Empathy is one's ability to recognize and understand
the emotion of another. As the states of mind, beliefs,
and desires of others are intertwined with their emotions,
one with empathy for another may often be able to more
effectively divine another's modes of thought and mood.
Empathy is often characterized as the ability to "put
oneself into another's shoes", or experiencing the outlook
or emotions of another being within oneself, a sort
of emotional resonance.
A type of telepathic reception limited to the perception
of emotions; obviously this talent would tie in nicely
with absorption.
Empathy and Sympthy sound the same, but have to different
meanings. Sympathy is when you show sympthy to someone,
and are saddened by what they are going through. Let's
say a friend's brother died. Empathy is when you feel
their pain as if you were the one who lost your own
brother. Some people have this part of this ESP (extra
sensatory perception).
The feeling of Empathy can be good and can be scary.
Feelings of happiness can be good, but dark feelings
from another and you pick them up can be scary. To have
your own feelings pushed aside and have someone else's
take over is a sense of no control over yourself.
