Deep empathy is the ability to enter the “mind space” of another person. The separateness between you and them fades away. In a sense, your identity merges with theirs, which enables you to feel what they are experiencing. In other words, deep empathy is an experience of connection.
—Steve Taylor, DisConnected: The Roots of Human Cruelty and How Connection Can Heal the World
#empathy
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