Content Heart to heart communication and empathy Emotional empathy, five points of the heart Go to top Heart to heart communication and empathy Theo. – I have observed the way you usually interview your patients. You always give the impression that you know all about...
The Elder – Recently, modern humanities and social sciences have taken significant steps in the knowledge of human beings’ psychology and how their brains work. The destructive effects of wars and of all the atrocities they entail have led Medicine to study...
Theo. – In life, most people search for happiness. But happiness seems to be of a difficult and transient nature. Could we share on that topic? The Elder – All the difficulty lies in combining a whole set of factors, so that, as a human being, we may attain personal...
Theo. – Today, I would like to further study the subject of the yoga of devotion, the one you call Bhakti-Yoga. The Elder – The key to bhakti-yoga lies in equanimity, a subject we studied last time. Devotees are, first and foremost, naturally sensitive, and very...
Theo. – Last time, you explained that we had to maintain that state of equanimity within ourselves. But you will accept, I guess, that sometimes such a balance may be affected, won’t you? The Elder – And then be restored, of course, by returning to the Presence....
Theo. – There are so many aspects to be mastered in our lives that sometimes I don’t know how to deal with it. The Elder – It all begins with the heart, and it all ends with the heart. Theo. – That’s a good start! It sounds like a Japanese koan. Once...
Theo. – How is it that you have never been afraid of death? The Elder – I don’t know. It was just the way I felt. Theo. – You must have thought about it, though? The Elder – For me, death is a fact, just like the fact that God exists. I believe it. It is by no...
Theo. – Last time, when you spoke about your spiritual quest, didn’t you tell me that you had met Shri Ram Chandra? Were you in quest of an Indian Master? The Elder – No! I was in search of God, inwardly, concretely, through my own experience. Theo....
Theo. – What can we do to help a child spiritually? The Elder. – First of all, we must be aware that we are welcoming a soul and recognize it as a heart-to-heart communication, as a soul whose destiny has to be respected, without interfering, and just accompany it on...
