Thank you @porters ❤️ I’m glad my rambles were useful to you. I have this sense that we would have pure empathy for each other if we had a less-impaired perspective with a fuller understanding and more information about others’ perspectives, motives & personal struggles. I consider that I might feel differently about receiving empathetic understanding from others if my conscience were less clear... but I’m not totally sure I would feel that insecurity if I understood my mistakes and what lead me to make them. I realize that I become much more forgiving toward people who have done something wrong if I take a closer look and analyze what happened from a less ego-influenced perspective. There’s certainly a line I would draw with feeling empathy toward someone who has done something terrible, but if I had all the information how differently would I see that person and their actions? If such a person feels shame and regret over what they’ve done, would that burden of shame they carry be alleviated if they understood themselves fully or would they judge themselves more (perhaps a bit of both?) 🤔

I followed your @porters account as well as @naturalmedicine and joined the discord. I’m interested in group meditations and I’ll check that out.

Appreciate you reaching out. 😊