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"content": "“Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible.” <br />― Carl Gustav Jung",
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"content": "Spiritual Individuation ( a precis ) <br /><br /><br />Colours blind the eye.<br />Sounds deafen the ear.<br />Flavours numb the taste.<br />Thoughts weaken the mind.<br />Desires wither the heart.<br />The Master observes the world but trusts his inner vision.<br /> He allows things to come and go<br /> His heart is open as the sky. <br /><br />From the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu<br /><br />I know many of us with a predisposition towards the spiritual life can suffer tremendously as we precariously tread our path. There is in us all, our own rendition of spirituality. A unique and innate seed that seeks expression and fulfilment through our experience of life itself.<br /><br />My own was through the discovery that I am empathic. I am no expert on anyone's life as we all are different. Each of us growing from a distinct DNA in our own individual habitat of physical, psychological and emotional environments. However, in the hope of helping others, I wish to communicate briefly my experience thus far.<br />After many years of reflection, meditation and various numinous experiences in my life I found that actually I knew my truth all along, I just needed to discover it. My truth was ingrained in my heart from the very beginning. I suspect it took awhile to discover as my truth was not of my culture and thus many of my spiritual experiences were alien to me as they were to my peers.<br /><br />This is where the idea of spiritual individuation came from. The term \" individuation \" was coined by Carl Jung, a psychiatrist and psychotherapist. His theory was that in order for humans to become the best version themselves we had to allow ourselves to be authentic. That is to seek to express in ourselves and in life our intuitive true nature. The problem with this is it can often be at odds with our culture, peers the society we are born into.<br /> Although I never used to think that being empathic was a gift ( due to its initially confusing and draining properties ) , I now know that it was indeed. One which, once understood, has been pivotal in helping me find myself and for me, my true relationship with the world around me.<br /><br /> So to all you fellow strugglers, whatsoever pain or challenges you may face, rest assured that you are more than you perceive yourself to be. You are more than your current problems, more than your fears for the future and more than the hurts of your past. If you can carry on pursuing your heartfelt path, in my experience, you will find peace and equanimity.<br />",
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"content": "Spiritual Individuation ( a precis ) \n\n\nColours blind the eye.\nSounds deafen the ear.\nFlavours numb the taste.\nThoughts weaken the mind.\nDesires wither the heart.\nThe Master observes the world but trusts his inner vision.\n He allows things to come and go\n His heart is open as the sky. \n\nFrom the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu\n\nI know many of us with a predisposition towards the spiritual life can suffer tremendously as we precariously tread our path. There is in us all, our own rendition of spirituality. A unique and innate seed that seeks expression and fulfilment through our experience of life itself.\n\nMy own was through the discovery that I am empathic. I am no expert on anyone's life as we all are different. Each of us growing from a distinct DNA in our own individual habitat of physical, psychological and emotional environments. However, in the hope of helping others, I wish to communicate briefly my experience thus far.\nAfter many years of reflection, meditation and various numinous experiences in my life I found that actually I knew my truth all along, I just needed to discover it. My truth was ingrained in my heart from the very beginning. I suspect it took awhile to discover as my truth was not of my culture and thus many of my spiritual experiences were alien to me as they were to my peers.\n\nThis is where the idea of spiritual individuation came from. The term \" individuation \" was coined by Carl Jung, a psychiatrist and psychotherapist. His theory was that in order for humans to become the best version themselves we had to allow ourselves to be authentic. That is to seek to express in ourselves and in life our intuitive true nature. The problem with this is it can often be at odds with our culture, peers the society we are born into.\n Although I never used to think that being empathic was a gift ( due to its initially confusing and draining properties ) , I now know that it was indeed. One which, once understood, has been pivotal in helping me find myself and for me, my true relationship with the world around me.\n\n So to all you fellow strugglers, whatsoever pain or challenges you may face, rest assured that you are more than you perceive yourself to be. You are more than your current problems, more than your fears for the future and more than the hurts of your past. If you can carry on pursuing your heartfelt path, in my experience, you will find peace and equanimity.\n",
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"content": "\" One of those Days \".........? <br /><br /><br />“If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern.”<br />― William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell<br /><br />Most days I awake with a certain mindset, these are not always predictable and for me simply demonstrates impermanence and a sense of non locality which happily correlate with my understanding of life in all its complexity. <br />As with most feelings experienced on an empathic level it is rather difficult to communicate to others due to the nature of my perception. It's a little like having many, many sensory receptors both inside and outside of myself which on occasions feedback vast arrays of information in a manner that cannot be explained neurologically. It is also impossible to tease out from where it originated before being incorporated into my consciousness. <br />And today appears to be ' one of those days' <br />From the start I felt a little unsettled, I'm perceiving noises and movement where there physically does not appear to be any. My eyes ( I'm assuming this is where I am perceiving movements although it seems to originate in my mind and projected outwards) see vague, grey ashen figures drift by, going about their other dimensional deeds oblivious to my presence. Some figures seem darker, more substantial. These appear more conscious however apparently still trying to carry on with their human life despite no longer being of physical form. <br />Knocks, creaks and bangs echo from around the house where the relatively uniform laws of physics apparently no longer operate. <br />I'm hoping a walk in the countryside will help to ground me into a more predictable reality if only to briefly abate the dizzying tirade of stimuli impacting on my sensorium. <br />The pure and sensual breeze wraps itself around me as if welcoming me in its embrace. A vast variety of smells accompany its clutch ,the light but pungent scent from the apple blossoms mingling with the earthy smell of the newly rain sodden soil combine to further remove me from my physical self. The trees branches and leaves, the long grass and the overgrown bushes dance in synchrony to the wind, choreographed by Nature herself. <br />I am now the invisible witness. The whole world, the stars, the planets, the ancient past and the distant future all fuse within my soul. I am at one with the whole and the whole is at one with me. Although I can perceive a reality outside of my physicality, I know that I too am part of and inseparable from all that is. The illusion of self is shattered, freeing my soul to fly and become as one with eternity <br />I",
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"content": "\" One of those Days \".........? \n\n\n“If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern.”\n― William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell\n\nMost days I awake with a certain mindset, these are not always predictable and for me simply demonstrates impermanence and a sense of non locality which happily correlate with my understanding of life in all its complexity. \nAs with most feelings experienced on an empathic level it is rather difficult to communicate to others due to the nature of my perception. It's a little like having many, many sensory receptors both inside and outside of myself which on occasions feedback vast arrays of information in a manner that cannot be explained neurologically. It is also impossible to tease out from where it originated before being incorporated into my consciousness. \nAnd today appears to be ' one of those days' \nFrom the start I felt a little unsettled, I'm perceiving noises and movement where there physically does not appear to be any. My eyes ( I'm assuming this is where I am perceiving movements although it seems to originate in my mind and projected outwards) see vague, grey ashen figures drift by, going about their other dimensional deeds oblivious to my presence. Some figures seem darker, more substantial. These appear more conscious however apparently still trying to carry on with their human life despite no longer being of physical form. \nKnocks, creaks and bangs echo from around the house where the relatively uniform laws of physics apparently no longer operate. \nI'm hoping a walk in the countryside will help to ground me into a more predictable reality if only to briefly abate the dizzying tirade of stimuli impacting on my sensorium. \nThe pure and sensual breeze wraps itself around me as if welcoming me in its embrace. A vast variety of smells accompany its clutch ,the light but pungent scent from the apple blossoms mingling with the earthy smell of the newly rain sodden soil combine to further remove me from my physical self. The trees branches and leaves, the long grass and the overgrown bushes dance in synchrony to the wind, choreographed by Nature herself. \nI am now the invisible witness. The whole world, the stars, the planets, the ancient past and the distant future all fuse within my soul. I am at one with the whole and the whole is at one with me. Although I can perceive a reality outside of my physicality, I know that I too am part of and inseparable from all that is. The illusion of self is shattered, freeing my soul to fly and become as one with eternity \nI",
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"content": "Genius Loci.............? <br /><br />I began my trek to my destination. Heavy, grey clouds were gathering overhead as if to accentuate the importance of my visit by preventing the rays of sunlight detracting from my purpose. Through muddy fields and over rickety stiles I walked, the only hint that this path had been used for hundreds of years being a well worn path and the sense of joining the spirits of the many others who had also took part in the short journey from the small village over the millennia. <br /><br />Soon the route ( as is often the case when visiting ancient sacred sites) narrows and I am surrounded on either side by overhanging bushes and tree branches creating a natural aisle for reverential processions to proceed. Light birdsong and the soft, gentle trickling of water are the only sounds to be heard, creating a kind of Natures choir as I move closer to my goal .<br />The path widens a little but I am still enclosed in the seemingly welcoming and protective undergrowth flourishing around the well, as if to provide privacy and promote a secular spiritual intimacy to the occasion. <br /><br />The Cloutie tree in front of the well is festooned with colourful adornments, mostly ragged pieces of cloth left by visitors who await their degradation in order to relieve whatsoever malaise afflicts them. I can almost hear silent and sometime desperate prayers from those who have sought relief here. Many, many tears over the years have fallen from many cheeks upon this spot, their sorrow and entreaties forever mixed with the sparkling translucent waters of the spring. <br /><br />Direct access to the well is seemingly complicated by a mixture of deep bog and gnarled branches as if put there to deter only the most determined soul. <br />Following the spring water further alongside the path, the stream enters a roofless ancient chapel. It's grey corbelled walls forming a rough square with an entrance from the north. On entering the chapel I can feel the reverence and the sanctity that the site has been endowed with over the years. The barely tangible energies of the souls of previous supplicants frequent here, forever paying homage to this most holy of Nature's shrines. The lack of a roof means anyone knelt in prayer in front of the altar offers up their beseechments and adoration to the blossoming flora and the barely visible sky amongst the treetops. As I stand, head bowed in front of the rough hewn granite altar littered with offerings of flowers and coins, I hear the soft, gentle waters of the spring empty into a crude font behind me. This accentuates further the feelings of ambience and serenity that epitomises my visit. <br />Kneeling in supplication in front of the altar it seems apparent that the stone and earth beneath me have witnessed much worship here, mostly to Mother Nature in her various guises as the sanctum has almost become as one with the scrub of the grove. An overwhelming sense of peace and oneness with nature penetrates my core, merging seamlessly with my physical self. If this were to become my final resting place, this sancta of Gaia, there would no need for belief in an afterlife or thought to what happens at life's end. For I am sure I would rest blissfully for eternity in this very spot.",
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"content": "Falling in Love........? <br /><br />I believe numinous and spiritual experience are ever present around us, it simply takes for our perception to be open to it. There are many documented ways to help to open us up to it including meditation and various drugs .However most of us go though life largely unaware of the truly exquisite magical nature of our world around us. As empaths I feel we are more open to a kind of energetic intimacy which is vastly more profound and sensual. It can literally consume one if we were to allow it. <br />This was a problem for me before I became aware of my empathic tendencies as I would welcome with open arms new relationships. I believe my empathy with someone would lead me to believe that I was ' in love ' and subsequently my physical and emotional reactions would follow suit. This unfortunately but predictably caused chaos within my relationships.<br />Now I understand the love that I feel for others is not so much about me but about an opportunity which I can use to genuinely support and help others. <br /><br />Though, on occasions these experiences still impose themselves on me unbidden. It may be in form of a spectacular view ,a feeling of oneness with nature or some other occurrence that we intrinsically recognise as something ‘other’ than our more frequent day to day perception. Fortunately I can now experience those very same feelings with the knowledge that they are not necessarily to be acted on, on a personal level. However I still like describing how I feel when they occur.<br /><br />And on rare occasions it appears it can be interpersonal :<br /><br />“I hardly know you but when I think of you or if I am graced enough to be in your presence something extraordinary happens to me.<br /> My spirit is given flight, all my senses are heightened seemingly to ensure that in no way I miss any aspect of your divine self. I bathe in your gaze and become lost deep in your eyes. Any self control I have, has withered away as I respond to your every word and gesture. Anyone watching would see I was lost to you, like prey willingly hypnotised by an enigmatic predator. As a sailor must have been drawn to his personal death by the seductive call of the mermaid, I too wish to answer my heart and souls call to be as one with you. Even if it meant that I was never to find myself again it would be small loss to be a part of you, always.”",
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"content": "Falling in Love........? \n\nI believe numinous and spiritual experience are ever present around us, it simply takes for our perception to be open to it. There are many documented ways to help to open us up to it including meditation and various drugs .However most of us go though life largely unaware of the truly exquisite magical nature of our world around us. As empaths I feel we are more open to a kind of energetic intimacy which is vastly more profound and sensual. It can literally consume one if we were to allow it. \nThis was a problem for me before I became aware of my empathic tendencies as I would welcome with open arms new relationships. I believe my empathy with someone would lead me to believe that I was ' in love ' and subsequently my physical and emotional reactions would follow suit. This unfortunately but predictably caused chaos within my relationships.\nNow I understand the love that I feel for others is not so much about me but about an opportunity which I can use to genuinely support and help others. \n\nThough, on occasions these experiences still impose themselves on me unbidden. It may be in form of a spectacular view ,a feeling of oneness with nature or some other occurrence that we intrinsically recognise as something ‘other’ than our more frequent day to day perception. Fortunately I can now experience those very same feelings with the knowledge that they are not necessarily to be acted on, on a personal level. However I still like describing how I feel when they occur.\n\nAnd on rare occasions it appears it can be interpersonal :\n\n“I hardly know you but when I think of you or if I am graced enough to be in your presence something extraordinary happens to me.\n My spirit is given flight, all my senses are heightened seemingly to ensure that in no way I miss any aspect of your divine self. I bathe in your gaze and become lost deep in your eyes. Any self control I have, has withered away as I respond to your every word and gesture. Anyone watching would see I was lost to you, like prey willingly hypnotised by an enigmatic predator. As a sailor must have been drawn to his personal death by the seductive call of the mermaid, I too wish to answer my heart and souls call to be as one with you. Even if it meant that I was never to find myself again it would be small loss to be a part of you, always.”",
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"content": "Stranger in a Strange Land <br /><br />On reflection, there has not been a day in my life when I have felt that I truly belong in my current existence. I have strong empathic traits ( so much so that when I have been emotionally close to someone I have developed their physiological anomalies, for example my spine developed a slight curvature) and a strong sense of spirituality. These may be part of the reason as to why I feel this way. <br />As I grew up I did all the usual 'growing up as a human' type things, from an hedonistic youth to marriage and a family as well as a career. <br />Despite this I have always felt living a human life was rather an effort, that my life was somehow a kind of 'job' I had to do. <br />This has historically led to feelings of being lost and directionless in life, as if I had somehow been installed into my body and marooned on Earth. <br /><br />Today as I sit on my porch drinking coffee and smoking the occasional cigarette, I find myself again reflecting on my past, present and future. Everyone seems to be committed to their human life, seemingly comfortable with their existence as they ( to me) carry on apparently unconsciously in their day to day activities dictated by previously laid out neural pathways. I admit at times I am quite jealous as I seem <br />unable to succumb to what appears to be a blind acceptance of their lives and fate. <br />Even my body annoys me! I think it is because being empathic I sense the subtle energies in the world that can communicate on a gentle, sensual level of spirit whereas my physical senses seem clumsy limiting by comparison. I feel very much like a spiritual energy trapped in human form. <br /><br />However I do not feel at all sorry for myself. In the end I believe I have been given the gift of a degree of consciousness which has led to spiritual and emotional growth. I have accepted that I am different and embrace it, the good and the bad. <br />The message is to anyone out there who feels they do not belong or feel isolated due to being seemingly different in some way, try to embrace your uniqueness, remain as authentic as you can be. I sense the world may need us to be the ones with clear vision, of balance, to be a neutralising agent against humanity's frequent emotional pathology, if there is to be any peace and compassion now or in the future, we may well be an important part in ensuring that. <br />,",
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"content": "Stranger in a Strange Land \n\nOn reflection, there has not been a day in my life when I have felt that I truly belong in my current existence. I have strong empathic traits ( so much so that when I have been emotionally close to someone I have developed their physiological anomalies, for example my spine developed a slight curvature) and a strong sense of spirituality. These may be part of the reason as to why I feel this way. \nAs I grew up I did all the usual 'growing up as a human' type things, from an hedonistic youth to marriage and a family as well as a career. \nDespite this I have always felt living a human life was rather an effort, that my life was somehow a kind of 'job' I had to do. \nThis has historically led to feelings of being lost and directionless in life, as if I had somehow been installed into my body and marooned on Earth. \n\nToday as I sit on my porch drinking coffee and smoking the occasional cigarette, I find myself again reflecting on my past, present and future. Everyone seems to be committed to their human life, seemingly comfortable with their existence as they ( to me) carry on apparently unconsciously in their day to day activities dictated by previously laid out neural pathways. I admit at times I am quite jealous as I seem \nunable to succumb to what appears to be a blind acceptance of their lives and fate. \nEven my body annoys me! I think it is because being empathic I sense the subtle energies in the world that can communicate on a gentle, sensual level of spirit whereas my physical senses seem clumsy limiting by comparison. I feel very much like a spiritual energy trapped in human form. \n\nHowever I do not feel at all sorry for myself. In the end I believe I have been given the gift of a degree of consciousness which has led to spiritual and emotional growth. I have accepted that I am different and embrace it, the good and the bad. \nThe message is to anyone out there who feels they do not belong or feel isolated due to being seemingly different in some way, try to embrace your uniqueness, remain as authentic as you can be. I sense the world may need us to be the ones with clear vision, of balance, to be a neutralising agent against humanity's frequent emotional pathology, if there is to be any peace and compassion now or in the future, we may well be an important part in ensuring that. \n,",
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