Over and over I underscore that all is vibration. Vibration influences and impacts vibration. Nothing is immune to this process. As vibrating human beings, whose senses have been progressively stepped down to accommodate the great forgettings of our Original Design, we are very sensitive to one another in multiple ways, as we shall see. We can impact one another energetically…and so, too, be impacted by others. Our personal awareness is the critical foundation upon which the conscious use of empathy and compassion lie. Without it, we simply do not “see it” to use it.

And remember, the third dimension is about restriction and rigidity. For the longest time it has been the exception to be sensitive. Those who were very sensitive became either ostracized and ridiculed, or celebrated as psychics, with a world of variation in between. The Boomer Generation initiated the change that has been ushered in since 1987. They came in at a higher sensitivity level, ready and willing to apply it to the Earth plane, no matter the cost to the status quo. The fields of linear time since 1945 are littered with the energetic debris of personal and collective rebellion, the precursor to the awakening in process right now.

Each successive generation incarnated with a higher sensitivity that began to transcend just the physical senses, especially after the Harmonic Convergence activation in 1987. This Celestial mass participation event set the stage for exponential amplification of energy fields, awareness, understanding, and recalibration, showing up as increasingly profound changes on all levels. The sensitivity surpassed the physical senses and entered the subtle body realms with the arrival of the first Indigo Children. It was the Crystal Children arriving in the mid to late 80’s who internalized the expanded sensitivity that became what is now termed empath. Each generation paved the way for the next, doing collective integration to varying levels of success, but always enough to kick things up a notch. Each time the aware and the awakened ones would benefit from the higher vibrations as well.

It has happened so fast that many are left with highly sensitive fields and bodies that border on being overwhelmed. The Celestial infusing wash of Love frequencies of the purest kinds have served as a salve somewhat, reigniting deeper awareness of the original design to start to activate the capacity to integrate the expanded awareness and put it into application in the moments of living. So much is happening so quickly on so very many levels it is hard to keep up with it. For remember also, that any raising of vibration will amplify in those who have responded, thus tweaking the ability to assimilate and further intensifying…the transformation/recalibration/ reawakening is in full swing….though  a large number of humans have no idea what is afoot.

The increased sensitivity has shown up primarily in the last three generations incarnating with supremely advanced capacities, born to infuse the vibration that could embrace and integrate the new energetics and information and capabilities. They, in many ways , have not played well with others because they just do not fit into the way it was in any way. They are coming in as we all are, showing us the what can be, inviting all generations to step up to reclaiming their own magic and magnificence. What a task…

The cost to this quickening is that many feel lost…temporarily. Many feel overwhelmed and many are simply leaving with the intent of coming back when the transformation is more in place. But you and I, my fellow pioneer, stand ready and willing to make sense of it all and put our learnings into action in the third dimensional world of Earth that is in process of trans-morphing into the fourth. Many on this beautiful planet are ready and already in action, birthing the higher frequency information that allows the puzzle to be assembled, thus releasing the expanded paradigms.

And all of this leads mightily into the understanding of empathy, compassion, and being an empath in these remarkable high times. Borrowing heavily on a very powerful work by our seeming constant companion, Cyndi Dale, titled The Spiritual Power of Your Empathy, we shall first define and explore empathy, redefine the empath, and move into understanding applied compassion.

Empathy is typically defined as the capacity to share and understand others’ emotions and needs as if they were our own. It also allows us to identify with others’ ideas and experiences, as well as imagine what something or someone could become.

Because you can empathize, your capacity for caring about that other person, and perhaps even making a difference in his or her life, is greatly enhanced. This is why empathy is so often linked to compassion, or the ability to alleviate another’s suffering.
Dale, Cyndi. The Spiritual Power of Empathy: Develop Your Intuitive Gifts for Compassionate Connection (p. 18). Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.. Kindle Edition.

Empathy is actually one of our spiritual gifts, conduits that link the very spiritual elements of our true being with the concrete and grounded aspects of our material nature. We can use this energetic ability to tune in to situations, objects, people, and celestial forces–past, present, and future–-in inexplicable ways beyond our ordinary five senses. Here information travels beyond the speed of light, linking us to people we have never met bonding us with others all over the world…if we choose.

Dale categorizes spiritual gifts as bodily empathic gifts (clear sensing, clear smelling, clear tasting, clear touching, and clear knowing), clear seeing (clairvoyance) and clear hearing (clairaudience).Each one of these allows us to receive and share information that can go backward and forward in time, to know the seemingly unknowable, and to create change without lifting a finger. And we all have the capacity to do any or all of these…by design. Too many have not been supported in developing them, let alone learning that they are even there.

The body is predisposed, designed…wired to connect on multiple levels with life. The chakras, the meridians, the energy subtle bodies are all set to gather and transmit information on high frequency levels. Our auric field extends up to thirty feet out from the physical body. Reflect on how many times during your day that life enters that field range. You pick up huge amounts of information that is integrated to varying degrees for various reasons, connection, understanding, protection, communication, analysis…We have deep awareness of all going on around and within us. We have but to interface the design with the conscious self to set it into usable motion. We are designed for loving kindness with all life forms.

Cyndi establishes that there are 6 overlapping Empathic Styles: physical (absorbs physical energies present in an environment); Emotional (feels another’s feelings as if they are their own); Mental (receives information and data from the outside world and seems to simply “know” what someone else knows); Natural (relates to nature based forces and creatures); Spiritual (senses the heart of the Divine and are often able to determine what “God wants” for themselves or others); Shamanic (all empathic gifts and styles are available in this one).

These styles are well discussed in her book. If you are intrigued in the least bit I support you picking it up as you can learn a lot about integration and use of your empathic capacities.

With this brief introduction you can see that we are designed for loving connection, wired to receive and transmit on multiple energetic levels with little or no restriction. Connecting with another through empathy is a beautiful gift and service we can provide for one another. The challenge is when there is too much information coming in.And this is where present day empaths fit in.

There have always been empaths, people highly sensitive to energy, so much so that it may alter how they interface with life in moment by moment basis. As I stated before the exponential shifts of energy since 1987 couple with the new frequency generations incarnation has impacted how many are doing life.

For one who is aware of their empathic sensitivity it would be useful to study more. You can see that since we are all wired to be empathic in a variety of ways and styles, there are many variations in how it may show up in you. Couple that with your own incarnational, familial, and cultural history and you can see how it can get messy and confusing very quickly. Unresolved issues, energetic debris, unspoken emotional woundings, etc. can easily be triggered by your degree of empathy, leading to challenges and potential overwhelm. Your spiritual gifts are not awakening to threaten you or limit your living fully. On the contrary, they are coming on line to give you the life you deserve in full color and high vibration.

We are in a major transition here. If you are aware of your capacity as an empath, with a tendency to take on others issues, feelings, symptoms, etc then you have some work to do. Isolation is not a long term answer. Attending to clearing your own debris is highly useful and will even impact the type of people/situations you attract to your field. Discernment to determine which empathy styles you have will allow you to develop and fine tune your capacity to make it easy and usable to yourself and others. Learning about and working with conscious application of energetic boundaries is highly recommended. These are not so much for protection but more for the regulation of your own energetic field, keeping out frequencies of information that you simply do not need to take on. You can learn certain empowerments to assist in the movement of the energy and your own sensitivity to it, letting you adjust the amount you let in as well as the amount you are aware of. Conscious boundary and energetic field cleansing after any outside interaction would be advantageous for you to practice consistently.

Additionally, proper self care is a must. If you are already experiencing symptoms of floating conditions like Lyme disease, Epstein Barr, and fibromyalgia, you may want to look seriously at your empathic regulation as well as clearing inner stagnant residue of interactions with others, including energy taken on that is not your own. Regulating your personal field and shoring up the boundaries may go a long way to augmenting regular treatments to bring about the desired results.

Too many of us have lost the owner’s manual for higher frequency living. The younger ones are likely not incarnating into an experience that will readily support their new frequency and are not being reinforced to activate their deep inner knowing and all the capacities that would integrate their capabilities into living fully.

At the bottom of this information I shall list some useful resources for you.

Fully functioning empathy will lead you right to compassion, which is the call to ease another’s suffering., If you allow it. Not all empaths are compassionate, owing to their own level of sensitivity and debris. One of the current challenges world wide is that compassion, kindness, care, and empathy are not celebrated in any mass scale, thus, to the uninformed they are waning. But you and I know that a great deal is going on behind the scenes. In a short time you shall see an explosion of all of these life affirming behavioral actions. Quote me on that…

Compassion arises when an empath acts altruistically, choosing to alleviate the suffering of another simply because it’s the right thing to do. As it ought to be, compassion is considered one of the greatest of virtues in nearly every religion, one we are called to cultivate and demonstrate.
Dale, Cyndi. The Spiritual Power of Empathy: Develop Your Intuitive Gifts for Compassionate Connection (p. 50). Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.. Kindle Edition.

Compassion is a heart based living choice to show up for self and others filled with the Celestial Love that is your foundation of existence. The more solid you are in your inner knowing and expression of Whole Self the more compassionate you can be. Self compassion precedes our external expression because it reduces the possibility that you give to get. Filling you up leaves you with a lot to give. Practice proper and consistent self care. Live from the heart space. Respect and forgive easily. Know that nothing is as it seems. Be tender. Accept challenges because you know you can handle them. Know that you are already enough/ Be vulnerable and authentic, understanding, kind, non critical, generous, helpful…you get this. When these are flowing from you to you then you are primed to serve the world.

Cyndi calls it Compassionate Empathy. It starts and ends with empathy. We must understand what another is going through within their frame of reference, not only our own. Then we can broaden mind and heart and allow the guidance that moves towards problem solving compassionately. Compassionate empathy is feeling, sensing, and caring. It is bonding, linking, and understanding. It includes acting, witnessing, and striving to make a difference.

It is not sympathy or pity…

When we empathize, we experience the thoughts, emotions, and direct experiences of another, an object, or a part of ourselves. We enter the other’s subjective reality instead of simply observing their experience through our own so-called objective lens. Simultaneously, we are able to continue feeling our own reality. We don’t lose ourself or forget our own senses, emotions, or needs simply because we are relating to someone else. In contrast, when we are sympathizing, we are so deeply experiencing the other’s reality that we actually assume it. The result is that we lose contact with ourselves. The other’s reality transplants our own. We become a secondary figure while the person, situation, or being we are sympathizing with becomes primary. We can even take on someone else’s illnesses or conditions.

Sympathy is reactionary. Rather than sensing another’s reality and creating a bond, we go the extra step. We take on or even “fix” their discomfort by acting it out ourselves. This results in a smothering of ourselves and is actually not in integrity to the other person either, who must eventually help themselves if they are to address the problem.
Dale, Cyndi. The Spiritual Power of Empathy: Develop Your Intuitive Gifts for Compassionate Connection (p. 59). Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.. Kindle Edition.

To be in compassionate empathy is to be solid in the body. The call of these times is to show up for one another authentically, knowing without a doubt the unified Oneness that exists between you. You do not hesitate to provide support that honors the one before you as an equal. All are on a different place on the journey home. Some require more support and witnessing to stay focused and moving. As a clear being you can provide this. Do it…serve all of humanity, after your self is charged…

The Spiritual Power of Empathy, Cyndi Dale
Empath, Adam Johns