Abendrot
one way trip
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To continue with empathy training we need to dedicate a thread that is only for practice and not for discussion.
One person says, I ............, and the partner responds with, you .......... The first person repeats this six times and the partner responds with you .... six times.
Then the partners swap roles and the second person says I something, something, something .... and the first partner responds with exactly the same words except substituting you for I, again for six times.
We do this six times turn and turn about.
And we do this for six days every second day.
This is mechanical, like learning the scales on the piano, but every day we do it we are learning how to use our empathic muscles.
And there comes a point where we get it, where we can take it for granted and start to extend our empathic range.
[MENTION=26032]Shaedow[/MENTION]
I initially had some interest in this idea of yours, but there is something condescending and snide about someone who denies other people's ability to empathize and or develop empathy on their own, and then proceeds to propose such demeaning exercises in order to "enlighten" them.