Empath's the name, Spiritual Awakening's terrain.

When you have already experienced a dramatic familial introduction to life, a path of intense ups and downs and a chain of relationships that have sent you to the brink of insanity and back, the last thing you may want to hear is - "You are on a Spiritual Path". However, those very words are a treasure to herald and explore as an Empath on your journey of self-discovery.

Empaths are the dreamers and idealists of the world and have the ability to feel and assimilate the emotions of other people, groups and external forces into their own bodies. However, this can be a source of great confusion for them. Due to feeling something that they find difficult to fully understand, explain and often feeling it to an extreme, they tend to become overwhelmed in large crowds and highly charged emotional situations.

They are often labelled as being “too sensitive”, however they are caring, passionate, in touch with their emotions and have heightened perceptual abilities for seeing the bigger picture.

These deep feelers have outside-of-the-box thinking, creativity in abundance and intuitive gifts which continue to develop for the highest good of themselves and others. They have many amazing traits, big and tender hearts and the instinct to help others in need, alongside their unique way of perceiving the world in rich and multilayered ways. In addition to these traits, they have exceptional attunement to all things in nature and a large capacity for Spiritual Awakening.

But before we get into this, let's explore what makes the Empath so different to other empathic people...

When an individual has Empathy, it means that they have the ability to share someone else's feelings or experiences, by imagining what it would be like to be in that person's situation. A Highly Sensitive Person would feel upset for the person and what they’re going through and would be affected quite deeply.

Empaths, however, have this experience on a whole other level whereby they are actually able to feel other people's energy, emotions and physical symptoms within their own bodies. This experience is attributed to the lack of usual defences that most people have, namely strong energetic boundaries, which can lead the Empath to having their entire system upset and overwhelmed by what's happening in their immediate environment.

When an Empath is unaware that they are an Empath or cannot decipher what is their energy and that of another, it is common for them to become engulfed with negative emotions or even as upset as the distressed person or group. According to Empath expert, Dr. Judith Orloff, when placed on a scale, these empathic distinctions are ordered as follows; empathy deficient disorders are situated at the lowest end, loving empathic people are placed mid-range, Highly Sensitive People sit marginally higher and Empaths are situated at the highest end.

When it comes to spirituality, Empaths are naturally highly attuned to the subtleties of this path, which is especially beneficial in reclaiming their personal power. They have a natural ability for profound spiritual and intuitive experiences that can assist them to connect with the collective consciousness and communicate with animals, nature, and even inner-guides.

The spiritual path is especially beneficial for the Empath, in the management of innate gifts and sensitivities, which are often hidden underneath issues with addiction or addictive behaviours. In light of this, when an Empath honours the natural progression of their spiritual awakening and the unfurling of their own unique path, it assists them to open up to all kinds of possibilities for themselves and the collective at large.

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- With deepest gratitude, Jessica.

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