I have not felt this much in a long time

[Callie McAllie]

When I was young, I was quite emotional. Many would say too emotional. Somewhere along the line I figured out how to quell that.

But suddenly I am overwhelmed. I am brimming with emotion I can barely contain. All I have to do is think about Japan, and I start crying. Libya, I am so filled with anguish, regret, remorse. I feel like I used to feel back in high school. I'm as emotional as a teenager.

Paramount, I feel like a hole has been ripped in the earth and I FEEL it. I feel that damage. Which is not to take away - for one second - what the people of Japan must be feeling...just that, somewhere, in a place I didn't recognize, didn't even know existed, I am connected to that. And what is happening is making me physically - okay maybe just emotionally - ill.

My first and foremost thought is to make this situation easier for the people who are living it on the ground. But there's also a part or me who wants to understand better this intense and painful connection I am feeling....

Any thoughts you have would be welcome.

[Shallah Kali]

1. i suspect most people are empathic and learn to shut it down to some extent as they mature

maybe personal changes might have reawakened that connection with the wide world

or maybe it is as some have predicted and senses that all are growing more sensitive and entering a time of expanded consciousness where most if not all will see we really are all connected to everyone and everything...

or maybe it is a combination of the two...

some folks are just plain geosensitive - know of any dowsers in your family tree???

[findrskeep]

2. Hi Callie, I just read this last night

and I thought of it again as soon as I read your post. It came from the website www.stariq.com and was written by Ralfee Finn in an article called "Aquarium Age". It's about what's going on astrologically with Uranus's move into Aries. It resonated with me as I'm dealing with some old behavior too. This is just one paragraph out of the piece.

"Also keep in mind, new cycles tend to excite old habits—it's almost as if certain themes you thought were long gone make a momentary, and often splashy, comeback. Don't despair if you find yourself caught in an onslaught of old behaviors or attitudes. Be confident, face the challenge of transformation, and understand that the persistent red threads of karmic patterns appear at every significant juncture. And this new Uranus cycle is going to offer a plethora of opportunities to face those areas that still suffer from a lack of awareness."

I also know that for quite some time we're all dredging up old "stuff" and bringing it to the surface to heal. I got the message to "travel light" about a week or so ago, meaning we need to release old emotional baggage and let go of as much as we possibly can in order to navigate these unsettled waters we're all sailing through. Remember to be kind to yourself too. Don't beat yourself up for feeling whatever you're feeling. Just acknowledge it and let it go. I hope you feel better soon.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

10. very interesting.....

I've been moved to return to doing EFT.
Found out about it about...ohh, what 5 years ago? Really helped old traumas...now I'm needing to revisit this work (Annette, if you read this, thank you for the FasterEFT link!! ).

I feel "disastered out"....I hate to say it, but I feel kind of wrung dry.... I think the BP thing was the shut down for me....

[AC_Mem]

12. EFT

BlancheSplanchnik - Tap on "even though it fees like the BP thing was the shut down for me...."

Remember, tap on the emotions and feelings, especially the ones you can verbalize!

Faster EFT ROCKS!

Go to youtube and search for FasterEFT (by Healing Magic) and you can watch literally hundreds of videos on tapping, video #69 will get you started if you don't have experience. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAhNSHNyGd4&feature=related

EFT can really help to unstick the trauma that we are all going through right now as empaths and process it through our energy systems. We are no good to anyone if our energy meridians are so clogged with trauma that our light cannot run through properly - remember that!

I plan on tapping at that great big moon with my feet in the grass tomorrow night, that's for sure :)

Breathe. Tap. Breathe. Tap. Breathe.

Luv, Annette

[BlancheSplanchnik]

13. Hi Annette.... haa! Wish I saw this YESTERDAY!

"I plan on tapping at that great big moon with my feet in the grass tomorrow night, that's for sure "----what a great idea. How was it?
I haven't had a chance to listen to t his yet, but I plan to later Tapping for Japan mp3 http://www.thetappingsolution.com/blog/


I LIKE the FasterEFT links and YouTubes, thanks!

I've been having some panic and hyperventilation stuff bothering me for a bit of a while now, and started back to EFT because of it. Yesterday, I worked with the Faster EFT stuff, adding a little tweak (for example, using "Even though...., I love and accept myself" feels better than "let it go, Peace"), and using phrases from the PTSD link below-- gave me some real inspiration and relief. I feel better than I have in a month.

I'm also noticing when I feel good feelings welling up as I tap, and tapping on them as they happen--"I notice a good feeling welling up" "I like it" "I like this good feeling" "It feels like relief", "I love knowing that as I change my energy, I'm offering positive Energy to myself and the world"......


How I handled my PTSD (child abuse) all by myself http://www.eftuniverse.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1016&Itemid=778

:hi:
:)
Blanche (cindy)

[LiberalEsto]

3. I feel it too, Callie

I feel like a hole has been ripped into my body.
Never imagined that something would create such a visceral reaction, but I can't rest until this is resolved somehow.

Doing Thich Nhat Hanh's breathing meditations helps.

"Breathing in, my body becomes calm
Breathing out, I smile
Dwelling in the present moment,
I know this is a wonderful moment."

Even though the people in Japan are not having too many "wonderful moments," doing this and other meditations helps calm the psychic environment of our world.

[Ricochet21]

4. PL and Uranus

are opening up people (if they are willing) like a can opener

it's great

it will be rocky here and there, hang in there

[NJCher]

5. tail of the dragon

I can't write much now as I'm headed out to get my taxes done but I heard that an astrologer said we in America would be feeling very bad about all the things that are going on now, such as the earthquake, Libya, etc. Said it had something to do with Uranus and Tail of the Dragon, if I remember correctly. Maybe richochetastroman can fill in?

Gotta' run.


Cher

[findrskeep]

6. I saw something about that too,

I didn't know what it meant though. About the tail of the dragon, one is in Sag and the other in Gemini. Maybe Rick will enlighten us.

[Ricochet21]

7. The North Node

head of the dragon and the South Node, tail of the dragon form a opposition across the zodiac around 0 cardinal. The recent ingress of Uranus in to Aries is almost exactly square to the nodes.

I am not an expert on the nodes. Good luck :hi:

[Cleita]

8. I'm feeling such things too considering the

anguish going on through the world. I try to do what I can and then I have to shut it out like you do or I would be a basket case. I think the fact that we can talk about it around the world through the internet is a big help in coping with those emotions.

[Callie McAllie]

9. thanks, all, for the insights and encouraging words

[Fire Walk With Me]

11. The concept of horse and rider.

The body is a horse; the rider must train it or it will wander where it wishes, bolt and turn against the rider. Meditation and especially the Anapanasati breathing meditation steps will firmly demonstrate this, and that it is possible to overcome such issues, and to train the body into particular states.

Not as simple for addicts, but it's extremely useful for the majority.