In our day-to-day lives we often sympathise with someone who is dear to us, because we feel that with our sympathy that person may feel light and relaxed. However, showing sympathy is not empathy, because in simple words it is primarily feeling sorry for someone and nothing much. Whereas to empathise is to be sensitive to the feelings of the other without necessarily creating the same emotions within oneself.

Many of us have learnt to believe that we need to be in the same emotional state as the other person in order to recognise, understand, and help them through their emotional turmoil. But actually it is not so. Have you seen two crying people consoling each other? Not really! We need to understand that only when there is the absence of emotions like sadness, anger, and fear within our

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