ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SYMPATHY AND EMPATHY VIA CONSTRUCT
A Series of Aphorisms
with sympathy you feel with the other person. This is an involuntary response that precludes the forming of conscious thought
with empathy you enter into another’s feeling. It is a voluntary response that enables you to create a construct of what the other person may be experiencing
this process forms a cycle, or system, comprised of three principles: sympathy, empathy and construct
over valuing empathy alone can lead to denial that one’s judgement is being effected by sympathy
over valuing sympathy alone can lead to denial that one is affecting a construct and entering into it
Confusing the latter for the former reduces the alignment of constructs within the system
over valuing construct alone can lead to denial of either of the other two principles’ effect on the system
denial is the disruptive value of each of the three principles effect on each other
defiance is the regulating value of each of the three principles effect on each other
defiance in this system appears to follow a general pattern based on similar frequencies, or fidelity, between the requisite values of each principle
by defying voluntary thought, sympathy checks empathy’s fidelity to construct
by defying involuntary responses, empathy checks construct’s fidelity to sympathy
by defying harmony, construct checks sympathy’s fidelity to empathy
sympathy fuels empathy. Understanding how this works can help avoid fallacies of reasoning about other people. Feel with becomes enter into
empathy fuels construct. Enter into becomes build together
construct fuels sympathy. Build together becomes feel with
as one principle is emphasized over another the system becomes unbalanced
unbalancing captures power through a process that begins with the overwhelming of one principle over its antecedent
sympathy overwhelms empathy, empathy overwhelms construct, and construct overwhelms sympathy
this triggers denial, which creates friction in the system thus enabling the capturing of energy
while this unbalancing/overwhelming phenomena is unidirectional, denial appears to be less ordered but somewhat predictable through observation of values and how they interact (3,4,6 etc). This indicates the nature of denial’s disruptive value
by capturing energy, denial introduces entropy into the system
the difference between defiance(checking fidelity) and denial(checking currency) is key
defiance tempers energy to preserve momentum within the system
empathy as a causative value is the source of, but not necessarily object of, emphasis. To enter into is to change within. This is the middle value
construct as a causative value is the source of, but not necessarily object of, denial. To build together is to place between. This is the high value
sympathy as a causative value is the source of, but not necessarily object of, currency. To feel with is to form three. Deep is the causative value of sympathy
sympathy as water. Empathy as land. Construct as sky.
the introduction of new constructs offers new variations of these principles into the system
people tend to interact through constructs for a sense of security. We build together so we can feel with by placing between. This provides insight into the nature of sympathy’s defiance: form three to change within what we place between
we feel with so we can enter into by forming three. This provides insight into the nature of empathy’s defiance: change within what we place between to form three
we enter into so we can feel with by building together. This provides insight into the nature of construct’s defiance: we place between to form three so we can change within
constructs tend to meet at the external, or exoteric, aspects of their values, thus creating a perception that the construct comprises its own system. This is a half truth in that one is entering into a construct yet it is still only one of three principles
a construct, it’s causative value being denial of currency, is by it’s nature operating as both a principle and conclusion. Construct is therefore a form of hubris that brings entropy into the system
in terms of effective values, construct is in fact the perception of the system, while sympathy is the emergent value and empathy a transitional value. All of these retain their causative values as principles
sympathy feels, empathy writes, construct sees
timing, or alignment of internal principles, determines the conditions of two or more constructs meeting. At this point the values multiply exponentially
fidelity as requisite values: sympathy is water that feels the land, empathy is land that writes the sky, construct is sky that sees the water
so far we have detected deeper values for different principles in relation to the others - deeper causative value for sympathy and deeper effective value for construct
the principle of empathy has a deeper requisite value, between the values of cause and effect. The way this corresponds with fidelity may provide further insights as to this depth
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