loqi comments on Overcoming suffering: Emotional acceptance - Less Wrong

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Comment author: loqi 30 May 2011 10:50:13PM 0 points [-]

Ceteris paribus, I would prefer not to be sad when my friends are sad. But this is incompatible with empathy - I use my sadness to model theirs. I can't imagine "loving" someone while trying not to understand them.