Jeremy Rifkin Quotes

We Are Beginning To Learn That An Empathic Moment Requires Both Intimate Engagement And A Measure Of Detachment. If Our Feelings Completely Spill Over Into Another's Feelings Or Their Feelings Overwhelm Our Psyche, We Lose A Sense Of Self And The Ability To Imagine The Other As If They Were Us. Empathy Is A Difficult Balancing Act. One Has To Be Open To Experiencing Another's Plight As If It Were One's Own But Not Be Engulfed By It, At The Expense Of Drowning Out The Self's Ability To Be A Unique And Separate Being. Empathy Requires A Porous Boundary Between I And Thou That Allows The Identity Of Two Beings To Mingle In A Shared Mental Space.
- The Empathic Civilization: The Race To Global Consciousness In A World In Crisis

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