empathy
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Empathy Heals Mental Illness
I’m thinking about starting a charity called Empathy. Today, I was feeling paranoid. It came over me like a wave. Ever since my suicide attempt last year I have struggled with loneliness, seemingly unable to find love and support, even from those who used to be my closest friends. The problem, it seems, is that Continue reading
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Making Sacrifices
There are times when, in the furtherment of the divine cause, we have to make sacrifices. We are human beings with real emotions, and we are empathic creatures, which means we feel each others’ pain. Sometimes, if someone around us is going through some challenging emotional experiences, we will pick up on that, and feel Continue reading
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The Gift of Healing
Throughout history certain fortunate individuals have been blessed with the ability to heal. Jesus is the obvious example, along with other saints and prophets and holy people. It seems to me that I may have been blessed with that kind of a spiritual gift. I am able to empathise with people’s suffering because, in a Continue reading

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My name is Steven Nicholas Colborne.
I’m a philosopher and author living in the United Kingdom. On this blog, I write about matters of philosophy and religion and share a variety of personal articles.
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Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy whole heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind, and thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
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