Most of us have suffered from some form of death. Whether this is the death of a family member, a friend, or a beloved pet. Those of us who haven’t should consider themselves very lucky. We all know how the loss feels. The pain, the sorrow, the empty spot in your heart. It leaves a mark on the person experiencing it, one that will never fade. This is why when we know someone going throw the same thing, we feel deeply for them and feel their pain. The experience links us to them. We then feel the need to do whatever we can to comfort them and help them, do good for them. This is what sympathy is. It seems then that the only criteria needed to evoke sympathy is having experienced a like incident. At all other times it is lying dormant and waiting; and at times it takes form as empathy. If it is always present in us the conclusion I have come to draw is that we are born with it. It is coded into our DNA along with eye color and gender. DNA Coded
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Most of us have suffered from some form of death. Whether this is the death of a family member, a friend, or a beloved pet. Those of us who haven’t should consider themselves very lucky. We all know how the loss feels. The pain, the sorrow, the empty spot in your heart. It leaves a mark on the person experiencing it, one that will never fade. This is why when we know someone going throw the same thing, we feel deeply for them and feel their pain. The experience links us to them. We then feel the need to do whatever we can to comfort them and help them, do good for them. This is what sympathy is. It seems then that the only criteria needed to evoke sympathy is having experienced a like incident. At all other times it is lying dormant and waiting; and at times it takes form as empathy. If it is always present in us the conclusion I have come to draw is that we are born with it. It is coded into our DNA along with eye color and gender. 
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all i can do is rever you....actually, am in a similar situation, although i am not sure as to which religio i truly belong. Back home, religion is not as hyped as it is here. Me and my family dont strictly follow hinuism nor can we be tagged as strictly buddhist. We gel in with both the religion and celebrate auspicious days of both religion.
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