Did you know Trump was at ground zero looking for survivors on 9/11?
This is probably around the time I was posing for Playboy
This has been a fascinating exchange of ideas and perceptions, especially as it relates to these deceased fascists and demagogues. Does anyone have a sense of the spirit of George Wallace in any of this? I know that in the late 70's, Wallace made amends and publicly apologized to civil rights leaders and black people for his past actions as a segregationist. He said that he was wrong and needed love and forgiveness, instead of power and glory. Perhaps getting shot and becoming paralyzed helped Wallace find his heart. When I tune into his energy, I feel Wallace still making amends in some way. It's lighter ... Wallace is still learning and giving back. Not sure if it's in this world, or coming from the other side.
How does one tune into someone’s energy? Do you simply meditate on someone specific and you get an image?
This work takes practice and experience and a healthy attitude that we can't be certain in the end what we are getting. It's about getting out of your head and into a present moment mindful state, a kind of meditation state. It's about learning to tap into a knowing state, but being very careful about operating from prejudice and blind cult-like belief.
Come to classes when I have them or to Read the Future nights to get going. Get a deck of Tarot cards and practice, practice, practice. Practice on friends and people you don't know and ask them for validation. Learning from your mistakes teaches you a lot. Ultimately it's about mindfulness, i.e., knowing what you are really getting deep down. It's also about being careful to do no harm.
If you do meditate on someone and get an image, that can be useful. I usually check to see if the image is unexpected or unusual. Then it means that it's likely to be accurate because I didn't preconceive it. But keep a healthy degree of not knowing until you have enough experience that you can sense the difference between preconception and a present moment energy experience.
Yes I can see how going in pre-judging someone can affect it. I may have to practice on someone that I can no emotional connection to
@pacosurfer, I really like what Jeanne stated, and can relate to a lot of it. I think it might be unique for each individual, with some commonalities. I'm a strong empath but a newbie to intuitive readings. I'm still trying to trust myself with all of this, so I try to approach it respectfully. It's especially difficult when I am attached to an outcome, for example getting rid of T*. I sometimes want it so badly that I can't relax enough to trust what I'm getting, if anything. The most I can sense regarding the madness of King Dumbo and his Court is that it will end for the better for us. That I feel very strongly, in my bones. I can't predict a particular time, because I'm too attached to it happening NOW. I don't want my needs, wants, fears -- i.e. the ego -- to get in the way.
Right now I trust my impressions more when I am relaxed and doing something else. In my case it's not always visual -- I just start picking up feelings, and then sensing the energy behind it. Then thoughts pop into my head. My intuitions usually come through feeling and auditory channels. In the situation with Wallace, he just popped into my head. So I focused on his being, more out of curiosity than anything else. Where is he? What is he doing? Then I payed attention to my body sensations, and moved from there.
Someone like T* I won't get close to. He's too dark for me. I might sense some stuff when I look at or read about T****, but I don't explore him. I'm getting chills now -- not the pleasant kind -- so that pretty much confirms it!
Pacosurfer -- I've been meaning to tell you that I love your posts. I value your insights, and really love your sense of humor!
"The darker ones are horrific. I have felt his heart/life force energy literally being sucked out of him."
@michele-b-here-in-the-forum, when I read your post, I immediately saw that image of the dark spirits from that movie "Ghost", when those creatures emerge from the darkness to drag Willie's ghost down to hell. Also, when I look at T (which isn't often), his eyes look vacant ... like two bottomless pits. And his body seems encumbered in some way, especially when he walks. His dark suit is hiding a lot. I'm not sure what I mean by that -- my rational mind thinks that's nonsensical. Perhaps I'm sensing the attachments others are feeling/seeing?
@jeanne-mayell, when you stated that Hitler seemed surprised by his followers -- "almost as if his followers led the way rather than the other way around" -- it made me think of that saying, whatever you focus on, grows. I looked up the source of that quote, and found the complete one:
“What you focus on grows, what you think about expands, and what you dwell upon determines your destiny.” Robin S. Sharma
A wonderful reminder to myself and all of us that we can create the world we desire. Light is stronger than the darkness.
I will be 41 next month, and I'm only now starting to comprehend what it means to be an empath. As soon as I reluctantly came out of the womb, I want to eat. All. The. Time.
My mom had to stop breastfeeding me because that's all I wanted to do. I use food to block incoming energy. And while it does work, my weight and blood test results ain't liking that kind of self-medication.
I am slowly picking up clues to what it means for me...
For example, I have a feeling only 95% of the feelings and energy and moods I feel are mine. This past May, I had to euthanize my puppy dog. And last October, I lost a friend to suicide. I had one or two days where I cried my eyes out, but the feelings and energy moved quickly through me. I cycled through the grieving process rather quickly. That's not to say I don't miss them. I do! But in terms of active energy, they flowed fast. So I find that if I allow myself to feel my emotions, they dissipate fast. So I know the depression and heaviness and anxiety I feel...most of that isn't mine. I don't think.
I also notice that I am tired during the day, but I am wide awake at night. I told my counselor that it's because the energy of the night is mostly calm and cool...I can breathe at night. But during the day, the energy of the world, even in a rural area, is too much. Even the sun is too much. I cover my window with black poster board to keep it dark in my apartment. Then I do yoga or watch baseball or even read (with a little light, of course.)
I would love to go out, and see a ballgame or movie...but it's the energy I can't handle. I told my counselor that if everyone would just disappear, I could enjoy a damn ball game once in awhile.
So I don't think I can "discern the spirits," yet, so to speak. I do know when I watch the news, I want to binge-eat. I can finish my meal, and feel content, but as soon as I turn on the news or go online, I am bingeing on the sugar and carbs. But yet, I feel like if I don't watch the news, I will be caught off-guard. Constant state of hypervigilance.
I would like to get better as using my gift of empathy. As of right now, I feel it's more of a curse. I want to be "normal," but I figure I ain't here to be normal.
I have a diagnosis of severe social anxiety, and while that is a part of it...if I knew people would just be kind and gentle, I wouldn't need that diagnosis.
When I see 45, my instinct is to hide. And scream at everyone I see and say, "Don't you see him for what he is?"
It's like, "Sure, he is a psychopath, and our country may be destroyed, but I am earning 15% on my retirement right now, so he's cool."