“The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.” –M. Scott Peck
The events of the last few days have taken a toll on my energy level, soul and psyche. The madness of one man showing such disrespect to people of a religion by burning their holy book is beyond my ability to comprehend. It is in-your-face-hate. I am upset by the amount of attention he is getting; he is like a little child throwing a tantrum. The old BF Skinner approach is to ignore the child and the behavior is supposed to stop. But I have found this to be bad psychology as this doesn’t get to the root of the problem.
What I noticed this morning as I awoke was that the weight of the hate was pressing down on me. I felt vulnerable as I made my way to my coffee, made the kids’ lunch for school. Any comment made by my husband or sons that was less than sunshine and rainbows felt like another boulder on top of my heart. It was too much, and so I broke down.
Pete held me and reminded me not to focus on the darkness; that there is so much light in this world. It’s true…I know that the percentage of goodness going on is really so much greater than the percentage of horror and insanity. For my own well-being, I do need to step in sometimes and redirect my attention to the joys of being alive instead of dwelling on the hard stuff. This is in order to safe guard my heart. To make it okay for me to live here.
It is hard for a person like me to be on this earth sometimes. I know that this is true for a lot of sensitive folks. Some come into the world, seemingly with armor already installed, and can bulldoze their way through without a pause…while others of us came in with very tender skin and hearts, and we feel everything. SO acutely.
I have met many of these sensitive people due to my web presence since 2001; they reach out to me through emails, phone calls or on FaceBook and Twitter. They are in pain; it can indeed become too painful to be on this earth sometimes.
Since I am in the position of being a teacher and sharer of what I’ve learned in my journey, I want to offer an easy tool for when a sensitive soul becomes overwhelmed and the temptation to disengage with the earth/physical life becomes very attractive.
In my own energy system, when I become overwhelmed by what is going on, I can easily un-ground my energy, without even realizing it. This morning, I checked in after my tears and asked what was suggested to manage my energy system and feel better, and was told to re-ground. My orientation in Source energy was secure, but my desire to be connected and anchored to the earth plane….well, not so much!
So it was suggested that I choose to re-ground to the core of the earth. This is something I was taught to do by higher consciousness several years ago when I got caught up in the whole “ascension” movement. I was taught, in almost stern terms, that ascension means going up, when what we really need to do is come down. We really, really need to ground ourselves to the earth, and deeply.
As spiritual energy choosing to become phsyical, we were meant to be part of this wonderful, terrible circus here on earth. We were meant to be fully here, to feel and to be in our bodies. When we leave the earth and our bodies energetically, we are abandoning our posts. We can check out, and not fully claim this physical heaven on earth, thus allowing awful things to happen. If we really care about the earth and her people and peace, then we have to be fully here. That is the only way we can roll up our sleeves and choose to clean up the mess.
So, may I suggest that those of you who read my work, are sensitive souls and might be feeling the “weight of the hate” lately CHECK IN with your energy system to see if you have “lifted anchor” because the intensity of the pain has gotten to be too much. Even if you aren’t able to “hear” your inner guidance or read your energy system, you can still say out loud “I choose to be grounded to the core of the earth” and ask your angelic team to assist you in doing so. Notice if you feel anything different. I find it does wonders for feeling safer, more stable, more in my body, and more able to bring my light to this world, which is what I was meant to do.
And once I am grounded securely again, I can bring my higher attention to what gifts, lessons and opportunities there are for me in the situation. The pain and discomfort are great edges for growth. I learn, once again, that I can live through pain. I learn (again) that I am a feeling person, and this gives way to compassion for others who are feelers, too. I learn that I care so deeply for the human race that it breaks my heart to see someone in such inner turmoil that they would willfully choose to hurt others. And I am not alone.
