Mindfulness in contemporary psychology is associated with a form of meditation facilitated by a professional to be carried out by the client in first-person, with the purpose toward self-healing. Lately, there has been a development within psychology toward the so-called social mindfulness (SoMi), which is a construct measuring prosocial behavior, operationally defined as to provide a stranger with a choice. As such it is analogous with the notion of unselfishness found in the original ideas of Buddha's teachings but forced into the region of a natural scientific psychology. Although this chapter remains within the Western interpretation of SoMi, the purpose is to disclose an experiential gap present in the recent trend in psychology toward the idea of SoMi. It is suggested that an applied phenomenological analysis of empathy, within the context of the we-relation, can provide for a description of such an experiential gap, and as such provide for a more meaningful sense of how SoMi as an unselfish act can be achieved. Empathy is here described as following the meanings within the expression of the other within the interpersonal context of a we-relation. The conclusion is reached that empathy as interpersonal understanding is a priori for a SoMi. From the perspective of applied phenomenology, suggestions are made that an empathic attitude can be pedagogically facilitated by utilizing a phenomenological approach to empathy training.