Hi,
Just a question. Do you ask these people for their permission before you heal them?
It's no-ones job to fix another being, that's an assumption and it will backfire. By sending them healing without permission you're judging them and that projected energy will come back at you. What I mean by judgment is that you're saying that their energy is yucky or that they are sick, naturally they have their own defense mechanisms in place (re: judgment and projections) and that baggage comes back to you (often stronger). What you send out, you get back. Does that make sense?
A way around this is to ask the person for their consent, or you can ask their Higher-self + Send healing via Source/Consciousness. This way the healing is not coming from the ego-perspective and is coming from a place that is in alignment with the other persons Highest-Good. Don't assume that you know what is best for the other person. You don't - you can only know what is best for you.
Also, with the absorption and taking on others baggage (re empathy). This can happen when you're insecure and need others to validate you. You're seeking stuff outside of yourself to fulfill you, so you draw in the like. This can be something unconscious (e.g. a conditioning from childhood) and not something in your conscious awareness.
Taking on baggage can be caused by attaching and placing your focus on the projections of others. This focus draws it in and you now own it. You can't exactly send it back because you'll get a bounce back from the other person. It is no longer their stuff because you've owned it.
To lessen the negative-effects of 'Empathy' learn to 'mind your own business', don't feel into people because you can - get permission on some level first!, and learn to detach and surrender the incoming emotions without owning them. This stuff happens because you let it in and it does not matter whether you feel or think you have the other persons best interests at heart.
I guess the 'lesson' here would be to curb your desire to help others and only do so when it is truly appropriate + you have their permission. Don't automatically rush to help people because you feel they need help or because it is apart of your perceived nature - learn to use discernment and know your responsibility. See where your boundaries lay (release them) and see if you can call back your own projected energy + turn your attention inward.
I say release boundaries because by putting them up you affirm the need to be protected against something, instead of trusting that you're safe. This in-turn causes resistance and draws in what you don't like. It's better to use discernment and remain detached to whatever is happening and allow things to just Flow.
On projected energy + turning inward. Projected energy or seeing things you don't like in other people is the perfect mirror of things you don't like within yourself + fears you have. It's a good idea to learn from it and see what's truly causing the discord. Don't send your judgments back at others or project yourself, instead shift your focus inwards.
IMO, Everyone can be Empathic because everyone is connected to everything else. Some people learn to become more fine-tuned with practice and yes some are born well-equipped. It's the same with all skills.
Hope that Helps (scrap it if it doesn't) + Good luck!
