Empathy Is Condolence

Condolence: late 16th century: Latin condolere, from con- ‘with’ + dolere ‘grieve, suffer’.

Paying attention to others’ confusion with an unbiased attitude not only teaches us about our biased behaviour, but it’s also a safeguard against arrogance, and being unable to control our self.

‘Unbiased’ is seeing all sides, showing no prejudice for or against something; impartial.

We have experienced every emotion that everyone else has experienced. Most hide this in some sort of rationale, and therefore cannot empathise as they are too busy with their information and justification.

Condolence is to feel the suffering in the disorientation of others, rather than constantly using their confusion against them. It’s part of our dark side.

Pure consciousness is in the very first instant of seeing, but how quickly we judge others and fossilise the moment,becoming fixed and incapable of change or development.

This is exactly how we are divided: we cling to selective information, and that’s how we become biased.

Condolence is usually used for someone who loses a loved one.

At the death our self (our loved one :D)
– in the moment when attachment is dropped –
we should celebrate.
Our problem is that it reincarnates at the very next moment.

So celebrate that you notice it!
(and it dies again … )