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Author is a software engineer, was based in USA for 14
years and at present National Co-ordinator of “Youth for Sewa” in Bangalore.
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Our scriptures and the epics
from across the ages mentioning about people like Dadheechi who offered his
backbone to save humanity, King Shibi gave his own flesh to save the life of a
bird. In recent times, Sant Namdev who chased a dog that snatched his food,
only to apply ghee on those dry Rotis and give them back to the dog.
Therefore it is clearly evident
that resonating with the pain and suffering of one another and empathizing with
them is human nature,
Why
is it that we feel for others, even though, we are all unique and lead
individual lives?
Prof. V.S. Ramachandran, a renowned neuroscientist
and Professor of biology in University of California San Diego has made
phenomenal contribution in exploring the idea of mirror neurons and
consciousness.
