An empathetic person is not always compassionate. Whereas, a compassionate person is always empathetic. The empathy may completely absent... for example, medical professionals when encounter repeated health challenges of the patients.
This is not well substantiated, but we can move forward with it! Within a large Circle (better a free but closed form) of Engagement, we, in majority, show Pity/ Sympathy/ Empathy etc... and all are marginally separated by language driven definitions.
But our Engagement depends on many other factors, and one being how easy to access the target person really is. Or, how ready (less inhabitant) we are to trespass the emotional fencing the said person has built around them.
If Compassion and Empathy need to be represented, the circles is not very convincing....
The following image may look better
🍳 - Fire is the Compassion - Pan is the Empathy - White is the Sympathy - Yellow is the Pity
But all are not circles, but originating from same point and growing in the same direction, with long axis and short axis
True compassion is NEVER devoid of empathy. What you mentioned via medical professionals is more like their obligation/ compulsion/ commitment (which isn't necessarily genuine) to their profession for multiple reasons.
If pan analogy makes more sense to you, awesome. The understanding and interpretation is always subjective.
An empathetic person is not always compassionate. Whereas, a compassionate person is always empathetic. The empathy may completely absent... for example, medical professionals when encounter repeated health challenges of the patients.
This is not well substantiated, but we can move forward with it! Within a large Circle (better a free but closed form) of Engagement, we, in majority, show Pity/ Sympathy/ Empathy etc... and all are marginally separated by language driven definitions.
But our Engagement depends on many other factors, and one being how easy to access the target person really is. Or, how ready (less inhabitant) we are to trespass the emotional fencing the said person has built around them.
If Compassion and Empathy need to be represented, the circles is not very convincing....
The following image may look better
🍳 - Fire is the Compassion - Pan is the Empathy - White is the Sympathy - Yellow is the Pity
But all are not circles, but originating from same point and growing in the same direction, with long axis and short axis
True compassion is NEVER devoid of empathy. What you mentioned via medical professionals is more like their obligation/ compulsion/ commitment (which isn't necessarily genuine) to their profession for multiple reasons.
If pan analogy makes more sense to you, awesome. The understanding and interpretation is always subjective.
Compassion vs TRUE Compassion, hope not subjective
How NEVER is so universal TRUTH here?
I knew the difference between the two but I had never looked at the distinction that deeply. Thank you, Ashi.
Glad it helped :)