My on-going practice of seeking
Awareness of the Loving Guidance
that is screaming at me
to take my hand off of the hot stove...
Reflections on feelings and emotions…
 | I have been confused by the difference between feelings and emotions. I’ve come to use the words in this way: my feelings are awareness of energies, including my emotions. |
 | If I was to say, “I was feeling angry,” it’s like saying "I was aware that I was experiencing the energy of anger." |
 | When I use the word ‘feelings’ I am referring to awareness of energies or emotions. Feelings are awareness of the guidance system. My feelings are my awareness of the energies that are present. |
 | If I have been overwhelmed by what I have felt, it may be that I decided to shut myself off from feeling. When this is the case, I have cut myself off from awareness of loving guidance and I may find myself adrift, tired and fearful of drowning from the enormity of it all. |
Reflections on feeling bad and feeling good…
| For a long time I foolishly labeled feelings as ‘bad.’ When I sensed low energies, I judged them to be ‘bad.’ I’ve slowly come to realize that all feelings are beneficial. I have the option of being aware of ‘bad feelings’ as a push to move and change and guide me out of the old ways that no longer serve me. |
 | If I were to imagine myself extending my hand towards a hot stove and increasingly feeling the discomfort and eventual pain and suffering of my choice, I could embrace my suffering as a blessing in a grand design that is meant to protect me from harm and guide me toward making a more loving choice. |
 | The closer I get to the stove, the more the feelings are intensified. If I were to put my hand on the hot stove it would burn. I would suffer, not just emotionally but physically as well. |
 | I am slowly shifting into embracing painful feelings as loving guidance urging me to change my choice. I may be uncomfortable, I may hurt, I may suffer, but I am lovingly being guided to examine the choices I am making. |
 | When I ignore guidance at the emotional stage and continue to put faith in a choice that isn’t aligned with the Upper Realm, the guidance becomes more intense. It becomes a tension in my jaw, my back wound tight, or a ‘bad’ circumstance. |
| The guidance starts with my feeling a gentle uncomfortable emotion. If I don’t change my course, the pain and suffering will intensify until I learn the lesson. The lessons are all about choosing to create with Love, instead of choosing to control out of fear. |
 | Guidance seems to come in many forms, but I most readily sense it in the form of feelings. Sometimes I have a sense of ‘knowing’ or a sense of being ‘pushed’ or ‘pulled’ in a direction. Sometimes I ‘see’ or ‘hear’ guidance or I may also see a ‘sign.’ |
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| Anything that isn’t aligned with Truth eventually irritates me. It’s my guidance that something doesn’t belong. Kind of like when a popcorn hull is stuck between my teeth. It irritates me until I remove it. Feeling irritated is my guidance warning me that something needs to change. |
Reflections on clarity…
 | My level of clarity is correlated to my level of awareness. When there is upheaval in my garden the suffering can be so intense and yet I can have no awareness of it. Everything just seems to be happening to me as a result of someone else’s choices. So making the space in my life for a daily devotion of reflection and journaling is essential for clarity. |
OPTIONS FOR EMBARKING ON THE JOURNEY
- Practice developing awareness of emotions and energies by watching tv.
- Be on the lookout for the emotional expressions of the people or characters.
- See it and put language to it. "I see that person experiencing anger." "I see that person experiencing joy."
- You may find these links to the Upper/lower Realm Tools helpful in suggestions of things to look for.