Self-Realization and Other Awakenings

myself, the blind teacher, is ignoring their very urgent
intuition; while I appear to side with the person hiding
hatred or ill-intent towards the others. In these
situations, the empathic person feels unsafe and
unprotected because the teacher has not even
acknowledged the truth of what their intuition of
danger tells them. In this capacity of ignoring their
true intuitions, I failed many, many times.
Thus “reading” the minds and hearts of the Sangha
members, above and beyond what they say and do
becomes of utmost importance for a teacher; while
learning how to deal with these situations becomes
increasingly important in an ashram or Satsang setting.
I must admit I have failed many times in my
stumbling approach to running a benevolent Sangha,
and often have relied on the advice of those I should
have ignored. It has been an intense learning
experience.
I have since learned more about empathy as this
ability has slowly increased in me during the past year.
In fact, this talent can be honed and become a Siddhi,
a power to be used for good or ill.
When we are really closely attached and bonded,
we can even feel the emotional states and energy
states of those we love and are close to; over
distances even when direct conversations or any