Empathy Test

I have created a simple empathy test based on the Gatha series exercises. You may want to meditate for a few minutes and clear your system before starting the test. In the future I will be creating additional types of tests as well as adding more of the kind featured here.

While watching one of these videos in the quiz it occurred to me what the girl's name was almost immediately -- simply from past experience with someone almost exactly like her. It also occurred to me that each name is like a kind of sculpture cut out of consciousness. Think about the programming terminology: namespace.

This test is not a survey style quiz; it is an exercise designed with the intent to help hone and increase your empathy. It can definitely help you narrow in and identify a more social kind of empathy. Recognizing a person's eye movements and what patterns they run may also help you.

If you are already an experienced empath then this test will probably not help you! Merging your consciousness with random people is most likely not going to help you and may even be dangerous. Alternatively, you can take the test without merging and just rely more on other sensory cues like body language and eye movements.