SPIRITUAL
BIG LOVE AND MAGIC By Julie Michels
Connecting with the magic and mystery within - Feeling is my Superpower!
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s the world around me seems to be speeding up I have an urge to stop and be in the stillness within.
So much has been happening in the external world that I have been more and more drawn to go within. To find more stillness, to access the love inside me and to then use this love as a lens to view the external world. Going within is a common theme for me. I tend to feel a lot and when the feeling becomes too much it can trigger anxious feelings in me. A sensory overload of emotion. I tend to feel others happiness, joy, pain, judgement, elation, and the many emotions in between. Like when an ambulance drives past me with the sirens going, I automatically have a feeling that sweeps over me and sometimes it can bring on an instant flood of tears that I need to hold back. In those moments I remind myself to breathe and then I say a little prayer for those in need and the paramedics and then continue as I am.
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Feelings of anxiousness can trigger when there is too much that I am sensing, and it can feel like a never-ending looping of conversations, ideas, and images in my mind. The classic monkey mind. For a very long time I thought it was all mine however the further I travel the spiritual spiral back to myself I am awakening to the realisation that it is not all mine and that what I feel is often the feelings of others. An empath at heart. In gaining a better understanding of myself I am learning that I am not required to carry the weight of others on my shoulders. And I am becoming acutely aware of my space and my energy. Another lesson in boundaries, space, and the honouring of that. A knowing that I am not responsible for the energy of others. A lot of my musings come to me as I walk in Nature. Often, I receive downloads as I walk, having to stop and write notes in my phone to later reflect upon. It is like I tap into the ease and grace of Mother Nature and the web of life. So many intricate threads
