Today, I Felt Empathy (In My Head)
The story of an imagined conversation with my ideal avatar.
Right now, I’m writing an article on how listening to our bodies is the beginning of spiritual growth.
It’s a piece on how spirit communicates through our emotions, and how we can use this nifty piece of metaphysics to stay on track in our lives.
Pretty cool, huh?
Having a conversation inside of my head. Original photo by author.
Well, it could be pretty inaccessible to people, especially if I’m not careful about my words.
Who has time to read an article they can’t understand, anyway?
So, I asked myself: “How can I phrase these ideas, in a way that resonates with my target audience?”
I closed my eyes and received a vision.
I saw the shimmering outline of a person, sitting alone on a park bench. They looked distressed — I couldn’t discern any of their facial features, but they were slouched over, elbows over knees.
I came closer.
“What’s wrong?” I asked, sitting down next to them.
They looked at me and began engaging in conversation. But it wasn’t a conversation done with words. No, they spoke a different kind of language — the language of emotion.
Everything they felt — their pains, fears, anxieties — was felt as my own. I understood their pain because it was my pain. I understood their feelings because they were my feelings.
It’s like a part of them became a part of me.
From this moment of empathy, I got one step closer to finishing my article.
Why?
Because they were a representation of my ideal customer avatar. And I finally knew what to say to them, because I understood the kinds of problems they were having. And I could interpret all of this, through my body’s feelings.
Here’s the takeaway.
This was a process that never could’ve happened if I hadn’t done these things:
- I had to accept my reader’s feelings as valid.
- I had to be willing to listen to their concerns.
- I couldn’t put words “in their mouth.”
- I couldn’t judge what they had to say. Everything they “said” was their valid experience, and I had to take them as they were.
This scenario happened in my head, but it could easily be extended to people in our everyday lives.
Here are some questions that I’ve been thinking about, after this experience:
How can we step inside another’s shoes and listen, really listen, to what they have to say?
How can we toss aside our judgments, and let others’ experiences come into our own?
These are the questions I’m tackling today, and hopefully, you’ve been inspired to tackle your own. I’d love to hear what challenges surrounding feelings have been popping up in your life— let me know in the comments below! 😄
After all, this is the game we’ve agreed to play with one another: the game of Love and Understanding, through the superpower we call “empathy.”
Until next time,
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Much Love! 🥰
— Aaron
