The Sage Says

          Many empaths find it difficult to be in the world as we take on everyone’s feelings and experiences. It causes great sadness and suffering. We have a hard time understanding how things are, and why people choose to do certain things. We have a hard time watching people suffer and be depressed as most of us know there is another way. But ironically, we don’t choose that way. We call ourselves empaths and use that as an excuse to take on other’s suffering. We don’t even realize that our own identity of empath is what causes the suffering.           I had a profound discovery during one of my recent meditations. Being vegan, I have a really hard time watching animals suffer. I only shared my vegan life style choice because for me, I found it to be a duty to save animals in any way that I can. I live in Mexico and there are other conditions besides factory farming that occur here. A lot of people have animals as pets and they don’t care for them. I have a neighbor who got a puppy

             This is something I have been pondering for years now. I have been deeply into studying Buddhism, and Zen, and others of the sort. All of them speak of no attachments. How is it possible to love without being attached? Well, it is possible, but not until we’ve practiced not being attached; not being attached to outcomes, people, and things. Once we’ve mastered that, love is just something else to not be attached to.           What is unconditional love? It’s exactly as it sounds, loving without conditions to an outcome or the person we’re loving. I would imagine that is how relationships can be successful, with minimal conflict. Of course, we are human, and our ego will continue to show itself, especially when the mirror is constantly being held in front of our face. Relationships of all kinds are just mirrors of ourselves, as we only know what we are or have been. What we don’t like in others is what we do not like within ourselves. It is unresolved trauma, pain, fears,