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Aloha and Good Morning My
Friends, I’ve been thinking about the
deeper, energetic levels of human interaction. In my imagination, we are all
electrical storms, swirling centers of energy upon which we have imposed our
perception of matter and form. Individually, we all have our own “weather”
patterns, areas of high pressure and areas of low pressure. We all have
clouds and rain, lightning and thunder. We have calm, sunny days with blue
skies. We have winds both gentle and rough; |
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hurricanes and tornados blow
through our storm centers and all of this happens within the confines of the
space we claim as our own – our body and our aura, our body/space.Weather is
interesting stuff. We mostly feel the secondary effects of weather. An interaction
of pressures manifests as the secondary effect, rain. We see the rain and
feel its wetness sliding down our skin and yet seldom notice the pressure
changes that preceded it. We think of rain as weather and yet rain is merely
the outward affect of weather. Real weather is the interplay of pressures and
forces across the face of the earth. Some of those interplays lead to rain,
others to snow; some precede a hurricane, others a gentle calm. So what if certain behavioral tendencies in ourselves
and others are the secondary effects of our personal weather interacting
with the pressures and forces of another? Take the emotion of anger,
for instance. I used to think myself nearly a saint; after all, I seldom
verbalized words of anger. I figured I had it going on; I patted myself on
the back for my evolved and ascendant behavior. Alas, the energy I held back
from my mouth formed itself into little lightning bolts that flashed out and
exploded into the energy space of the poor, beleaguered victim of my ire.
Meanwhile, I’m feeling self-righteous and superior: the thrust of which
again forms itself into an energy projection that flashes out of my
body/space and into the body/space of my partner in these interactions – even
when that partner isn’t physically present! |
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Our physical body is a massive collection of chemical
receptors, each having a unique shape designed to fit a very specific
hormone, peptide or protein. Each receptor “recognizes” the specific shape to
which it is attracted and rejects all other shapes. It makes sense to me that we
also have millions of “energetic” receptors, the spiritual correlate of all
our physical processes. Each energetic receptor recognizes and is programmed
to respond to a different “shape” of energy. All of our emotions and all of
our thoughts create energy shapes that fit into and are attracted to the
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Our sphere of influence is determined by intention and
attention more than physical distance. We are constantly broadcasting
the energy patterns, the shapes created by our thoughts and by our
emotions. The weather patterns of our personal thoughts and emotions are
being picked up by everyone around us and everyone attached to us. Our energy
stimulates their corresponding receptor sites. I suspect that for many of us, all or most of this
interactive pattern plays out unconsciously, yet more and more human beings
are becoming sensitive. We are beginning to feel how outward energy patterns
influence inward behaviors, thoughts and emotions. To become sensitive is to
become conscious; to become conscious is to become responsible for the subtle
energy of our thoughts and our emotions and how they can influence and affect
everyone and everything around us for better or for less than better! A dear friend, relatively new in her relationship,
recently expressed a certain worry. Her boyfriend works on the road and
normally calls her everyday. It’s been three days and she hasn’t heard from
him, so she felt worried. We all feel worry. It’s perfectly normal and perfectly
wonderful to honor the story this emotion tells us. Emotions, what I
like to call 'fussiness,' gives us opportunity to follow our
feelings back to their original form and take a “look-see” at our
inner landscape. At the same time isn’t worry normally attached to something
outside of ourselves? In this case, worry attached to the boyfriend. Worry
forms an outward, energetic shape, an aggressive and prickly shape because on
one level worry forms from an unspoken accusation: “Why are you doing/not
doing whatever or another – so that I don’t have to be concerned about you?” |
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I believe that the missile of our energetic worry-shape
launches itself right out of the silo of our hearts. It must be a “smart”
missile for it finds its target every time. The boyfriend feels the missile
hit home, perhaps not consciously and yet the receptor sites for external
accusation are activated. He become defensive and doesn’t even know why.
After all, he’s not even around so what is there to become defensive about? The unconscious interplay of accusation/defensiveness
can lead to an explosive destructiveness later on in a relationship.
Not at all what we intended when we entertained a sense of worry
based upon love and concern for our partners.
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So, for today, I’ll resolve
to adopt an attitude of acceptance and allowing for all that I feel and yet
at the same time hold an awareness that “no man is an island” and that my
thoughts and feelings are never just mine alone. They project outward and form
the manifestation of my perception of reality. I’ll slip a tiny step closer
to consciousness and awaken just a little more to my connection to all of
you. May all your projections be warm and fuzzy! With Love and Aloha, Holman |
