what is going on in your mind is not…

what is going on in your mind is not only more complicated than you understand. It’s more complicated than you can understand your mind hides most of what you’re thinking so you can get on with life . Furthermore, you’re too close to yourself. You cannot see the models you use to perceive the world because you’re seeing with them. Introspection isn’t the best way to repair your model, communication is you also need to practice empathy. People who are good at Mary mirroringalso have emotional granularity, the ability to finally distinguish between different emotional states. A second empathic scale is not mirroring, but mental Ing. Projective empathy, the act of projecting my memories into your being. The most important part of your life is ahead of you not behind. You caring does not necessarily offering what I would want in that situation. Caring begins with the awareness that the other person has a consciousness that is different from my ownend of paragraph

— from The Instruments (Awareness/Perception/Expectations)

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