Reiki ~ “The Secret Art of Inviting Happiness”
Since my last visit to Prototypes I’ve been meaning to post a blog entry. I have considered going a number of directions with this blog. I’ve sat down to write four times and the words simply didn’t flow. My first subject matter, the title of this blog is the only thing that I am called to write about. I initially thought that this subject was just too simple, not enough about the actual experience at Prototypes, too much about me and my experience with Reiki. I am back here at the keyboard (for the fifth time now) to write about my first subject matter and it is flowing, after all how could I write about an experience other than my own anyway?
Mikao Usui is the founding father of Reiki. I am not a worthy historian when it comes to Usui or Reiki so I won’t increase the number of words in this post with too much of the story, even HIStory (Master Usui’s story) in this blog. I will say that in my opinion Master Usui was an amazing man, unique in many ways. Master Usui lived an authentic life of expansiveness and diversity. He forged his own way in the world, sacrificing his own comforts for the highest good of others. He devoted his life to energy healing, healing others, becoming “one with Reiki”. He was a modest Super Human. Master Usui was a great example of living a life of loving service.
It is said that Master Usui was approximately a decade into his walk with Reiki when he determined that even with the difficulties he had experienced along the way, Reiki had given him the greatest happiness of his life. He knew that loving service, helping others, promoting energy healing, being One with Rieki, living his life as he was meant to live it had established an art. After ten years with Reiki Master Usui decided that Reiki was “The Secret Art of Inviting Happiness”.
My last visit to Prototypes was on Thursday, March 31. I started the day with the open mind to share with the women at Prototypes whatever my heart spoke of Reiki in the moment. I knew that I would offer an introduction to energy healing, the importance of patterned breath and breathing deeply and fully. I knew I would encourage the women to breathe in this way so that they could engage easily into the center of their being, at the heart beat itself and from there, they would become more present in their bodies.
During the day leading up to my visit to Prototypes I found myself filled with serenity while walking step by step through my life. I was working my basic tasks of watering my garden, cleaning my dog’s teeth, feeding the backyard menagerie of bird life and doing basic household chores. The day was one of our first really warm days of spring, and after many, very many days of chill and rain, I was delighted to take in the warmth of the sun on my body and the beauty of the clear blue skies above me. I was joyful and simply happy.
I paused at one point to consider my happiness and I thought of my walk with Reiki. I thought of how my life has changed so much over the years (a decade) and I thought of my pleasure in my work tasks that used to be more of a pressure from work tasks. I acknowledged my growth and I realized that I had found myself living Master Usui’s claim, that Reiki, when practiced devotedly over time is “the secret art of inviting happiness”. I decided in that moment that I would share a bit that day with the women at Prototypes about Reiki being this secret art form, leading to happiness.
As always, one good direction heading towards Prototypes can easily go another good direction once you enter the doors there. As I mentioned in my last blog the women are often experiencing one form or another of stress or anxiety, they have a multitude of thoughts on their minds, they have come from an assortment of previous environments and they are easily distracted. They appear to lack a deep, long attention span and rarely are they present in their bodies. It is always amazing to witness the massive energy that a group of these women can show up with and I love this.
This day was no different than the others with the women entering with their own experiences front and center for them. This day included the majority of these women working to organize a large rummage sale that was scheduled to take place at Prototypes the upcoming weekend. The day was warm and the women were all affected in one way or another by the rummage sale organization and by the warm weather.
Allison Stillman was right by my side as usual … OH THE JOY OF HAVING ALLISON STILLMAN RIGHT BY MY SIDE … and Allee worked her magic in bringing the Prototype women into circle. The group energy was WILD. It was particularly hard to get the group focus together and some of the women were completely interested in Reiki and others were in their chairs and completely out of body, many appeared to be completely out of the room and not at all interested in Reiki.
I began talking about breath and working with the women to get them into their bodies and to get the Reiki flowing. One by one the women connected in, even the women who were out of body and the women who appeared to be out of the room eventually came into the room and into their bodies too. Keeping the women on track for breath alone was not easy so the challenge was there to get them to consider working with energy for healing.
The group eventually became receptive and it was beautiful to see these women support themselves in a greater calm, a more present state of being and these women created change that affected the change of the entire room and each person in it. One woman was very resistant to it all; typically this woman has remained resistant to me, to Reiki and any idea of energy work, energy healing and self healing. She has been consistently difficult to try to keep on track and she has been unwilling to conform to group activity. She is not obnoxious or rude in anyway, she simply has and holds her own agenda.
I was verbally guiding the women with deep breath work, connecting them to the heart beat and working with them to sense the energy in their bodies. The group was cooperative and most of them were very successful in feeling their individual energy field. These women were markedly affected by the calming nature of this basic practice. The one woman continued to be demonstrative and kindly combative with me. I kept at the process, encouraging them all to stay with in, focusing now on the woman with the greatest resistance to it all.
I talked to the women about feeling the energy. I asked them to feel the physical body, to feel the emotional and mental state that they were in. I asked them to feel for a shift in energy in and around them. It was all positive at this point, even the gently combative nature of the one woman, as she caused me to go deeper with the other women who were present.
At this point I asked the group to place their hands close to the other hand in prayer position but with their hands about and inch or two apart to see if they felt energy coming from their hands. This request created a sweet experience as the women could all feel this energy. This request created the best experience as the woman that was most resistant to the entire experience literally jumped out of her seat and almost stood completely upright, before she circled back around to her seat to sit back down. She exclaimed that she could feel the energy between her hands. She was none the less “trippin” (that was her word) on the full effects of Reiki, and the Reiki that she was “trippin” on was her Reiki. This woman exclaimed that she felt “high” … “really high” and she asked me … “is this Reiki? Is this Reiki that is making me feel high?” I answered her that she was feeling the natural high of her energy body.
I was delighted at this point.
In less than an hour, again … a large group of women went from one side of the spectrum of energy to another side of the spectrum of energy. They went from stressed out to blessed out. It was wonderful to experience.
I left knowing what I felt. I felt great happiness. I thought that perhaps I am an art teacher instead of a Reiki teacher.
Friday, April 8, 2011
Thursday, April 7, 2011
What would the heart do ...
What would the heart do if you decided to really grow?
The heart would rise to 'unmeasurable' heights, it would fall to 'unmeasurable' depths, it would expand to 'unmeasurable' widths and it would beat beyond any capacity that you have known in any previous moment. The heart would reach to the ends of time to gather together the very best of you. The heart would reach from the beginning of the first moment to gather together the very best of you. The heart would call to the angels and the demons for surrender. The heart would support each and every breath that you take with light and love. The heart would open and reveal the soul. The heart would love you ... always and in all ways as you are and of course as you will be too.
So grow, grow now ... grow as you want to ... grow as you should grow, grow as you are called to ... grow now ... just GROW.
The heart would rise to 'unmeasurable' heights, it would fall to 'unmeasurable' depths, it would expand to 'unmeasurable' widths and it would beat beyond any capacity that you have known in any previous moment. The heart would reach to the ends of time to gather together the very best of you. The heart would reach from the beginning of the first moment to gather together the very best of you. The heart would call to the angels and the demons for surrender. The heart would support each and every breath that you take with light and love. The heart would open and reveal the soul. The heart would love you ... always and in all ways as you are and of course as you will be too.
So grow, grow now ... grow as you want to ... grow as you should grow, grow as you are called to ... grow now ... just GROW.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Reiki Blue ... with Yoga Blue
Prototypes Womens Center: Breathing and Sharing. 3.14.11
Please visit Yoga Blue @ www/yogablue.org ... it doesn't want to link for some reason. Thank you!
by Laurel on March 16, 2011
I have had the pleasure of working with Allee Stillman at Prototypes over the past several months. Working with Allee is really playing with Allee. Working with essential oils is bliss. Sharing such a profound experience of aromatherapy with the amazing women of Prototype’s has been so inspiring and so sweet.
I have wanted to offer Reiki at Prototype’s since before the first day I played there with Allee. I have wanted into the women’s recovery community to help in some way, any way for almost two decades. Assisting as I have has been richly rewarding, and I wanted to introduce the women of Prototype’s to self healing with Reiki.
My lineage in Reiki is that of Master Mikao Usui, the founder of the way of Reiki. Reiki is a Japanese name and when translated means “universal life force energy”. Master Usui said that Reiki is the container of consciousness. Master Usui also called Reiki “The Art of Inviting Happiness”. Who wouldn’t want to share this? I do. I share Reiki every chance I get.
I immediately shared my desire with Allee and then with Winifred. Both of these sweet women were completely receptive and enthusiastic about this possibility. My first day of sharing Reiki with the women of Prototype’s was yesterday, March 14th, 2011. I was blessed to be joined by Allee, her way of playing back with me I guess.
As usual at Prototype’s, when it is time to start a group gathering with the women immense energy enters along with them. The women enter a large room from two different doors and just about every mood that you can imagine comes with these women. Some of the women are wild with energy, some are exhausted. Some of the women are totally stressed out, some are calm and composed. Some of the women are sweet and tolerant; some are not sweet and tolerant yet.
Getting the group settled in is an interesting task and it can be ongoing. The purpose of my time with these women was to introduce them to a basic awareness of the energy body, the chakra system, the aura. I had a sense about the effort required to discuss energy healing with 15-18 woman, in one hour to work with and all of the above to deal with … my approach needed to be solid.
I suggested breath work first, with deep exhales pushed out to the count of 7 followed by simply allowing the inhale to respond to the count of 7. We went for a series of 6 of these deep breaths and I then asked these women to feel the center of their body, in the chest and to feel the beat of their heart. Two thirds of this group had completely different energy. Of these two thirds they were remarkably calmer and more balanced.
We stayed in the deep breath work and the heart beat while I shared with them about the chakra systems and its beautiful spheres of vibrant colors. I mapped the location of each chakra and introduced the women to the idea of the aura that wraps around their physical body. I suggested to them that they controlled this energy with their breath and they loved this possibility.
Over all and over a short amount of time, the majority of the women in the group were relaxed, more aware of their surroundings, more able to define what they were really feeling, they were more present in their bodies. We stayed with the deep breathing and feeling the heart beat in the chest and this time I was able to talk uninterrupted as they were more focused and more responsive.
One of the women mentioned that she had been stressed and deeply saddened because she was missing her children. She said that she had been very emotional but with the breathing and the energy connection she felt better. I shared with her that because her babies were from her body, that the calm state of her body could be shared with her children from a distance. This became very important to this woman and to a lot of the women in the group.
I shared a story of a time when my grown son was very ill in the hospital. I was unable to visit my son but I spent each evening while he was healing, sending him Reiki from afar. I shared with these women, that I would hold a teddy bear like it was my son when he was a baby and I would rock the bear while sending Reiki to my son. I shared that my son felt this in his hospital bed miles away, the rocking and the healing of his body. I did not tell my son what I was doing exactly, but he knew somehow what I was doing and he could feel it. He could feel my love, my calming presence and he could feel the healing energy of Reiki.
The women who had babies and children left that group gathering with the plan to calm themselves first and then send the calm feeling to their babies and children. I had no plan to tell the story of my grown son and using Reiki on him. Seeing the way these women all responded to the story … I couldn’t have planned better than that.
I can’t wait to go back to Prototype’s.
Please visit Yoga Blue @ www/yogablue.org ... it doesn't want to link for some reason. Thank you!
by Laurel on March 16, 2011
I have had the pleasure of working with Allee Stillman at Prototypes over the past several months. Working with Allee is really playing with Allee. Working with essential oils is bliss. Sharing such a profound experience of aromatherapy with the amazing women of Prototype’s has been so inspiring and so sweet.
I have wanted to offer Reiki at Prototype’s since before the first day I played there with Allee. I have wanted into the women’s recovery community to help in some way, any way for almost two decades. Assisting as I have has been richly rewarding, and I wanted to introduce the women of Prototype’s to self healing with Reiki.
My lineage in Reiki is that of Master Mikao Usui, the founder of the way of Reiki. Reiki is a Japanese name and when translated means “universal life force energy”. Master Usui said that Reiki is the container of consciousness. Master Usui also called Reiki “The Art of Inviting Happiness”. Who wouldn’t want to share this? I do. I share Reiki every chance I get.
I immediately shared my desire with Allee and then with Winifred. Both of these sweet women were completely receptive and enthusiastic about this possibility. My first day of sharing Reiki with the women of Prototype’s was yesterday, March 14th, 2011. I was blessed to be joined by Allee, her way of playing back with me I guess.
As usual at Prototype’s, when it is time to start a group gathering with the women immense energy enters along with them. The women enter a large room from two different doors and just about every mood that you can imagine comes with these women. Some of the women are wild with energy, some are exhausted. Some of the women are totally stressed out, some are calm and composed. Some of the women are sweet and tolerant; some are not sweet and tolerant yet.
Getting the group settled in is an interesting task and it can be ongoing. The purpose of my time with these women was to introduce them to a basic awareness of the energy body, the chakra system, the aura. I had a sense about the effort required to discuss energy healing with 15-18 woman, in one hour to work with and all of the above to deal with … my approach needed to be solid.
I suggested breath work first, with deep exhales pushed out to the count of 7 followed by simply allowing the inhale to respond to the count of 7. We went for a series of 6 of these deep breaths and I then asked these women to feel the center of their body, in the chest and to feel the beat of their heart. Two thirds of this group had completely different energy. Of these two thirds they were remarkably calmer and more balanced.
We stayed in the deep breath work and the heart beat while I shared with them about the chakra systems and its beautiful spheres of vibrant colors. I mapped the location of each chakra and introduced the women to the idea of the aura that wraps around their physical body. I suggested to them that they controlled this energy with their breath and they loved this possibility.
Over all and over a short amount of time, the majority of the women in the group were relaxed, more aware of their surroundings, more able to define what they were really feeling, they were more present in their bodies. We stayed with the deep breathing and feeling the heart beat in the chest and this time I was able to talk uninterrupted as they were more focused and more responsive.
One of the women mentioned that she had been stressed and deeply saddened because she was missing her children. She said that she had been very emotional but with the breathing and the energy connection she felt better. I shared with her that because her babies were from her body, that the calm state of her body could be shared with her children from a distance. This became very important to this woman and to a lot of the women in the group.
I shared a story of a time when my grown son was very ill in the hospital. I was unable to visit my son but I spent each evening while he was healing, sending him Reiki from afar. I shared with these women, that I would hold a teddy bear like it was my son when he was a baby and I would rock the bear while sending Reiki to my son. I shared that my son felt this in his hospital bed miles away, the rocking and the healing of his body. I did not tell my son what I was doing exactly, but he knew somehow what I was doing and he could feel it. He could feel my love, my calming presence and he could feel the healing energy of Reiki.
The women who had babies and children left that group gathering with the plan to calm themselves first and then send the calm feeling to their babies and children. I had no plan to tell the story of my grown son and using Reiki on him. Seeing the way these women all responded to the story … I couldn’t have planned better than that.
I can’t wait to go back to Prototype’s.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
The Old Woman Weaving
a poem from a dream ... two years ago
one night time while the strong winds came to whistle and to sing
I dreamed of an old woman weaving with sparkling star lit string
weaving the wisdom of the ancestors and their sacred ancient ways
she told me a story of life and death, and the world in the in between days
she spoke of legend and lore, dreams awakened and dreams true
she taught me lessons with value to me, to know what I should do
the old stories were wild and vivid, as she sat low beside a fire
she wanted me to stay free from the aches of my human desire
that night as she was weaving I saw this and it was true
as she sat and spoke so softly, from her lap an animal grew
from the cloth that she was holding, in her hands I started to see
a lynx and a coyote - a strange mix, that she was weaving just for me
as I sat in full attention, without a twitch, not missing a sound
the old woman, she clearly saw me and by her eyes I was completely bound
she looked clear and straight into me as she gave comfort to this animal mix
in this medicine weave she made certain that I noticed what I needed to fix
the lynx she said will give you the secrets of the magical medicine ways
the lynx she said will teach you who to trust in your night and your days
the lynx will hold your tongue for you, so you will be silent and not make a sound
the lynx is crawling in you, yours tracks are different when your feet hit the ground
the coyote is the trickster, the one who runs and plays the odd game
the one that sings the songs at night that connect lonely ones to their shame
the coyote is your worker now, the coyote energy is not that of you
the coyote keeps you safe in knowing, to keep the eye on what other coyotes may do
the old woman then stood before me and she approached me with a walk of grace
she placed the animal medicine on me, wrapped me tightly and then cradled my face
she said this dream, this medicine is yours now you are the weaver of the ancient way
get up, you were awake with me all along as this night has turned into this day
one night time while the strong winds came to whistle and to sing
I dreamed of an old woman weaving with sparkling star lit string
weaving the wisdom of the ancestors and their sacred ancient ways
she told me a story of life and death, and the world in the in between days
she spoke of legend and lore, dreams awakened and dreams true
she taught me lessons with value to me, to know what I should do
the old stories were wild and vivid, as she sat low beside a fire
she wanted me to stay free from the aches of my human desire
that night as she was weaving I saw this and it was true
as she sat and spoke so softly, from her lap an animal grew
from the cloth that she was holding, in her hands I started to see
a lynx and a coyote - a strange mix, that she was weaving just for me
as I sat in full attention, without a twitch, not missing a sound
the old woman, she clearly saw me and by her eyes I was completely bound
she looked clear and straight into me as she gave comfort to this animal mix
in this medicine weave she made certain that I noticed what I needed to fix
the lynx she said will give you the secrets of the magical medicine ways
the lynx she said will teach you who to trust in your night and your days
the lynx will hold your tongue for you, so you will be silent and not make a sound
the lynx is crawling in you, yours tracks are different when your feet hit the ground
the coyote is the trickster, the one who runs and plays the odd game
the one that sings the songs at night that connect lonely ones to their shame
the coyote is your worker now, the coyote energy is not that of you
the coyote keeps you safe in knowing, to keep the eye on what other coyotes may do
the old woman then stood before me and she approached me with a walk of grace
she placed the animal medicine on me, wrapped me tightly and then cradled my face
she said this dream, this medicine is yours now you are the weaver of the ancient way
get up, you were awake with me all along as this night has turned into this day
Friday, December 3, 2010
don't resist your passion
Much like a rainstorm rolls onto the vast landscape of a desert,
there is a passion that rolls into the vast lovescape of your soul.
As a rainstorm brings sweet moisture to the land, to the earth,
the passion that rolls into you brings to you a greater life essence for you to fill up with.
The desert does not resist the rainstorm.
Make sure that you don’t resist your passion.
Friday, November 5, 2010
Saturday, October 2, 2010
there is peace in the breath
Laurel Lyons
Life will bring you everything that you need, including great moments of challenge and moments of great challenge. These moments will bind you to your ways. Whether they are good ways or not so good ways depends upon the focus of your life. Basic "attraction" stuff.
There is peace in the breath.
It rarely matters what the nature of the challenge is, when challenge brings fear with it ... often the first “feeling" that shows up, even if only for a second we restrict ourselves. Depending on our "practice" we may choose to react to the challenge, by way of fear.
There is peace in the breath.
Our "practice" ~ if you are aged enough (years are not the dominant factor of age, age equating to wisdom here) to recognize "challenge" you are most likely aged enough to establish some kind of a practice. A basic practice of "self awareness" is deep breath. By simply breathing deeply, you have the power to remove fear. Breath supports the body to be present in the moment of now.
There is peace in the breath.
Practice breathing, practice deep breathing ... the kind of breathing that if you are not doing it, it will make your head spin when you do it. Find in that deep breath the essence of life, the essence of your own life. In that moment the only life that matters is your own. That is your empowerment, the understanding that your own life matters.
There is peace in the breath.
When you balance anything from the place of being able to value your own life you establish your connection to the Divine. In that connection is gratitude, vitality, inspiration and more aliveness in this life awareness. The deep breathing that supports greater life awareness will bring with it sanctity, surrender and solution.
There is peace in the breath.
In that peace there is forgiveness too.
(my morning ramblings from August 27th ... from the lessons "remembered" from yesterday's challenges. I am grateful.)
Life will bring you everything that you need, including great moments of challenge and moments of great challenge. These moments will bind you to your ways. Whether they are good ways or not so good ways depends upon the focus of your life. Basic "attraction" stuff.
There is peace in the breath.
It rarely matters what the nature of the challenge is, when challenge brings fear with it ... often the first “feeling" that shows up, even if only for a second we restrict ourselves. Depending on our "practice" we may choose to react to the challenge, by way of fear.
There is peace in the breath.
Our "practice" ~ if you are aged enough (years are not the dominant factor of age, age equating to wisdom here) to recognize "challenge" you are most likely aged enough to establish some kind of a practice. A basic practice of "self awareness" is deep breath. By simply breathing deeply, you have the power to remove fear. Breath supports the body to be present in the moment of now.
There is peace in the breath.
Practice breathing, practice deep breathing ... the kind of breathing that if you are not doing it, it will make your head spin when you do it. Find in that deep breath the essence of life, the essence of your own life. In that moment the only life that matters is your own. That is your empowerment, the understanding that your own life matters.
There is peace in the breath.
When you balance anything from the place of being able to value your own life you establish your connection to the Divine. In that connection is gratitude, vitality, inspiration and more aliveness in this life awareness. The deep breathing that supports greater life awareness will bring with it sanctity, surrender and solution.
There is peace in the breath.
In that peace there is forgiveness too.
(my morning ramblings from August 27th ... from the lessons "remembered" from yesterday's challenges. I am grateful.)
Saturday, September 11, 2010
GET UNSTUCK !!!
Shake it loose, let it go, walk away, move along, face the shit, clean it up, make a change, ask yourself "WTF"?
Then ... breathe deeply, really deeply more than many times ... and aim at authentic, honest, vulnerable, creative, LOVE, ease, health, vitality, CONSCIOUSNESS ... compliance, resilience, devotion TO SELF, forgiveness OF SELF, LOVE (yes more of it) and then more LOVE.
Get out of the old way, get out of your own way. Get out of the way .. here is one for you, you are not in the way as life goes on leaving you behind. You are only in the way of yourself.
This was prompted when I saw the visual images of the Twin Towers, billowing smoke above the NYC skyline. I was initially perplexed, I had to double check to see what I was seeing. Our media ... designed to stimulate our "follower/sufferer/victim" collective. Because so many of us are STUCK in the "follower/sufferer/victim" ways.
NINE YEARS ...
Globally ... not now.
Nationally ... not now.
Regionally ... not now.
Locally ... not now.
CENTERED in the HEART ... now ... how have you changed for the better?
Here is another one ... now ... how have you resisted change, change for the better? What are you still doing, still supporting (acting as a life support system for something dying, something that died long ago) that you know you should get "unstuck" from?
GET IT OUT ... GET IT OVER WITH ... GET UNSTUCK ... MOVE ON !!!
For you !!!
Then ... breathe deeply, really deeply more than many times ... and aim at authentic, honest, vulnerable, creative, LOVE, ease, health, vitality, CONSCIOUSNESS ... compliance, resilience, devotion TO SELF, forgiveness OF SELF, LOVE (yes more of it) and then more LOVE.
Get out of the old way, get out of your own way. Get out of the way .. here is one for you, you are not in the way as life goes on leaving you behind. You are only in the way of yourself.
This was prompted when I saw the visual images of the Twin Towers, billowing smoke above the NYC skyline. I was initially perplexed, I had to double check to see what I was seeing. Our media ... designed to stimulate our "follower/sufferer/victim" collective. Because so many of us are STUCK in the "follower/sufferer/victim" ways.
NINE YEARS ...
Globally ... not now.
Nationally ... not now.
Regionally ... not now.
Locally ... not now.
CENTERED in the HEART ... now ... how have you changed for the better?
Here is another one ... now ... how have you resisted change, change for the better? What are you still doing, still supporting (acting as a life support system for something dying, something that died long ago) that you know you should get "unstuck" from?
GET IT OUT ... GET IT OVER WITH ... GET UNSTUCK ... MOVE ON !!!
For you !!!
Friday, September 3, 2010
gearing up ... again
The dream world ...
We are heading into another series of the "Revelation Dreaming - Dream Medicine" workshops and my soul and psyche are already on task. I detailed my bedroom last week for the dream altar energy and for a clear table for my dream journal and all of my dream potential to come to be ... again and again and again ... always getting better, going deeper, wider, higher, clearer, and so much more, there is always so much more ... yes!
These workshops are the most incredible vacations, other world destinations, life style realizations, great life manifestations ... living the mundane EMANCIPATIONS ... living the world of profound fascination, falling asleep with magic incantations ... to set you up for astounding creations ...
I AM IN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We are heading into another series of the "Revelation Dreaming - Dream Medicine" workshops and my soul and psyche are already on task. I detailed my bedroom last week for the dream altar energy and for a clear table for my dream journal and all of my dream potential to come to be ... again and again and again ... always getting better, going deeper, wider, higher, clearer, and so much more, there is always so much more ... yes!
These workshops are the most incredible vacations, other world destinations, life style realizations, great life manifestations ... living the mundane EMANCIPATIONS ... living the world of profound fascination, falling asleep with magic incantations ... to set you up for astounding creations ...
I AM IN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
flatlined emotions ...
In a dream last night I was walking through a dark room when I noticed someone sitting in a chair in a corner. The person was slumped over in the chair, with no vital energy in their being. Their only activity was that they were tapping on their heart, small rhythmic taps like the ones people use for EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique).
At first I couldn't tell who the person was, due to the darkness of the room and the posture (being slumped over) that the person was sitting in.
I asked the person what they were doing. The person said "my emotions have stopped, they stopped so long ago I cannot remember what emotions really are". I asked the person why they were tapping on their chest and they said "I am hoping to get my emotions started again, so that I can feel something. I think that my emotions have flat lined".
I told the person that tapping on the chest was not going to work in turning on the emotions again. I told the person that facing life, in an upright posture would turn their emotions on again. The person said "it was necessary to turn off my emotions at one point in life, it was necessary to make it through, through life, through pain".
I told the person "flat lining emotions is a tendency, not a necessity", and when I said this the person finally looked up and at me. The dark, shadowy room crumbled away, with everything in it falling into a large void, including the person in the chair. Everything turned to a golden yellow glow around me and the sun was shining brightly after that. I could feel warmth in place of the cold of the dark, shadowy room. I was left standing on nothing, perched on energy with my feet directly below me like I was hovering in the air.
I looked for the person, concerned that they had fallen into the void. I could see the person laying on a shoreline, like they had been washed in the water, up onto dry sand. The person stood upright and walked away, pushing their hair out of the face and standing taller with each step that they took.
This dream really stuck with me.
Tendency: a natural or prevailing disposition to move, proceed, or act in some direction or toward some point, end, or result: an inclination, or predisposition to something:
Necessity: something necessary or indispensable: food, shelter, and other necessities of life. the fact of being necessary or indispensable; indispensability:
an imperative requirement or need for something: the state or fact of being necessary or inevitable: an unavoidable need or compulsion to do something:
Tendency ... a choice.
Necessity ... an imperative requirement.
Emotion: an affective state of consciousness in which joy, sorrow, fear, hate, or the like, is experienced, as distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of consciousness. any strong agitation of the feelings actuated by experiencing love, hate, fear, etc., and usually accompanied by certain physiological changes, as increased heartbeat or respiration, and often overt manifestation, as crying or shaking.
Turning off emotions ... by choice not by necessity.
The back route ... ceasing the opportunities for joy, sorrow, fear, hate or the like or the love that bring emotion.
Still processing.
At first I couldn't tell who the person was, due to the darkness of the room and the posture (being slumped over) that the person was sitting in.
I asked the person what they were doing. The person said "my emotions have stopped, they stopped so long ago I cannot remember what emotions really are". I asked the person why they were tapping on their chest and they said "I am hoping to get my emotions started again, so that I can feel something. I think that my emotions have flat lined".
I told the person that tapping on the chest was not going to work in turning on the emotions again. I told the person that facing life, in an upright posture would turn their emotions on again. The person said "it was necessary to turn off my emotions at one point in life, it was necessary to make it through, through life, through pain".
I told the person "flat lining emotions is a tendency, not a necessity", and when I said this the person finally looked up and at me. The dark, shadowy room crumbled away, with everything in it falling into a large void, including the person in the chair. Everything turned to a golden yellow glow around me and the sun was shining brightly after that. I could feel warmth in place of the cold of the dark, shadowy room. I was left standing on nothing, perched on energy with my feet directly below me like I was hovering in the air.
I looked for the person, concerned that they had fallen into the void. I could see the person laying on a shoreline, like they had been washed in the water, up onto dry sand. The person stood upright and walked away, pushing their hair out of the face and standing taller with each step that they took.
This dream really stuck with me.
Tendency: a natural or prevailing disposition to move, proceed, or act in some direction or toward some point, end, or result: an inclination, or predisposition to something:
Necessity: something necessary or indispensable: food, shelter, and other necessities of life. the fact of being necessary or indispensable; indispensability:
an imperative requirement or need for something: the state or fact of being necessary or inevitable: an unavoidable need or compulsion to do something:
Tendency ... a choice.
Necessity ... an imperative requirement.
Emotion: an affective state of consciousness in which joy, sorrow, fear, hate, or the like, is experienced, as distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of consciousness. any strong agitation of the feelings actuated by experiencing love, hate, fear, etc., and usually accompanied by certain physiological changes, as increased heartbeat or respiration, and often overt manifestation, as crying or shaking.
Turning off emotions ... by choice not by necessity.
The back route ... ceasing the opportunities for joy, sorrow, fear, hate or the like or the love that bring emotion.
Still processing.
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