Manifesting Empathy

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a framework for self-actualizations

The first step is to figure out where we are.

Though we can't do that without knowing how we got to wherever we are.

So we start with a structure to picture the process, starting from zero.

Look at your life through a series of age brackets:

0 to 5 // 5 to 12 // 12 to 18 // 18 to 25,

25 to 35 // 35 to 45 // 45 to 60

and beyond.

See all of your selves through these phases.

Your physical, mental, emotional, financial & spiritual selves.

Then write down the answers to the question what are/were the APOCs for each of my selves in each of these brackets?

Achievements, Pitfalls, Opportunities & Challenges.

Through this lens, or these lenses, you can begin to identify formative experiences that continue to affect you.

You can view these experiences through a structured lens, extract the lessons they have to offer, and in this way, release what is no longer needed, while deeply growing from the experience.

This is how you start to deeply forgive yourself; because you deeply know yourself.

The more you work with the joy of knowing the work you are doing, how you are doing that work, and why.

Sometimes a step back is merely preparation for a leap forward.

You become open to correction, because you embrace growth, and in this way find a path towards everlasting evolution ... no bs.

I go a bit more into the structure in the 5-page PDF pamphlet, Manifesting Empathy ($3).