The Painful Magic of Empathy ~III~

Trauma is perpetuated by insensitivity. Our tendency to turn a blind eye to the truth of people’s suffering, to shame them for not healing, to blame it on their karma and their choices, is precisely the dissociative consciousness that perpetuates the trauma cycle. You want to help, but you just make it worse. Better to accept people right where they are. Better to provide comfort to the fallen ones. That alone will heal the world.

~ Jeff Brown, Hearticulations

[Art: Halie Torris]

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    1. Thank you for sharing Grace! I’m so glad to hear that. Isn’t it special and encouraging that the things we find personally beautiful and meaningful can (when offered to and shared with others) emerge into the collective and take on meaning for others as well… so beautiful. Love and light! ❤️

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