The mammalian mid-brain
is predominantly useless. All that one requires are the reptilian hind brain
and the rational mind. The former, which governs survival, is a prerequisite to
life and therefore to value. The latter not only serves the former but enhances
it, enriching life with virtue.
The case can be made
that people who use the mammalian mid-brain are to the same extent sociopathic.
Empathy has absolutely nothing to do with status, with “community”, or with the
impersonal mechanics of “social cues” and “group dynamics”. Empathy is simply
the direct perception of an other being’s feelings and needs. Coupled with
rationality, it enables one to be an effective healer, discerning legitimate
emotions from illegitimate emotions and needs from cravings.
Often narcissists must
ask others about how they are feeling, not because they care (for they would
not then have to ask), but rather because they DO NOT KNOW, so they MUST ASK in
order to attain power. Empaths do not do this; they only ask to be polite, and
by asking they alter the condition of what they examine.
[({Dm.A.A.)}]
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