{"id":13447,"date":"2023-10-28T20:57:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T20:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/?p=13447"},"modified":"2023-10-28T21:04:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T21:04:27","slug":"small-circle-versus-broad-circle-empathy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/empathy-compassion\/small-circle-versus-broad-circle-empathy","title":{"rendered":"Small-Circle versus Broad-Circle Empathy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Humans are made for a local environment \u2015 the village as our world, not the world as a village. Nature never knew we would need to empathize with the other side of the world one day.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Yet there is increasingly this need.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Not only to tackle global problems.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, these problems exist and need broad-circle solutions. Almost everybody is aware of that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We need broad-circle empathy also for more local issues, or even better: to prevent them \u2014 regional wars, for instance, or problems with just living together in diversity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, nature made us flexible. Nevertheless…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Small-circle empathy can lead to a lack of broad-circle empathy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We run into problems if they oppose each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With only small-circle empathy, the situation quickly becomes an \u2018us versus them<\/a>.\u2019 Small-circle empathy from both sides can turn into bilateral hatred<\/a>. Reversely, with only broad-circle empathy, the immediate environment may be unattended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nevertheless, it\u2019s basically the same phenomenon, with the same neuromodulators and brain centers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then why are so many people enclosed in small-circle empathy?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I guess mainly because \u2013 pretty logically \u2013 there is more direct reinforcement from a young age onwards. Again and again, brains\/minds are trained in small-circle empathy by highly valued people in one\u2019s vicinity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, children may see many far-away situations\/people to empathize with on screen and with little direct reinforcement. The following image or clip may already be about something unrelated. Empathy becomes a fleeting thing between two other fleeting things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The above means we should especially pay attention to this in education \u2015 starting with the educators themselves. Special training can be envisioned in this regard. While \u2018courses in empathy\u2019 generally do not seem to work, AURELIS coaching<\/a> is empathy-supportive, heightening empathy from the inside out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On top of this, attention may go to exposing children and educators to deeper documentaries rather than shallow daily news, let alone tiny clips designed to prop up an overloaded dopamine system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reading excellent literature by authors from different times and cultures is, in my view, crucial at a young age \u2015 say, around adolescence, at the time of intellectual entry into the adult world. It forms the reader who can let himself be deeply immersed in the reading and experiencing. Undoubtedly, it has helped me a lot in growing up!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open-minded future<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Naturally, the AURELIS striving is one of both kinds of empathy \u2015 deepened into Compassion. The social end goal is global Compassion<\/a>, making the world into one place to live in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This doesn\u2019t mean local customs should be neglected, despised, or even abandoned. Quite the contrary may happen, and that\u2019s a good thing. Local cultures are fascinating if they don\u2019t coerce people into being self-incongruent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a sign of broad empathy and open-mindedness to adapt oneself to local cultures and accord with them as much as possible \u2015 likewise, to accept people from outside and respect their cultures<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no in-depth contradiction in this.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There may be contradictions at the outside, especially if one sees other cultures as big scary invaders. I think that\u2019s a sign of not having well integrated one\u2019s own culture into one\u2019s own personality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Otherwise, there\u2019s nothing to be afraid of, and all reason to be tolerant and respectful, asking respect in return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let small circles and broad circles strengthen each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everything will blossom into more and more empathy beyond<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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