Building a Culture of Empathy

[mariamma]

Originally Posted by Sachita

Empathy, compassion, love, desire, all the things that make us human is open for interpretation because the funny thing is that none of us expresses it the same way or maybe it is the same yet how we measure it. Does that make sense?

I spent hours crying over a dog that isn't mine because she's old and has to be put to sleep. I don't think I'm programmed any different I'm just a human who's experience "right now" connects with animals. I woke up at 4am and masturbated to fantasies some may consider "taboo" and they were completely against consensus standards. Maybe I have some wires crossed? hahahaha well hell yeah I probably do!

The whole science thing is unsettling to me because there are always exceptions to the rule. Often more then the so called facts will say.

Today I just give it to the universe, try and be present and allow whatever emotions I'm having to flow through me. I just don't question it any more and for me its just all part of my human experience.

I believe the whole science thing because it's how I've made sense of the world. I sense energy. I've sensed things all my life. It has protected me, trusting my intuition. I have since learned how to harness my 'perception' in order to do spirit work (in the past 2.5 years). The energy I sense is the same energy I sense from animals too. Which is what totally 'converted' me to the concept that all we do/think/feel is based on hormones and neurotransmitters and the other trace protein structures.
The 'giving to the Universe' and 'being present' is traced back to serotonergic activity in the brain. We do this because it feels good, makes life flow and makes it feel like we're at church and counters dopaminergic activity (pleasure seeking or 'I Want'). Animals do it as well. I see it and feel it energetically when a dog lies down, puts h/er nose in the air and smiles at everyone. I even feel the energy from my bunnies.
But this thread is supposed to be about empathy (oxytocin). I believe science because science has known for decades that anti-social personality disorder is connected to lack of oxytocin in the brain. Abuse (nurture) changes things more and makes those with the ASPD diagnosis violent. In fact, there are studies that say 90% of those with a psych diagnosis has abuse in h/er history.
But 80% of studies are disproven so look at meta-studies for better accuracy. In health care, 50% of best practice changes every 5 years. Science is ever-changing and is no absolute authority. It always should be taken with a grain of salt. But there are highly established, accepted truism in science. The hormone thing has been known for many, many years. The stress hormones were seen as the source of medical problems, adrenals removed and people had less stress but died in a few days because it upset water and minerals in the blood stream.
No one has to believe this stuff. But I do because it makes the most sense.