Yes. And when we learn to “manage” empathy (instead of letting it manage us), it is really the golden bridge. And we learn to manage it, when we are emotionally mature and we use our critical thinking in parallel with our emotions.

You’ve got a point!

Love without wisdom and self-awareness isn’t exactly love. It is a “dragging” by the force of the subconscious, the memories, the beliefs, the repulsed material.