Taoist wisdom

The Empathic Balance: Feeling Without Falling

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Part 5: The Empathic Balance — Feeling Without Falling Learning Objectives By the end of this section, the student will be able to: The Nature of Empathy Empathy is the wizard’s open gate — it allows understanding to pass through but also allows the world’s sorrow to enter.Without empathy, counsel becomes cold and mechanical.With too … Read more

Discernment and the Wizard’s Inner Mirror: Seeing Truth with Clarity and Compassion

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Part 2: Discernment and the Wizard’s Inner Mirror Learning Objectives By the end of this section, students will: The Mirror of Discernment A wizard cannot see truth in others until he sees truth in himself.Discernment begins where judgment ends. Judgment seeks to measure; discernment seeks to understand. The Book of Proverbs (NASB) tells us: “The … Read more