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Empath 101
Dreamtongue - The Empathic Language
What is an Empath?
To get straight to the point:
Empath is a form of identity emerging in the twenty-first century.
The term has been used in literature and in film, but the reality is thatthere are ever increasing numbers of people who identify with the Empath concept.An Empath is a person who was born with unique variations in the central nervoussystem. This means how the brain is configured and how the nervous system works inthe body. This has not yet been studied and quantified by science. Instead it is beingbrought forth by individuals who are becoming self-aware of these qualities and whoexplore this experience through creative and intuitive outlets.A high degree of overall sensitivity is the general indicator for this type of person. All of the sensory organs of an Empath have low thresholds thereby resulting in unusualsensitivity to light, smell, and sound (as well as other subtler senses). Althoughunderlying sensitivity is the unifying factor behind all Empaths, how this sensitivity is"managed" or "funneled" varies from person to person.An Empath also possesses a very sensitive emotional nature, that is typically difficult toself-manage. Books have been written on "highly sensitive people" and those materialsare relevant to this topic. However, being highly sensitive is only one part of the formulafor Empaths.As a result of the interaction between an extremely sensitive neural network and theconcurrent emotional nature of a person with this profile, Empaths are highly intuitive.The word intuition needs to be better understood when used in communications but Iwill save that for a later article.A better understanding of intuition leads to a better understanding of what actuallyconstitutes an Empath. For now, I only want to say that Empaths are highly intuitivewhich means they tend to do things by feeling, by sensing, by reacting to proprioceptivequeues, and by following "hunches, gut-feelings," etc. This includes critical decisionmaking, reacting, and acting upon influences in their own lives predominately fromintuitive queues. This process can lead to better or worse results depending upon thedevelopment of the Empath.
Empaths are driven by their own intuitive natures.
This can be for good or bad.There is no virtue implied in the term "Empath." After nine years of studying Empathsonline, and thirty in general, I have found that the majority who step forward sufferfrom some form of mental distress or disorder. This does not mean that the majority of Empaths suffer from mental "illness", instead it implies that the majority of Empathsencountered in my research profess to some sort of "struggle" with their ownuniqueness. Since my training is in mental health counseling, I found this to befascinating and made this area a special part of my research. My model does notsupplant the medical model of mental illness but does suggest that "excess wiring" (soto speak) and "diverse thresholds" may require other interventions beyond medicaltreatment. I firmly believe in adhering to the standards we have established in allmedical and psychological fields of science. Yet this belief does not inhibit my desire toexplore and discover through, what I call, the "panheuristic" process. Ask me about thepanheuristic process in my Yahoo Empaths group.
Empaths are driven by deep intuitive connections that are largely unconscious, as if sitting on top of a vast oil reserve in the ground and being a conduit (oil well) for thismassive amount of energy. Most of what an Empath senses or "knows" cannot beverified immediately which creates a terrible psychic conflict for the person. The overabundance of real and imagined stimuli are frequently overwhelming. Sorting out thetwo is even more so. That is why I am a major advocate of structured training!Imagine having vast amounts of information floating around in your head but no directway to access it or express No way to sort it out or use it in any clearly defined way.Most of what it is cannot be proven immediately but does get proven over time. (I amskipping over a great deal of points here, just to make a
point)
.The stress of taking in the emotions of other people, of sensing information on acontinual basis, of being a "human sponge", of being driven by deep inner forces thatare not understood, all create a "torture chamber" of sorts within the average Empath.This does not have to be as melodramatic as I make it sound, but please understand - itfrequently is for the subject.I refer to this state in the Book of Storms as the "unbonded" Empath. Before figuringout who you are, you must figure out
what you are
, and reconcile the two. It's calledthe Book of
STORMS
for a reason! Learning about your internal storms, the nature of "storms", and how to "manage your own inner weather" are all par for the course.Empaths identify with many forms of nature and frequently feel affinity towards storms.Obviously, it is a powerful personal smbol for me. I have always felt "connected" tostorms. As a metaphor, storms offer an unending supply of creative insight.Many Empaths suffer from anxiety due to an overload of incoming stimuli and intuitiveinformation. Some suffer from depression due to being overwhelmed with all the"storms" going on inside. It is not uncommon for an Empath to tell me that he or shehas been diagnosed as "bipolar/manic-depressive." Now, that does not mean that if youwere diagnosed as bipolar that you are automatically an Empath - it just means there isa possibility that we are quick to put medical labels on things without fully investigatingthem.The interesting questions that arise are: Are Empaths more susceptible to mentalillness? OR Is the mental illness/distress the result of being an unbonded Empath?Which comes first? This research still goes on. I have met plenty of well adjustedEmpaths - yet will still find that they seek some sort of comfort somewhere, either inmild medication or counseling, something to soothe those internal storms.The professional fields of Psychology & Psychiatry do not yet recognize these factors andcontinue to leave all the issues "clumped" together, undifferentiated. I originally plannedthis work for a doctoral thesis but will not be pursuing that in this lifetime now. Instead,I am putting it into a user friendly format in hope that an emerging self-awarenessamong Empaths will take place, creating a positive wave of change for the planet.Anytime the "collective mind" of the human race can change towards the better andgrow, good can happen on new scales. Yes, I am an idealist. We frequently are.
Now, for a more popular explanation!
An Empath is a type of "psychic", but insteadof reading the "future" or viewing remote objects, the Empath specializes in readingpeople. I only mention all this because there is now a huge overlap/confusion betweenthe two words. The "free for all" mentality of the new age movement seized upon theEmpath term after we flooded it on the internet, so everyone , everywhere threw inwhat they had or knew to the concept. I suggest using the word Empath as a hybridform of psychic, more of a realistic/grounded version of our potential for extra sensoryperception. An Empath is sensitive to the visible as well as the invisible. An Empath
reads body language, tone of voice, body movements, the words people choose whenthey speak, the words they avoid, the logic they use; and the hidden things that only anEmpath can sense inside another person. A fully developed Empath reads on what couldbe considered a 360 degree scope. I have this entire 360 scope mapped out in greatdetail in a teaching model I call the PHI Model of Consciousness or P.H.I. P.H.I. standsfor "panheuristic intelligence" which is ultimately what I am advocating. My researchhas been inspired by the work of Dr. Timothy Leary and the many brilliant souls whoelaborated on his work. It is also inspired by the profound teachings of the Buddha,from the very core and heart of what I believe the Dharma to be.Empaths are extremely powerful people. In the next article I will tell you what I meanby that and introduce the first course. The first course is very basic. Yes, I know - youcould be very advanced and beyond all that, but start the first course in Empath 101:"
" starting with the basics. That way, by the time you get to theadvanced stuff - you will excel and feel wonderful about your growth!Dreamtongue is a course in empathic communication and is the pre-requisite for allclasses to follow. To benefit from the course start with the introduction and then workwith each lesson separately and in order. You can work at your own pace. Some peoplewill be ahead of you, some will be behind, and others will be starting just after you.Work at your own pace. Post questions as needed and share your experiences with thematerials inside the Yahoo group. Do not be concerned with others being ahead of youor of feeling that you are too far behind. Just work in your own timeframe and you willbe fine. This process has been tested over the years by many people.
Stage One
Awakening the Sleeping Empath Within You
To begin with you are already psychic. That means you are alreadyreceiving information through levels distinct from your ordinary sensesof sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing. Therefore, there is no actualneed for you to develop "psychic abilities." If you practice "psychicdevelopment" exercises that is fine and it is your own choice but it canbe a waste of time without perspective.You may or may not have realized this part of yourself yet. Every person, and in fact,every living thing on this planet is psychic (and by that I essentially mean that we areall "interconnected" on levels that are not readily apparent - yielding more informationthan we have currently acknowledged or understood.) Many years of experience andresearch have helped me discover some important facts that have led me to thisconclusion that every living thing is psychic.I will be sharing those points of information with you throughout this book. What isimportant for you to learn is how to recognize and utilize all of the information that isalready coming to you. It is through your intuitive abilities that you will begin to nurtureyour Empath nature.You will find within these lessons intense guidance and support for realizing yourempathic potential. The process of learning the empathic language, Dreamtongue,automatically takes you through all of the stages of becoming an Empath. You can passthrough the stages again and again, growing more each time, spiraling open fromwithin.
Sections
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- The Five Levels of Dreamtongue
- Stage Two Review
- Generating a Beta Message
- Stage Three Review
- Stage Four Review
- Empath Totems
- Stage Five Review
- The Looking Ahead Delta (L.A.D.)Exercise
- Co-patterning
- Empath Training
- Stage Six Review
- Selecting a Gamma Tool
- To develop your Gamma power source:
- Creating Your Own Gamma Tool
- Empowering Your Gamma Tools
- Stage Seven Review
- SECTION 1:
- Interpreting the Empathic Language of Another Person
- Beta Language
- Training Yourself To See Auras
- Lesson Eight Review
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