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- Fun Friday, 8/19/2011, 12:00 am From: 13Witches@yahoogroups.com
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- Re: Quotes About Cat From: Sidhe Wolf
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- Re: Emotional Wreck--Or Empath From: Stephanie Smith
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- Cosmic Calendar Aug 19 From: LadyHawk_Jax
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Fun Friday, 8/19/2011, 12:00 am
Posted by: "13Witches@yahoogroups.com" 13Witches@yahoogroups.com
Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:43 pm (PDT)
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Re: Quotes About Cat
Posted by: "Sidhe Wolf" sidhefaolchu@gmail.com mikisidhewolf
Fri Aug 19, 2011 2:45 am (PDT)
"And rightly so!", say Cronan and Ciaran with tails held high and a haughty
glance, as they head off to deposit more black fur on my sofa.
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> "In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten
> this."
> — Terry Pratchett<http://www.goodreads.com/author/ >show/1654. Terry_Pratchett
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Re: Emotional Wreck--Or Empath
Posted by: "Stephanie Smith" steph.smith@gmx.us queensarcasmo
Fri Aug 19, 2011 3:21 am (PDT)
Thank you for posting this. I am an empath, and I struggle daily.
~Stephanie~
"You know, the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common:
they don't alter their views to fit the facts; they alter the facts to fit
their views."
- Tom Baker
From: 13Witches@yahoogroups.com [mailto:13Witches@yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf
Of Lady Nightshayde
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 9:20 PM
To: 13Witches@yahoogroups.com ; whisperingwitches@yahoogroups. com
Subject: [13Witches] Emotional Wreck--Or Empath
Emotional Wreck--Or Empath?
I remember with detailed clarity the winter night when I could no longer
ignore the bothersome barrage of emotions I'd felt coming from other people
every day of my life. Often these intruders were strangers, as was this
elderly man who boarded our bus just before midnight on a cold night in
Harlem.
In the memory I'm just seventeen, sitting in the back of a crosstown bus
with some friends, on the first leg of our way back to a place in midtown
where we could crash for the night. And as soon as this unknown gentleman
sits down on one of the side-facing seats in the middle of the bus, the
memory consists only of him. If I were an artist I could draw a picture of
him, and the background of the bus, and the night-darkened neighborhood
where he boarded.
He wore a white jacket, unzipped. It appeared thin, but underneath I could
see a green and blue plaid flannel shirt and the evidence of a thermal
undershirt at the collar. He carried a gun-metal gray lunch box, darkened
and dinged from years of use.
What overwhelmed me most were the emotions I felt. They entered me, became
part of me, and I could feel everything he was feeling. Emotions come to an
empath in layers, just as if they are sprayed from a bottle of perfume. The
top note was despair and resignation. Beneath that was resentment and a
strong sense of loyalty. The bottom note was composed of the dead desires
of youth and anger long since released.
Perhaps this old gentleman was depressed, knowing that he was again going to
a job he hated, knowing he had no choice, and knowing that at this point in
his life there would be no other choices. Did he have a wife?
Grandchildren to spoil? Would he retire soon? Could he afford to retire?
Or would he continue to work until his death?
Long-lost dreams hovered within, veiled by a consciousness that tried hard
to suppress those plans and hopes of his youth. At seventeen I understood
poverty, and I was aware of the decades of deep prejudice this
African-American man had endured.
He sat with his eyes cast down at the floor under the empty side seat
opposite him. I don't think he was aware of my fixed stare, but I could not
disconnect from the emotions bombarding me, and my eyes were part of how I
read the messages he sent. If he did notice my intense gaze he was polite
enough not to remark in my apparent rudeness. Then again, perhaps he was
conditioned during the decades of Jim Crow not to raise his eyes to meet
those of a strange white girl.
When the man got off at his stop I felt as if I breathed for the first time
since I saw him. The source of the sorrowful feelings was out of my
presence, but the power of his emotions had merged with mine so thoroughly
that when my friends and I were back in midtown Manhattan, at a crowded
coffee shop, my preoccupation was remarked upon by everyone. So I pretended
to listen, laugh, and join in the conversation, but I was still emotionally
bound to that elderly African-American man. To this day I wonder what
happened during the remainder of his life.
From my earliest memories such emotions plagued me. I assumed they were
normal and never understood why no one talked about them or, even stranger
to me, why no one ever acted upon them. I could never be mean to the new
kid in school, and to hear about a hurt or abused animal would haunt me for
weeks. I couldn't understand why other people didn't immediately react when
reading the emotional messages people sent. When I was a young as seven I
could feel the effects of words on a third person, and cringed at things
others said. Often I tried to smooth over situations where I knew words
were escalating negative emotions, but the person doing the talking always
seemed as clueless to my attempts as I was to his lack of empathy.
I was almost thirty before my Craft teacher and mentor asked me if I'd
considered that I might be an empath. I knew what empathy was, but thought
empaths were the creation of science fiction. Wrong! There are empathic
people everywhere, and, my teacher told me, she believed that as people
opened themselves to the awareness of other realities as they studied
Paganism or New Age practices, they also opened their emotional centers.
She told me I was a classic case. I was born with an empathic predilection.
I'd carried it through to adulthood, and then Pagan practices had kept this
channel open, perhaps even expanding it.
If she was correct, it would answer lots of old riddles.
She said only I could say for sure what I was and was not. She asked me a
series of questions to consider instead of slapping a label on my forehead.
I didn't have to think about them very long. They made it clear to me that
I was an unshielded empath. Since that revelation twenty years ago I have
developed a self-examination or my students to consider if they think they
might be empaths. There are no right or wrong answers, but if you notice
that your inner turmoil seems to come from other living beings and not
fictional character and events, and not as much from objects (sensing
emotions from objects is called psychometry, and this is another topic
completely), then you may be able to pinpoint where you fall on the empath
continuum.
1. Does a sad movie or TV show stay with you emotionally all night?
2. Does a sad true story stay with you emotionally all night, or perhaps
longer?
3. Do you feel you require more solitude than others to remain healthy and
balanced?
4. Do you prefer nighttime to daytime?
5. DO you work with the public on a regular basis and, if so, how do you
handle upset, angry, or frightened customers?
6. Are you comfortable in old homes or antique stores?
7. Does the way you feel about a person influence the way you feel about
the gift they may give you?
8. Do you feel as if you're being watched even when others say you're
imagining things or call you paranoid?
9. Do you act on feelings of fear, regardless of what others do, only to
discover you were correct because you were sensing the emotions of someone
out to do harm?
10. Do friends and family members trust your instincts about who, what, and
where is safe?
11. How long does it take you to "shake off the day" when you finish
working?
12. Do you have a history of making friends with the annoying person no one
else wants around?
13. Do you find it hard to say "no" when people or organizations ask for
extra help, even when you are struggling to carry your own load?
If you're an empath, the answers to these questions probably came with ease
and perhaps specific examples. Empaths feel no fear from most objects, but
will pick up on dangerous intentions in other people. They often prefer
nighttime to daytime because there are fewer people awake and about to
bombard the unprotected empath with emotional chaos. Solitude is a
necessity so the empath can ground and reenergize. They find it hard to say
no to anyone or anything, and always feel sorry for the "odd person out."
They will end up adopting the friendless because they can't stand to feel
the pain from someone else's loneliness. Sad movies or TV shows affect them
as they would anyone else--after all, it's only fiction--but the true
stories of atrocities wrought on other living creatures is a negative energy
that works its way into the solar plexus and begins to feast on the
emotional pain.
So how does an empath ward themselves from this daily bombardment of random
emotions without warding out their compassion?
Start by identifying your hop spots, the times when you feel that kick in
the solar plexus or in the stomach. These are two of the body's most earthy
and emotion-centered chakras, energy centers on the body that allow specific
energies to move in and out of us. the term "kick in the gut" has a telling
history.
Once you identify your hop spots, you can prepare for them ahead of time,
and protect your own emotional health and well-being without losing your
compassion or your ability to read emotions. You must find a way of
controlling them rather than allowing them to spin your life out of control
when they hit. For empaths these hits are daily and multiple kicks in the
gut.
The seven major chakra centers on the body can be controlled by your will
and visualization. You may have to begin doing this in a meditative state
of mind, but with practice you can raise your shields as soon as you know
you need them. When you feel the emotional bombardment, visualize the chaos
being channeled upward into the throat, third eye (center of forehead), or
crown chakra. These chakras--the latter two in particular--are connected to
spirit, thought, and reason. Pulling the emotional turmoil upward will
allow you to sort through these feelings rationally. This puts you in a
position to apply rational objectivity rather than knee-jerk subjectivity to
your emotional reactions to other's emotional chaos. This is an excellent
technique if you're not sure what to focus on and what to let go.
Chakras can also be closed, open, or somewhere in between. While prevailing
opinion is that they should be more open than closed, and all in equal
proportions, this is not good advice for an empath. (If you have someone do
a chakra balancing for you be sure to let that person know you're empathic.)
The empath needs the solar plexus and navel area chakras more closed than
open. You want to be able to feel and remain a person of compassion, but
you also want to filter out the overload.
You may also need to clear your home and work areas of clutter. Some people
thrive in an environment of knickknacks and family photos, others feel
jittery. Just the sight of all these things causes an emotional overload.
The same advice applies to the people in your life. If you have a person
who is always living from crisis to crisis, and always comes to you for
help, you must wean this person away from dependence on you. Some people
love to live this way, some for the attention, others because they need some
intervention to get them on a normal life-track.
The mental image of a battle shield, an egg of light, a multifaceted mirror
ball, or a warning ax or blade are also images you can employ in your
defense. These are good techniques for those who work daily with the public
and are the scapegoat for other's anger, verbal abuse, frustration, and need
to bully someone.
To avoid taking home any of the emotional mess you have collected during the
workday, use each step as you walk to your car, bus, or train as a method of
grounding. As each foot hits the pavement, visualize the unwanted emotions
of the day sinking into the ground where Mother Earth will cleanse them and
keep them far away from you.
Wearing protective jewelry is another popular method of blocking or
collecting unwanted energies from others. A clean quartz crystal worn
around your neck and settled against your heart center can be empowered as
an emotion catcher. Allow it to take the brunt of the negative emotions
each day and cleanse it again at night by running it under cool water and
visualizing the negative energies being cleared and drained away.
As you experiment with what works best for you in the emotional warding
department, you'll eventually stumble upon a method or combination of
methods that works for you. Best of all, you'll notice yourself feeling
healthier and more energetic as time goes by and you gain expertise in
dodging or blocking both the random and the focused emotional debris of
others.
by Edain McCoy,
The light of a hundred stars cannot equal the light of the Moon.
Love Each Day,
Lady Nightshayde
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Cosmic Calendar Aug 19
Posted by: "LadyHawk_Jax" ladyhawk_jax@yahoo.com ladyhawk_jax
Fri Aug 19, 2011 4:33 am (PDT)
Yesterday was fairly dazzling - all things considered - compared to so many other dates within the Cosmic Calendar when the universe seems more eager to clobber earthlings over the head than to be the kind and benevolent parent we would all like it to be. The main headline today would read something like this - Positive Astro-Psychic Trend Continues with Venus Parallel to Jupiter (3:01PM PDT) as a Highlight.
Early on, the Moon in Aries makes a supportive, 60-degree connection to far-out Neptune in Aquarius (4:51AM PDT). This aspect helps you recall Technicolor dreams and visions from the Great Beyond. A short void lunar cycle also begins simultaneously - lasting until 5:37AM PDT when the Moon enters Taurus, the sign of its exaltation.
The arrival of Taurus Moon is always a boost for financial reviews, embracing the wonders of Mother Nature, gardening, cooking, and physical-fitness routines. Keep stubborn behavior patterns and rigid mental attitudes at arm's length, and you will be doing yourself a world of good.
Meanwhile, Venus in parallel to Jupiter (3:01PM PDT) can manifest as a treasure-trove of opportunities on the social, business, artistic, monetary and educational fronts. This is a super-duper alliance of the two traditional beneficial planets. Thus, utilize their merger at 14 degrees north of the Celestial Equator as a gift of the divine beings who help to sustain our solar system and all the life contained within its boundaries.
Let the good times roll this evening since the Moon is also approaching its monthly union with ebullient and optimistic Jupiter (forming exactly at 2:15AM PDT on Saturday).
Love, Light and Abundant Blessings,
LadyHawk
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