrote some articles about relationships between Empaths and Narcissists.
Even though these teachings are very deep, they should not be confused with what I'm writing here. A Course in Miracles is only about content and not form. It has nothing to do with making this world a better place, but only with waking up.
In the Course everything in this world dream - even empathy - is seen as equal and "meaningless". There is no hierarchy of illusions, is one of its basic premises. This goes way deeper than how to handle empathic depression etc. - so we shouldn't confuse levels here.
If you want to handle your empathy issues, I really recommend to check out Matt. This won't help you waking up, but it will make your dream much smoother. He has lots of free videos on YouTube about this topic.
I wish you all the best on your path and my ❤️ is open to all the suffering you are feeling. I will publish my article I talked about here on friday, but you can already read it on my blog - it's called "Let me sleep! I enjoy dreaming!" and it may be a challenging read for an ego.
Aww thank you so so much for this! Ill be checking his videos out all day now! And ill take a look at your blog links. I am in the process of trying to heal from it and actually start to use to properly rather than just feel like it's this thing leading me around in circles in my life. So any real down to earth assistance I will chase up for sure, there are a lot of people talking about 'empathy' etc who really don't seem to understand the suffering it can cause so don't offer much more assistance than the usual 'woo' doing the rounds online. So thank you so much, i am excited to check out your information!!
Ill definitely read your upcoming blog if not Friday then over the weekend, everyone of us whether we want to admit it or not will have some ego resistance, be interesting to see where mine triggers in the blog.
You've given me that extra step in understanding as to what the ACIM is, and i am very intrigued now.
Been a pleasure chatting with you, im sure we will chat some more :)
Listened to quite a bit of that Matt Dude! He talks a lot of sense! Thank- you :)
You are very welcome! I think, that especially his teachings for empaths can be helpful for you.
e.g. "feeling = clearing stuff out of the collective". Dig for the gold nuggets! Much Love! <3