Wearing sunglasses with an umbrella: Bipolar disorder and spiritual bypassing

If you’re reading material about psychology, psychiatry and spirituality, you probably read some things about bipolar disorder already. Have you ever wonder how bipolar disorder looks or feels like? Have you been in contact with anyone suffering from bipolar disorder? Or are you perhaps on a rollercoaster of bipolarity too? Then this article is for you.

Many authors claim that having a bipolar disorder is similar to siting on the rollercoaster. Why so? Let me explain some facts about bipolar disorder and some of my personal experiences and thoughts on this topic.

Imagine waking up in a totally different world than you know it. That’s where depression and/or mania set place.

Bipolar disorder or so called “manic-depressive disorder” is by definition itself a mental disorder, diagnosed as the psychiatrical illness. It causes unusual shifts in mood, extreme cycles of never-ending ups and downs; it also affects activity levels, concentration and the ability to tackle daily tasks. In terms of spirituality these uncertain phases of mood and energy would probably be called “the awakening process”, existential crisis and/or shadow work.

There are three types of bipolar disorder (Bipolar I Disorder, Bipolar II Disorder and Cyclothymic Disorder). All three types involve changes in mood, energy, and activity levels. A person with bipolar disorder can feel extremely down (depression occurs) and after a while another extreme takes effect – being and feeling extremely up (high and energetic) (manic episode). That’s just a little bit of general basic facts, so you can understand what bipolar is. But let’s dive deep into practice.

So, how to live with bipolarity? How to keep balance when your thoughts and feelings are changing like the outside weather? You never truly know if it’s going to rain, if it’ll be a thunderstorm or a hot sunny day. However you can be prepared. Following weather forecasts and more importantly – keeping sunglasses and umbrella in your bag. Why am I talking about umbrella and sunglasses? Because, as written before – it’s how the bipolar extremes function. You can be full of energy wearing sunglasses on a sunny day at one moment and then all of the sudden (it can be in the next day, in the next few days, next few weeks) a massive thunderstorm hits you. All of this is a metaphor for phases of mania and depression. Mania could be described as a hot sunny day and depression as a cold rainy day. Include spirituality and you can expect foggy or a rainbow-clad day.

Many people write that bipolar disorder is nothing more than spiritual awakening. So why is it diagnosed as a psychotic disease? It’s simple. You woke up from »the matrix« probably too early and your brain can’t separate true signs of awakening from delusions of the mind, which are often stored as emotions, thoughts and traumas. That’s why bipolar is one of the hardest diseases/states to handle. How to separate awakening symptoms from delusions?

Maybe you already heard about spiritual bypassing. One of the first authors who defined and introduced spiritual bypassing, in the early 1980s, was John Welwood – clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, a Buddhist teacher and writer, known for integrating psychological and spiritual concepts.

In short: spiritual bypassing has been defined as the tendency to use spiritual ideas and practices to avoid facing unresolved emotional traumas, psychological issues and unfinished developmental steps (at this point we can talk about the critically acclaimed term “comfort zone” – the easy way out or a way to nowhere). John Welwood talks about spiritual bypassing in his classic book, »Toward a Psychology of Awakening«. There he defined spiritual bypassing as use of »spiritual ideas and practices to sidestep personal, emotional »unfinished business«, to shore up a shaky sense of self, or to belittle basic needs, feelings, and developmental tasks«. The foundation is avoidance and repression; for many individuals spirituality serves as an escape from real, »earthly« life. As opposed to spiritually bypassing, the aim of these practices is to achieve acknowledgement and understanding.

What is so special and important about spiritual practices, which help acknowledge our repressed feelings/emotions? Practices are the helping tool when we get stuck in the illusion of the mind. Emotions, traumas that are being bypassed can be a cause of many diseases, particularly seen in bipolar disorder. I suggest visiting a good psychotherapist who will help you with acknowledging the emotion and explain how it affected your body and mind ’till now. That’s one of the ways you start handling them: with trust and openness. Another thing is reading. Educating yourself about your state, your illness and finding practical solutions which suit you. Not everybody is the same. But at this point I want to point out that using spirituality to avoid, suppress or escape from issues in life is a dangerous road to walk. Use spiritual practices when you’re ready to dissolve your emotions, traumas, past thoughts; only then, with acknowledging, you can use spirituality and spiritual practices as a helpful tool to grow as a person and heal yourself.

“What you resist, persists.”

Carl G. Jung

From my personal experiences I can say, that »go with the flow« with extreme downs and ups wasn’t manageable. But I started healing myself in a very rough, painful way. Admitting my problems, opening up to someone, convincing and cheering for myself that I want to make a change in my life. It was damn hard but I made it. I still feel my mind misses these extremes of creativity and then again blue sadness, for I believed that is who I was. But I learned that this is far from the truth. So I don’t compare myself or compete with others, other »healthy wealthy« people, anymore. I “compete” only with myself, my past self, my NOW self, because I know I’m always in the process of growing and becoming the best version of myself. And that is all that matters. This is who I am. Because I am/we are not our disease. I am/we are individuals with personality, history, hopes, experiences; I am/we are everything what flawesome human beings are allowed to be – Free, but still careful.

More about useful practices how to deal with bipolar disorder in the following articles.

So… My opinion is, that we shouldn’t treat bipolar disorder so roughly. If you think about it – the heart beat itself is bipolar. Even life as a whole with its ups and downs, is bipolar. So all we can do is throw ourselves into the deep ocean’s waters of life and face the fear of bipolar waves; diving deep. Life isn’t simple and bipolar is everything but simple, but living a complicated life is what makes our living on this planet worthwhile. All we have to do is be prepared and, between all the shitstorms, enjoying all of the little moments, bad and good. Imperfect yet still flawesome bipolar life. Find your own balance, find the silver lining. You don’t have to be a girl from Prozac Nation, neither do you have to be Bruce Almighty. Just try to keep your balance and avoid extremes.

“Normal ups and downs are life, not a disease.“

May Rose

Let’s admit: everyone is a little bipolar. May the sun NOT shine too bright for your sunglasses and may your rain NOT be too heavy for your umbrella. Every one of us is at least a little bipolar. Your heart is still beating. Are you bipolar or aren’t you? 🙂

May Rose

“Love = Health” – how to cultivate Love within yourself and heal

Love is likely the strongest force in the universe that is well known. “Love makes the world go round” indeed, but not only that – love is incremental when it comes to healing and overall good health. But where does it really stem from? And where do we store this wonderful pool of abundance? Common sciences are only starting to unfold the power that love and good intentions can have on our health. There’s more and more research being done on the effects of intention, psychology, focus and the like, on our life, overall success and health too. Allow me to share some of my insights on Love as a healing force and offer a short guided exercise/meditation to help you cultivate your own inner spring of (self) love and health.

Can water sense Love?

While I am only beginning to look up these forces that make us be, I have felt almost a one to one link between life and water. Nothing really new right? We know that all life originally stems from the ocean, our worldly waters, correct? So, in my opinion, there’s got to be something more to it. Let’s take a step further – about 70% of our body is made from water. That’s one more telling sign, for sure. And just a bit deeper – blood – our flowing life force, as well as cerebrospinal fluid, which encases our brain and most of our nervous system, can be made up of up to 99% of water! Isn’t that as close to 1:1 as it can get in ever-changing nature? But, to calm down a bit, my point is that for easier interpretation and practical use, you could almost visualize and sense your life force as flow of blood (water) through your body. It flows within you and through you with every single breath and every single movement you make, all the time… a true miracle, I’d say. 😍

The process of healing sped up tenfold

Back to the topic at hand – our capacity or capability to love can heal or at least certainly speed up the process of healing tenfold. “Love” is a sort of construct, as it can be both thought of/about but also felt. In a way it’s very “made up”. That means we can technically “create it out of nothing/nowhere” or in other words it’s always with(in) us.
We can always tap into this pool of love, peace, hope, etc. within us and use it to help our growth and healing. So, we can feel and/or sense love in ourselves and in our surroundings too. It’s felt in our bodies, usually around the heart/chest area, but we can also “think about it”, abstractly, in our brains and our nervous system. So, if it’s in the nervous system, which is our tool to experience, sense and move, we can also use it to send love into any part of our body too.

This sending of love into any aching part of the body can have revolutionary healing effects and you don’t even have to take any medication for it. Combining focus/intention with the power of pure love can and has led to many “spontaneous recoveries” (as they put it). With enough practice, patience, perseverance and awareness, through tapping into our own inner limitless wellspring, we can become our own “healer” and overcome nearly any ailment!

[Disclaimer]: Of course, this isn’t “100% guaranteed with no drawbacks”. With any ailment you might have and any prescribed medication, you should always consult your doctor/specialist beforehand, as this is not necessarily for everybody and for every time to use. Some ailments DO NEED the help of medicine and professional support along meditation, visualization, this one and any other holistic method.

So, here’s a method that I frequently use and has been of big help and relief in my daily practice. This is a simple method to cultivate love and use it to heal or at least speeds up the process of healing of a part of your body:

  1. Sit or lie down comfortably and take a few deep breaths to completely relax. You can gently close your eyes aswell, as you please. (An easy way to focus on your breathing could be the “4×4 method”: breathe in while counting to 4, hold your breath counting to 4, breathe out by 4 and hold again up to 4, then repeat.)
  2. Do a simple “bodyscan” of your body – feel/sense your entire body: feel your head, face, eyes, forehead, nose, mouth, ears; your chest, stomach, spine… all the way down to your feet and fingertips and sense any area that you feel is tense or aching.
  3. Now, divert your focus for the moment and think about Love. Something or someone YOU genuinely love – be it your favorite food when you’re hungry, your favorite song on the radio, seeing your parents/partner/loved ones happy and smiling; seeing your pet happy and cute. It can just aswell be beautiful, peaceful natural scenery… or just general compassion and kindness in any part of the world or the whole world overall.
    Or if nothing sparks love in the moment, simply imagine a smiling face – grinning ear to ear and/or laughing from the heart. A smiley face. 🙂 😄
  4. Then return to that tense/aching body part and try to focus on it while feeling those feelings of love, joy, kindness, happiness, hope, faith; peace/ease… and visualize an aura of any color you want emanating from the affected area. (This method can be used for any part of the body – limbs or inner organs like the stomach or brain too.)
  5. Feel/imagine the body part to be as healthy as it can! Feel the loving flow of blood and energy wash away the ache. Don’t try to think about it too much, feel it more. Acknowledge any contraction and ease of tension you can sense…
  6. Throughout all of this be mindful of the feeling of gratitude, foremost, for the healing you are receiving/cultivating. You can even affirm to yourself (quietly or out loud): “Thank you for my healthy body.” “Thank you for my healthy legs; for my healthy flowing blood; for my stable immune system, for my healing brain…” You can also imagine the body part smiling back and saying “Thank you too“. 😊
  7. When you feel it’s enough, feel gratitude once more and then gently stretch out, take a deep breath or a couple, re-ground yourself and continue with your day.

You can do this exercise for as long as you feel like, whenever you feel like it throughout the day. The important part is to really feel these feelings in the moment – focus more on your heart sensing than on your thoughts/thinking. Experience/sense your body!

I hope this exercise and insight helps you overcome any ache you might be feeling. 🙂 If you have tried it already – how was your experience? What did you feel?
Have you tried any other similar methods and would like to compare them to this one? Share with someone who could make us of this “instruction” and/or comment your thoughts and experiences down below. 🙏
Other than that, be spontaneous, keep cultivating love and kindness towards yourself AND others and I’ll see/read you in another moment in time. 😉

“One “__Flow__” to go, please”

We “modern people” tend to prepare timetables and schedules for every day and while it is very useful when trying to be organized, tidy and get as much as possible done, we tend to subconsciously “organize” our feelings and experiences of said tasks along with it.

The art of “taking it with you” – what is it about?

What is the art of “taking it with you” about? In society and in in our modern lives we often get buried in an avalanche of tasks, responsibilities, expectations, etc. So much in fact, that with our human nature and biology, or shall we say – “our processing of events“, we become unable to realize, that one task has already concluded and another one began. We’ve become so accustomed to quite literally “cutting ourselves off of one deed”, to potentially save us a minute or two with the next one, that we’ve nearly forgotten to allow ourselves to “feel accomplished.” I feel that’s a big mistake as there’s a lot of unused energy residing right there.

How does that look like?

Let’s look at an example: Let’s say you work as a secretary at a booming company and have a super packed work schedule. You are in the very midst of it all. You just completed the task of managing the timetable for the team at your company and you know that you still have to make a reservation for a meeting the next week, report to the director, address the issue the printer(s) not working properly… then you even remember that you have to pick up the kids after work and get ready for a dinner-party you’ve been invited to… Are you able to recall what you were doing last, before this pile of tasks wreaked havoc in your mind?

If I may help out – you just planed the timetable. That’s where you were in the moment. Everything else is only in your mind, at least for the time being. But it’s probably safe to say, that you feel almost as if all those tasks had already transpired, correct?
Another example: imagine you’re having a riveting, fun conversation with a friend over coffee or drink, but you realize you still have to go to the post office before it closes within the next hour and then catch the bus etc. Just take the happiness of the present moment of the conversation with you into the post office and on the way to the bus… That is exactly where the art of taking it with you comes into play.

“Taking it with you” in detail:

By taking a few moments after each and any task you conclude to stop and allow your mind to properly process it, you start creating what we can call “flow”. This flow can be very useful as a “silver lining of energy” throughout your work/your day(s). If you take hold of the fact that you just planned an appropriate timetable for the team, which will benefit everyone, even yourself, and allow yourself to process the feeling that that brings along, you successfully start “riding the flow”. In this case you’d likely feel good or at least relieved, that one daunting task is now out of the way. By acknowledging this feeling of “good/at ease”, you embrace the flow… Now just take it with you. 😀 Take this energy, this feeling of (even the slightest) relief consciously into the beginning of the next task. This then functions as just the perfect little energy-boost to make it easier for you to “jump-start” the next deed. 🙂

Do this after any tasks you perform or at any point throughout the day and you’ll be riding the flow in (joyous) fashion. It doesn’t necessarily stop there – if a task is particularly hard for you and that “little jump-start” isn’t quite enough, you can always mindfully recall the feeling you got, when you accomplished another, similarly hard task that day or even any other day before. Heck even at any point in your life! This process is timeless!

Key step: consciously!

Point is to truly embrace the feeling that wound up at that time (-that’s where the energy comes from), mindfully, so you can bring it into the present moment with a similar/same energy. Essentially, to be fair, this could be done with any strong feeling. Though probably not to the degree of a good/positive feeling, for example anger and/or frustration, could be used as “energy-fuel” for upcoming tasks, too. But overall the safest bet would be to just stick to cultivating goodness.

So take a moment to be mindful between tasks, be aware of the feeling that your accomplishment brings along with it and direct it onto the next task. That way the flow of the feeling stays present throughout any task or situation we encounter and we don’t have to redirect or divert attention and focus onto a more “serious” state… a more “dry” state, I’d even say. And with that – voila, you successfully “rode the wave” of flow on a checklist of accomplishments till the end of a busy work day. 😀

So, have you found your “flow” through the article? 😛 Are you able to reflect some or any of your habits in this description? Do you see the usefulness of such an approach? Please, share your thoughts and comments in the replies and if you know anyone who could find this information helpful, be sure to link them this article. 🙏
See/read you in another moment in time. 💜

Having FUN with your INTUITION

This article will NOT be explaining what intuition is, what the origin of the word is or how spirituality and science define it (all of that will surely be in the articles to follow). Instead the key point of this article is how to use your intuition wisely and at the same time have fun with it.

Many writers, spiritualists or scientists are mostly focused on explaining what intuition is, what are the differences between “instinct”, “intellect” and “intuition” for example; how to define intuition as a learning tool to use unconscious information in our brains and how intuition is related to our conscious mind, how to properly listen to it, use it and so on… BUT very few mention/talk about how to use intuition as a tool for making the right decisions while having fun with it. My opinion is if you’re not able to have fun in life using your own knowledge and the Source knowledge, then you’re just another smartass who doesn’t know how to simply relax and enjoy the precious moment in time. No extreme is beneficial. Meditating and chanting can surely help you evolve and bring more peace to your mind but if you just sit closed up in your mind, assuredly no god will help you to use your true potential. If you don’t move and use all of the energy and information, gained through meditations, you will let your real life and your time to make a difference pass by. To live a balanced life means combining Divine with Human experience. Combining knowledge with practice. Combining seriousness with playfulness. Did you ever wonder how children learn so freakin’ fast? Or how the older as you get, the harder is to learn new things? Why? Well it’s very simple. THEY HAVE FUN, they LEARN THROUGH the GAME. Adults are often forgetting how to have fun while doing work, while learning new things. Often that’s the reason why people give up on their dreams and lose their passion.

Maybe you’re thinking that you never used your intuition before but it is actually guiding you all the time, you are probably just not conscious of it. Your intuition was also guiding you to this very article. It spoke so loud to you, that you wanted to start researching it, though this time to learn how to use it consciously and have some fun through the learning process.

So HOW to combine your wisest inner guidance with your childish playfulness? HOW to start practicing using your intuition when you’re not sure where to start and at the moment, when you don’t have enough time to do a thorough research on that topic? Or maybe you get lost every time there’s too much information to analyze? Or perhaps you’re so good at analyzing already, but you get lost when it comes to use that knowledge in real life? Let’s be practical here, shall we. 🙂

I will describe 3 methods/ways as examples, which you can use as a fun “starting point” to boost your intuition. The first one will be explained in more detail, because I believe it’s not only important for developing your intuition, but it can serve as a useful “tool” of self-exploration.

1. “Mirror, mirror on the wall, you’re my best friend after all.”

Maybe your first thought about previous sentence would sound like: “So you’re telling me I will be better at using my intuition if I become a narcissist?” Far from it. The more you love yourself and see yourself as a best friend, the less “narcissistic” or selfish you will be and you will be able to hear your intuition talking to you better. Let me explain.

You’ve probably already heard of the term “mirroring”. We knowingly or unknowingly experience it every day, with family members, with partners, with friends, with colleagues at work … People often reflect our behaviors and unresolved issues (“traumas”), which we don’t see in ourselves, are not even aware of or are neglecting it in some way, back at us. And these everyday mirrors are pretty annoying at times, right? Instead of getting angry at or annoyed by people around you, be the first person who “annoys” you in the morning.

Start your day with Yourself. This way you also take responsibility for your own life, your following actions and events of the day and step back from the “victim role”- e.g., blaming others for directing your life story. In the morning your first mirror is usually one on the wall. Why not use it for a little chat with yourself? Instead of convincing yourself how boring and tough another day will be, while subconsciously counting how many clogged pores you have, how you’re having a bad-hair-day; while you are forcibly affirming to yourself in the mirror “I am beautiful, I am worthy, I can do it” – stop for a moment and just look at yourself properly.

You should be your own best friend. What do you do when you see your best friend? You probably start with “How are you?”, “What’s new with you?”, “Are you struggling with anything?”, “Can I help you somehow?” and afterward maybe tease them with something like “You had such an amazing idea for this project but that won’t help you if you keep acting like Elsa, from Disney’s Frozen, around your boss. Speak up! Sometimes you’re such an idiot but I love you anyway.”
You are caring. You love them. You want to see them succeed. You help them see the best version of themselves. Now try to be your own best friend too. You should direct all of these (caring) questions at yourself first. Because the more you get in contact with yourself, the more you’ll hear your inner voice, labeled as intuition, answering and guiding you in the right direction.

Again, try to start your day with You. Say it out loud: What are your concerns for the day, how do you feel, what advice do you need for the day. Ask the person in the mirror what you need this day and what you want to know and the right question will give you the right answer. Your intuition and your higher self will give you the answer. Pay attention to how you feel again. The right answer will feel warm and maybe also give you goosebumps/chills, whereas the answer, based on fear, which is NOT a part of your intuition, will give you a strange feeling, like “something’s not quite right”. It can also feel similar to a stomach ache.

After you have had a little chat with yourself, finish it with a smile and a little laughter. Give yourself a wink, tell yourself a joke. Make some fun of yourself. Allow yourself to be clumsy. If you wake up early, feeling grumpy, keep in mind that “if grumpy cats are cute, you can be too.” You can take a selfie of your grumpy face – believe me, it will make you smile, if not immediately, eventually and if not you, at least someone else you decide to show the picture to. 🙂

You can repeat this talk with yourself in the evening. Take yourself on a 5-minute date with just You and conclude the day. Say out loud what are the things that you are proud of, grateful for, what you did right, in which area you can still improve … No matter how good or bad your day was, it is behind you and all you can do for yourself in that small moment in time is embracing all of the experiences while allowing your mirror to compliment you with something like: “Hey, sexy, you’re not perfect but you’re trying your best and I’m proud of you. I love you.” Believe me, in the morning you’ll want to hear that again. 🙂

2. “Oh, there it is, another shooting star, the treasure hunt is on!”

“Shooting star” in this context is just an example of a sign from the universe. It’s known/believed that, if you see a shooting star and wish upon it, your wish will be fulfilled. Well your guiding “wish fulfilling” sign, a sign that you’re on the right path, can be anything. A number, a certain shape, a feather, an animal, a type of car, it really can be anything. I’m encouraging you to find your own sign, one that often appears when you “feel right and well” (find yourself walking down the right path). Become more aware of something that’s “following” you in life, especially when you find yourself in “winning” situations. That is your sign, right there. The more you are aware of it, the more it will appear at the perfectly right time. Later on you can try looking for that sign when you are making a (big) decision in life. To start out you can take this challenge as some kind of “treasure hunt”, like: “Oh there is another fluffy white cat, another clue. I’m moving in the right direction.” Your treasure reflects your life – your happiness, your inner peace, your success and your fulfillment. I should mention that while intuition is in fact an internal guide, it also makes you notice different signs and external factors from your environment. Being in touch with your intuition and yourself will more and more affect your senses and change your perception of the external world too (“As within, so without”).

3. “Don’t yodel if you’re a fan of growling.”

You are probably asking yourself “What is that supposed to mean,” right? Let me explain. It means stay in touch with your personality, with your Soul, with the “music in you”. When you notice you’re doing something that is not in line with you, something that just doesn’t feel right, make up some background music in your mind, with the type of music that you really don’t like. (You can also take your headphones out and play some of that music, helps a lot).

And what is the point here? Your mind will eventually learn to connect these kinds of unpleasant situations with a sound you dislike. You will automatically become more aware of when you’re not being true to yourself and not listening to your inner voice.

On the other hand, the opposite thing you can do – when you feel good about something, about some situation, when it feels right and the outcome follows that feeling, then listen to a song you do like. One that gets your blood flowing, one that makes you “feel alive” and happy. You will eventually connect this good feeling, right decisions and positive experiences with a song/music you really love.

This is only a starting practice. What follows is this – After a while your intuition will increase, become more apparent to you and you won’t have to search for the soundtrack anymore, the music will come to you. In certain situations when you’re unsure of what feels right, the right genre and song will appear on the radio or television or any other media by “coincidence”. And you will know what to do and what your intuition is trying to tell you. Treble clef is not a key by accident. 🙂

So That’s all from this one (article) Folks. 🙂 Hope you liked it and learned something new to use in daily life. Link this article to someone, who maybe “doesn’t get how intuition could be fun” or please feel free to share your personal experience in the comments down below, if you felt inspired in any way. ^^

~May Rose~

How do you emit your energy? (through the parable of circuitry)

How do you feel? More like an amplifier or rather a converter/transformer? Perhaps maybe even as a limiter? Our various energies could be compared to the electric circuit. Why not have some fun and use this as a connection, a link, to our unique experiencing of ourselves and life. Most people can fall into one of the following categories: the amplifier/magnifier, the converter/transformer or the limiter. We could similarly look at these almost like the times: past, present and future. Let’s take a closer look at some characteristics of these.

Everywhere at once

The amplifier would be classified as a person, whose energy and presence uplifts and inspires energy and others around them. Therefore such characteristics are often tied to the future, to be better/bigger/higher/wiser etc. than at the point in time. You could probably think of at least one person you know, about whom you could easily say “he/she’s almost always the life of the party”, right? They surely “amplify the energy”. 😉 People with ample energy usually can’t really stay still in one place for too long and are looking for opportunities to move freely, grow or learn and/or DO things whenever they can. In “depressing times” this is warmly welcomed, as these kinds of people represent the best actors, presenters and entertainers, who bring an inspiring, uplifting atmosphere to the dullest of days. People with this kind of energy emission can benefit from taking in the present moment the most; really taking it easy for a little while and be mindful of the experience.

“How ’bout no…”

The limiter, on the other hand, would be a bit more connected to the past in the terms of “to avoid mistakes of the past”, perhaps. They function sort of like “brakes”, taking it slower to make sure things are done well and wholly. In times of excessiveness such approaches are invaluable and arguably necessary. For example, to that people, who are working tirelessly (“workaholics”, if you will) realize their own limitations, or better, necessities as humans – biological, emotional, spiritual beings (and/or more). Let’s take a practical example for this one: there are people/jobs that are literally looking for someone to be “a pain in the ass”. Like a person, an administrator, for example, who makes sure that the schedule is kept and deadlines are met. In a team environment and in the moment, people might really dislike them or even hate that person, but when everything is said and done and the project is made in time; perhaps even starts earning credit, everyone is going to be thankful to them. If not openly, at least surely subconsciously. It’s mostly just connected to how people perceive the situation and how a person expresses themselves uniquely. People with this kind of energetic expression ought to learn to take it easy – learn to center themselves, ground; let go of worry and bravely (but sincerely) face uncertainties that are worldly inevitable and technically “healthy”.

One thing to make clear – these types are not definitive; they are freely interchangeable and are not “bound” to any person or personality. They are actually very fleeting and can change day to day or even from moment to moment.

If we just focus on the moment, right here and now

While the two aforementioned types are mostly focused on past and future times, the last type connects them best in the present – the converter. The people, who are capable of acknowledging energetic shortcomings, a.k.a. negative energies/vibrations and turning them into better, positive ones. Such individuals are most anchored in the present moment, which is why they are able to most accurately notice/pinpoint unbalances. Given the proper education, inspiration and/or motivation, ultimately – awareness, they are also the most capable to correct these unbalances as well. That being said, they are also most prone to succumbing to the hardships and griping, uncertain natures of said unbalances the most, since they are most directly in contact/awareness of them. That is why they are also most prone to “persuasion” (=getting “stuck” in thought) from either side/time (past/future), which is incidentally where most current depression and anxiety stems from. It’s these types of people that are usually the most silent, held back, yet hold “the most potential within”, as people say, and it’s these people who are starting to step out of the shadows and into the spotlight; making the most impactful and earnest changes in their own lives and, given the strength, also in the world. But again, it mainly comes down to what kind of upbringing they have/had, their inner strength, their willingness to be open and overall positivity/optimism to tackle challenges and earn new experiences. Basically converters should simply continue being themselves. Strengthen their resolve and faith whenever possible and just continue on their own path, while learning about/observing the other types of “energy emission”.

If you are interested to know more on the topic, read more on energies of character here. 😉

What type would you say you are? 😀 Did any of this spark new revelations in you? Were you able to identify with any particular aspect? Can you think of any people you know, who fall into any of these categories? Share your thoughts in the comments below. Read/write you in another moment in time. 🙂

“The truth lies in the verbs!”

“To understand something is one thing, but to act on it is something different entirely.”

Each verb withholds in itself “an act”, a deed, a movement, happening, energy; In regard to which verbs we come to use most frequently our reality/our life responds to them accordingly. It is important to learn “sincere/earnest (self)-expression”. No, not only grammar and the native language, god forbid the scarce school subject, but true, “from the heart” expression. Saying just that, what we truly feel each within/for ourselves. (Earnest/sincere) self-expression is very important for achieving your goals, pleasant relations and last but not least healthy wellbeing.

“But I know how to express myself already… don’t I?”

Let’s look at an example: what do you use more often: “ugh, I am so angry!” or “ugh, I feel so angry!”
Did you sense the difference in these expressions? The first one subconsciously takes into account our state of being. By doing that, we thoughtfully/logically identify our current state with the feeling of anger. See – “I am so angry”. I think it’s fair to say that you/we are much more than just the feeling of anger, even in the moment of the outburst, right? The second expression resembles the actual truth much better: “I feel angry”. We can quickly take notice that we feel something “outside of us”, only a PART of us, our entirety/wholeness. With that we come much closer to the actual truth, namely, that in the moment of sensation we merely feel an emotion/a feeling, which is nothing more than a part of everything that we truly are.

Now, in the moment of affection it is hard to divert the flow of our spontaneous (yet learned/acquired) response, of course, but looking at the bigger picture, in particular if we were subjected to such incomplete form of expression in our early childhood years, this can lead to lighter or even heavier forms of ailments/conditions/obstructions in our lives (like various forms of depression, for example; which are nothing more than the end result of identifying and/or subjecting ourselves to our emotions). What usually accommodates such occurrences is, that even our surroundings, the people around us, get involved. Then we tend to hear people say things like: “why are you so angry?” Again, looking the broader state, our immediate surroundings are usually even more generalizing and then we can hear even: “why are you always so angry?” The information of time constriction is being added on top to the already flawed perception of identifying ourselves with our emotion and our minds are set for a loop.

“So… I shouldn’t express myself at all or…”

OR, in an ideal case, the same thing can help us reflect on ourselves, so that it becomes easier for us to hear our way of expression (and potentially change it, thereafter). Nobody is always like this or always in the same state. That is just a simplified perception of our minds for the purpose of “quicker communication”. We people are highly adaptable beings and we are capable of change even from moment to moment (consciously or subconsciously).

Feelings are one of the many forms of energy

Emotions are simply forms of energy in motion, scientifically speaking (“emotion = Energy Motion”). On their own, they don’t incorporate any meaning or “purpose”. We are the ones defining those aspects, ourselves. Therefore let us learn earnest/sincere self-expression; let’s be conscious of the things we say, how we say it and what we really feel, so that we won’t need to compare ourselves with “mere bursts of energy” – with our emotions and feelings. That way, our conversations will become much more engaging, wholesome and fulfilling.

How, would you say, do you express yourself? How conscious are you about your way of expressing yourself? Do you have any examples of “proper self-expression” of your own? All stories and insights are welcomed in the replies below. Until next post, have fun playing around with using verbs and I’ll see/read you in another moment in time. 😀

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