The Desensitizing of the World (23)
I do those small things to help others when the opportunity arises, and I've taught my sons to do the same through my actions. I've made them apologize to trees, making them realize how important all life is in this world. I live what I teach them, and so does their father, and it shows in the young men that they're growing up to be. I do cry for the baby that's been beaten, my heart bleeds for its death. It's who I am...I've been desensitized to some things, but not the cruelty of the world.
And yes, I am an Empath...one big, walking heart. I never want to lose that feeling. You can do it without it destroying your soul...to turn it off is what would destroy mine.
And yes, I am an Empath...one big, walking heart. I never want to lose that feeling. You can do it without it destroying your soul...to turn it off is what would destroy mine.
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druidess6308: I do those small things to help others when the opportunity arises, and I've taught my sons to do the same through my actions. I've made them apologize to trees, making them realize how important all life is in this world. I live what I teach them, and so does their father, and it shows in the young men that they're growing up to be. I do cry for the baby that's been beaten, my heart bleeds for its death. It's who I am...I've been desensitized to some things, but not the cruelty of the world.
And yes, I am an Empath...one big, walking heart. I never want to lose that feeling. You can do it without it destroying your soul...to turn it off is what would destroy mine.
And yes, I am an Empath...one big, walking heart. I never want to lose that feeling. You can do it without it destroying your soul...to turn it off is what would destroy mine.
Bless your heart, we are much alike!
Sometimes being an empath is hard..you have to defer what is yours and what is not!
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you said it all so well gypsysoul i have little to add. only this act locally think globally. be a hero, help a stranger.
respect you planet and it's inhabitants.
beautiful thread.
thanks
bliss
respect you planet and it's inhabitants.
beautiful thread.
thanks
bliss
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I cried when Ole Yeller died but I won't part with my XBOX 360. These bed things are done by bad people. They are bad because they have no fear of the law. If you want to fix this, demand that liberal judges be removed.
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gypsysoul: CNN, Fox News, Local Media spread the word of death, famine and destruction. Every day thousand of minutes tick by filling your heads with these calamities.
Have you ever rented a movie and one of your favorite character dies at the end, tears well up on your eyes and a part of you dies with the character. Then you watch the movie over and over again. You find yourself not crying anymore, you have become desensitized to the death of your favorite character.
Gunman opening fire on innocent people, school killings, stabbings, terrorist attacks, plane crashes, and the list goes on and on, everyday, every minute; we are bombarded with negative pictures and stories, desensitizing us to death.
Empathy is a thing of the past. People rather turn their heads then help a person who has been beaten in public view, or help an old lady cross the street. Buy groceries for the family that has none. Smiling to a stranger is a thing of the past. This is the desensitizing of the world.
People wonder why there are crazy gunmen loose on the streets, anywhere at any time you could be the one begging for mercy while he stands with you in his scope. He has watched so much of the dying and the killing that it doesn’t matter to him who he takes out. Violent video games desensitize our youth who are the future of this world.
How can we turn this around? Find empathy in your heart, truly feel the loss of the 10 month old baby who was beaten, truly ache for its death. Help an old lady cross the street, buy a stranger a rose, smile at people you pass in the store, help someone who has broke down in their car, with random acts of kindness.
People pray for peace, BE PEACE, BE EMPATHY and watch the world we live in turn around.
And 50 years ago they blamed comic books, there is always something to blame other than the people that commit the crimes themselves.Have you ever rented a movie and one of your favorite character dies at the end, tears well up on your eyes and a part of you dies with the character. Then you watch the movie over and over again. You find yourself not crying anymore, you have become desensitized to the death of your favorite character.
Gunman opening fire on innocent people, school killings, stabbings, terrorist attacks, plane crashes, and the list goes on and on, everyday, every minute; we are bombarded with negative pictures and stories, desensitizing us to death.
Empathy is a thing of the past. People rather turn their heads then help a person who has been beaten in public view, or help an old lady cross the street. Buy groceries for the family that has none. Smiling to a stranger is a thing of the past. This is the desensitizing of the world.
People wonder why there are crazy gunmen loose on the streets, anywhere at any time you could be the one begging for mercy while he stands with you in his scope. He has watched so much of the dying and the killing that it doesn’t matter to him who he takes out. Violent video games desensitize our youth who are the future of this world.
How can we turn this around? Find empathy in your heart, truly feel the loss of the 10 month old baby who was beaten, truly ache for its death. Help an old lady cross the street, buy a stranger a rose, smile at people you pass in the store, help someone who has broke down in their car, with random acts of kindness.
People pray for peace, BE PEACE, BE EMPATHY and watch the world we live in turn around.
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Da10th: And 50 years ago they blamed comic books, there is always something to blame other than the people that commit the crimes themselves.
Well put. There is always something or someone to blame. Empathy isn't a thing of the past, how many times do people help and not just stand there...you don't know because it doesn't make the news. I, for one, am not desensitized. Nor are many people I know. I read your other post about the shootings and it seemed like anyone who didn't respond they way you wanted got verbally abused. Hmmm....
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boomer2008: I cried when Ole Yeller died but I won't part with my XBOX 360. These bed things are done by bad people. They are bad because they have no fear of the law. If you want to fix this, demand that liberal judges be removed.
I agree. Get rid of the liberal judges and these crimes can't always be stopped with empathy and sensitivity.
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I am totally de-sensitized to images of gore and horror.
Hence I'm a bit of a gore junkie, in regards to video games, movies.
Nothing shocks me but it's just another way our society has evolved.
I mean if you think about the Gladiator scenario way back when, people giving a
or a 
for a person to live or die...
We haven't changed that much, I don't think they were easily shocked then as we aren't easily shocked now.
Empathy does exist.
But apathy tends to prosper too, we live in a crazy world, if we let ourselves feel every heartache then we would surely succumb to a deep universal depression.
I do watch the news and say that's awful, I cry watching movies, I feel but I'm damn glad that it doesn't affect me.
Maybe not ideal, but honest.
Hence I'm a bit of a gore junkie, in regards to video games, movies.
Nothing shocks me but it's just another way our society has evolved.
I mean if you think about the Gladiator scenario way back when, people giving a
or a for a person to live or die...We haven't changed that much, I don't think they were easily shocked then as we aren't easily shocked now.
Empathy does exist.
But apathy tends to prosper too, we live in a crazy world, if we let ourselves feel every heartache then we would surely succumb to a deep universal depression.
I do watch the news and say that's awful, I cry watching movies, I feel but I'm damn glad that it doesn't affect me.
Maybe not ideal, but honest.
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tgwstw: I am totally de-sensitized to images of gore and horror.
Hence I'm a bit of a gore junkie, in regards to video games, movies.
Nothing shocks me but it's just another way our society has evolved.
I mean if you think about the Gladiator scenario way back when, people giving a or a for a person to live or die...
We haven't changed that much, I don't think they were easily shocked then as we aren't easily shocked now.
Empathy does exist.
But apathy tends to prosper too, we live in a crazy world, if we let ourselves feel every heartache then we would surely succumb to a deep universal depression.
I do watch the news and say that's awful, I cry watching movies, I feel but I'm damn glad that it doesn't affect me.
Maybe not ideal, but honest.
Hence I'm a bit of a gore junkie, in regards to video games, movies.
Nothing shocks me but it's just another way our society has evolved.
I mean if you think about the Gladiator scenario way back when, people giving a or a for a person to live or die...
We haven't changed that much, I don't think they were easily shocked then as we aren't easily shocked now.
Empathy does exist.
But apathy tends to prosper too, we live in a crazy world, if we let ourselves feel every heartache then we would surely succumb to a deep universal depression.
I do watch the news and say that's awful, I cry watching movies, I feel but I'm damn glad that it doesn't affect me.
Maybe not ideal, but honest.
That is actually a very healthy perspective...
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Da10th: And 50 years ago they blamed comic books, there is always something to blame other than the people that commit the crimes themselves.
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. Dr. Seuss~
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Buckg73: Well put. There is always something or someone to blame. Empathy isn't a thing of the past, how many times do people help and not just stand there...you don't know because it doesn't make the news. I, for one, am not desensitized. Nor are many people I know. I read your other post about the shootings and it seemed like anyone who didn't respond they way you wanted got verbally abused. Hmmm....
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. Dr. Seuss~
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gypsysoul: Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. Dr. Seuss~
Quoting an author that portrays an elephant that sits on an egg.
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tgwstw: I am totally de-sensitized to images of gore and horror.
Hence I'm a bit of a gore junkie, in regards to video games, movies.
Nothing shocks me but it's just another way our society has evolved.
I mean if you think about the Gladiator scenario way back when, people giving a or a for a person to live or die...
We haven't changed that much, I don't think they were easily shocked then as we aren't easily shocked now.
Empathy does exist.
But apathy tends to prosper too, we live in a crazy world, if we let ourselves feel every heartache then we would surely succumb to a deep universal depression.
I do watch the news and say that's awful, I cry watching movies, I feel but I'm damn glad that it doesn't affect me.
Maybe not ideal, but honest.
Hence I'm a bit of a gore junkie, in regards to video games, movies.
Nothing shocks me but it's just another way our society has evolved.
I mean if you think about the Gladiator scenario way back when, people giving a or a for a person to live or die...
We haven't changed that much, I don't think they were easily shocked then as we aren't easily shocked now.
Empathy does exist.
But apathy tends to prosper too, we live in a crazy world, if we let ourselves feel every heartache then we would surely succumb to a deep universal depression.
I do watch the news and say that's awful, I cry watching movies, I feel but I'm damn glad that it doesn't affect me.
Maybe not ideal, but honest.
That was honest and I respect your honestly.
It does affect you, because you live in this world.
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I agree that the world is being desensitized to empathy, sympathy and compassion.
Our spirits are being suppressed through continual exposure to violence and disaster.
We are being trained not to react, or even to care.
Jesus said it would happen.
Mat 24:12
And because evil will abound, the love of many will grow cold.
Our spirits are being suppressed through continual exposure to violence and disaster.
We are being trained not to react, or even to care.
Jesus said it would happen.
Mat 24:12
And because evil will abound, the love of many will grow cold.
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gypsysoul: I don't see you selling billions of books, the man was a total genius.Read up on him.......Genius!
I agree.
Doctor Seuss stories were crazy but that made them all the more effective and interesting.
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well, i looked at cnn, fox and the beeb today, weirdly, they didn't fill my head with thousands of minutes of death or destruction. guess, i missed those bits. bummer.
i have indeed watched a film loads of times and when the main character died i did cry, it was sad. i didn't watch it over and over again repeatedly because that would ruin it. nobody ever does that. apart from mentals.
i have had the tv on all day, there have been no plane crashes, no terrorist attacks, no school killings, plane hijackings or lone gunmen stslking the streets looking for kittens and puppies to stamp on. bummer.
is empathy a thing of the past? how, exactly? i smile at strangers, i smiled at a checkout girl in the store today, i gave some loose change to a homeless guy a week or so back. held a door open for someone. we all do little things every day that we never think about, that may mean something or nothing to the other person.
what do video games and crazed gunmen have in common? when he has you begging for mercy do you give him a rose? does the gunman deserve a random act of kindness? do video gamers? would they be less crazed if we took their video games away and sent them to church?
i have indeed watched a film loads of times and when the main character died i did cry, it was sad. i didn't watch it over and over again repeatedly because that would ruin it. nobody ever does that. apart from mentals.
i have had the tv on all day, there have been no plane crashes, no terrorist attacks, no school killings, plane hijackings or lone gunmen stslking the streets looking for kittens and puppies to stamp on. bummer.
is empathy a thing of the past? how, exactly? i smile at strangers, i smiled at a checkout girl in the store today, i gave some loose change to a homeless guy a week or so back. held a door open for someone. we all do little things every day that we never think about, that may mean something or nothing to the other person.
what do video games and crazed gunmen have in common? when he has you begging for mercy do you give him a rose? does the gunman deserve a random act of kindness? do video gamers? would they be less crazed if we took their video games away and sent them to church?
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gypsysoul:
...How can we turn this around?
...How can we turn this around?
We can't.
At least not on a world or national level.
Things have to run their course.
But we can each turn our own hearts around.
The first step is throwing out the TV.
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RayfromUSA: I agree that the world is being desensitized to empathy, sympathy and compassion.
Our spirits are being suppressed through continual exposure to violence and disaster.
We are being trained not to react, or even to care.
Jesus said it would happen.
Mat 24:12
And because evil will abound, the love of many will grow cold.
Our spirits are being suppressed through continual exposure to violence and disaster.
We are being trained not to react, or even to care.
Jesus said it would happen.
Mat 24:12
And because evil will abound, the love of many will grow cold.
That's been happening throughout our civilization's history. Sheesh Ray, you try really hard to fit anything with your conspiracy theories..lol
Tune in man, you're on the wrong vibe.
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Have you ever rented a movie and one of your favorite character dies at the end, tears well up on your eyes and a part of you dies with the character. Then you watch the movie over and over again. You find yourself not crying anymore, you have become desensitized to the death of your favorite character.
Gunman opening fire on innocent people, school killings, stabbings, terrorist attacks, plane crashes, and the list goes on and on, everyday, every minute; we are bombarded with negative pictures and stories, desensitizing us to death.
Empathy is a thing of the past. People rather turn their heads then help a person who has been beaten in public view, or help an old lady cross the street. Buy groceries for the family that has none. Smiling to a stranger is a thing of the past. This is the desensitizing of the world.
People wonder why there are crazy gunmen loose on the streets, anywhere at any time you could be the one begging for mercy while he stands with you in his scope. He has watched so much of the dying and the killing that it doesn’t matter to him who he takes out. Violent video games desensitize our youth who are the future of this world.
How can we turn this around? Find empathy in your heart, truly feel the loss of the 10 month old baby who was beaten, truly ache for its death. Help an old lady cross the street, buy a stranger a rose, smile at people you pass in the store, help someone who has broke down in their car, with random acts of kindness.
People pray for peace, BE PEACE, BE EMPATHY and watch the world we live in turn around.