Disconnection leads to more isolation and loneliness. The unmet needs for connection and love result in a lower empathy cup. When the disconnection isn’t processed enough to an emotional and understanding shift that fills the empathy cup, the low empathy remains and eventually becomes the norm—the chronic low empathy state further challenges interpersonal relationships and connections with those around us.
To end this dooming loop, we need interruptions.
We can interrupt the pattern with our trusted supporting network, which is why building a trusted network is not only helpful but necessary, or through learning with a spiritual teacher and engaging in inner inquiries.
Having a network of people to lean on when we realize that we are caught in a downward spiral helps us get out of it and reset our emotional goals and state. The people who have earned our trust over years, even decades, whom we choose to listen to, are the way to get us back on track, even in the most challenging situations and times.
But none of these is possible if we insist on operating with extreme self-reliance and distrust.
