George Eliot's Empathy

"Empathy cannot be described. Rather, it is an experience of allowing oneself to move into the feelings of another without reflection of oneself.  It is exemplified by Dorothea in George Eliot's novel, Middlemarch. Empathy is the escalator that moves a human being heavenward--up, up and beyond the binding self to something more Godlike. We could use a lot more empathy in our world." ~ Freda M. Chaney, KARMA ROAD: Getting Off the Round About