CHAPTER 3: TWO STAGES OF EMPATHIC DEVELOPMENT

There are two stages of empathic development. You must know these two stages to understand better what it means to develop your empathic skills.

The two stages of empathic development are:

• The Disempowered Stage and
• The Empowered Stage

The Disempowered Stage

This stage usually occurs early in life when empaths start to develop certain coping mechanisms that turn out to be negative later on. The empath starts feeling the energies around him/her but doesn't know what to do. They start running away from people and spend a lot of time alone because they don't know how to deal with people's energies.

Some empaths can stay in a disempowered stage their whole lives if they don't get to develop their empathic abilities. Usually, the disempowered stage starts early in life, and it can carry through until the person has a spiritual awakening.

Core Belief

The core belief of a disempowered empath is:

"The energy that presents itself in front of me is stronger than I am."

Whether the empath is consciously aware of it or not, a disempowered empath will hold this core belief, which is why they run and isolate themselves.

A disempowered empath doesn't believe that he has a choice. They are always looking for coping mechanisms because they think they don't have a choice but to absorb all sorts of energy. The disempowered empath is constantly being influenced by energy.

The Empowered Stage

The empowered stage usually occurs later on in life when the person has had a spiritual awakening or developed their inner power.

Core Belief

The core belief that an empowered empath is:

"There is no energy stronger than me."

Switching from the disempowered belief to the empowered belief will change your life as an empath. It happened to several other people and me—your life shifts by switching from one belief to the other.

The empowered empath knows that they have a choice in any given situation of whether they want to take in energy or not. And this is key to the empath's power. An empowered empath can choose to be an influencer or be influenced by energy. When you remember that you can be a powerful influencer, you'll never run away from any situation again.

You're not here to run away from negative energy; you are here to transmute negative energy. An empath is an alchemist. You're here to grab all the negative energy and turn it into love. An empath can be an influencer, but can also choose to be influenced depending on the energy.