Energy.
This morning is proving to be be a lot calmer than last night. Not only did I manage to get some real sleep, but I've also somehow made it to a point where I can feel calm again. I suppose it is mostly the fact that I slept well, even despite the fact that I woke up once in the night and didn't make it back to sleep for about an hour. I feel more rested than I have in quite a while.
The bulk of the snowstorm is over now, and I intend to go out and take pictures at some point. It is still snowing, but it's calmer, not as... well, not as fierce as it was last night. I will post the photos either here or on Facebook -- I haven't quite decided which. I may possibly do both, as I know there are a number of people on this list who aren't on that one.
Anyway, the general trend of my morning thoughts is more or less one of introspection. I am an introspective person by nature, and it can even make me introverted at times -- almost to the point of being a hermit, in my own head if not in actual fact. I am almost there right now, really -- but I've stopped just shy of not talking to anyone at all. I can fortunately stll feel comfortable being engaged in conversation. Sometimes that's difficult for me.
Just this morning my musings have led me to conclude that I am no longer so sure how well I know myself. While I am still able to trust in myself and my abilities to a very great degree, I am stumbling down corridors and opening doors in my thoughts that I hadn't even acknowledged before now. What's more, I am seeing possibilities open in myself that I'd believed impossible; and I know that Raven has led me to consider these things, as a way of helping me understand what is truly necessary for me to work through the wounding process that is an instrinsic part of the path I have chosen to take.
In a way, this is a relief for me, as I am able to see more in myself than I've ever suspected being there. On the other hand, I find myself unsettled by these new things, as they are parts of me that are not yet clear, and thus must be accepted and understood before I am really capable of working for my own benefit or that of others. In order to successfully separate myself from what others feel, so that I may most accurately define what needs resolution, I must be fully familiar with myself on a level that renders me capable of that separation. It's not distance born of a lack of empathy -- rather, it is a distance made necessary by empathy, something that allows me to clarify where the person's truest difficulties lie, and how best to resolve the problem.
Energy is a funny thing. It is genuinely neutral, and is the fundamental structure of absolutely everything. It's not just around us -- it is within us, and is us. Everywhere we are -- everything we do -- everything we perceive -- is part of that energy, and we are continually interacting. It is constantly changing, as we are, and there is simply no way around the fact that it is the only real tool a healer has for helping another individual. In order to gain any real understanding of the healing process, the healer must be familiar with their own energies before they approach another's. To do otherwise is not only wrong, but disrespectful to the self, the art and the person for whom the healing is conducted.
More later... blessings to all.
The bulk of the snowstorm is over now, and I intend to go out and take pictures at some point. It is still snowing, but it's calmer, not as... well, not as fierce as it was last night. I will post the photos either here or on Facebook -- I haven't quite decided which. I may possibly do both, as I know there are a number of people on this list who aren't on that one.
Anyway, the general trend of my morning thoughts is more or less one of introspection. I am an introspective person by nature, and it can even make me introverted at times -- almost to the point of being a hermit, in my own head if not in actual fact. I am almost there right now, really -- but I've stopped just shy of not talking to anyone at all. I can fortunately stll feel comfortable being engaged in conversation. Sometimes that's difficult for me.
Just this morning my musings have led me to conclude that I am no longer so sure how well I know myself. While I am still able to trust in myself and my abilities to a very great degree, I am stumbling down corridors and opening doors in my thoughts that I hadn't even acknowledged before now. What's more, I am seeing possibilities open in myself that I'd believed impossible; and I know that Raven has led me to consider these things, as a way of helping me understand what is truly necessary for me to work through the wounding process that is an instrinsic part of the path I have chosen to take.
In a way, this is a relief for me, as I am able to see more in myself than I've ever suspected being there. On the other hand, I find myself unsettled by these new things, as they are parts of me that are not yet clear, and thus must be accepted and understood before I am really capable of working for my own benefit or that of others. In order to successfully separate myself from what others feel, so that I may most accurately define what needs resolution, I must be fully familiar with myself on a level that renders me capable of that separation. It's not distance born of a lack of empathy -- rather, it is a distance made necessary by empathy, something that allows me to clarify where the person's truest difficulties lie, and how best to resolve the problem.
Energy is a funny thing. It is genuinely neutral, and is the fundamental structure of absolutely everything. It's not just around us -- it is within us, and is us. Everywhere we are -- everything we do -- everything we perceive -- is part of that energy, and we are continually interacting. It is constantly changing, as we are, and there is simply no way around the fact that it is the only real tool a healer has for helping another individual. In order to gain any real understanding of the healing process, the healer must be familiar with their own energies before they approach another's. To do otherwise is not only wrong, but disrespectful to the self, the art and the person for whom the healing is conducted.
More later... blessings to all.