WorkShop: 2016-04-16 INTRO HCD
Interviewer: Michael
Interviewee: Sascha
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M .Why is empathy important for you Sascha?
S. When I was young I had a hard time, and there wasn’t really anybody to provide that.
When I found it later on, I felt really good and safe, understood, cared for
I felt safe, understood and cared for. For the whole human experience. The connecting to the whole of human experience and the common humanity.
M What is a story?
S.
Someone who was a refugee from Iraq, heard many horror stories, coming from a family of Holocaust survivors
Villages gassed,
Lost most of feeling
It was a very deep experience. I could feel his pain and I could see how he felt better being able to talk with someone. I only listening,.
M The connection with humanity, comes from being there for someone.
S. just being there with a fellow human being.
M: When did you receive empathy?
S: Grandmother gave me most empathy, when I do loving kindness meditation, I think of her as main inspiration for kindness
My kindness inspiration. When she passed at almost 100, she is a real treasure, something I have for the rest of my life
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