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True empathy, is relational multitasking at its
best. Just as our bodies are designed to
multitask; they do it all of the time, without any
prompting at all from our mind; our lungs are
breathing, our heart is beating, and every cell in
our body is continually reproducing and
functioning in exactly the way that it is designed
to. This is the natural way of living, this is the
natural way of being, our body is an active
participant in life.

So too, when we live through empathy, our
mind and our emotions collaborate and
multitask at their best. We are receiving, we are
reflecting, we are respectfully responsive, and
we take considered action. This is the natural
way of living; this is the natural way of being.
We are an active participant in life.
Empathy enables us to be fully present to our
real here and now experience, and through the
immediacy of this experience empathy grants us
the opportunity for a connection that can heal
across time.

Within our present experience empathy
enables us to listen to our history whilst
actively considering our future.

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