[lmHVYs8e]

hey gang,

gonna make it short and sweet. don't know if i'm experiencing another dark night of the soul, or just in a big funk, but want to ask you for your help.

need some positive energy sent my way, to help me get back on my feet; back to normal. i'm not looking for replies to this request, but, if i've ever connected with any of you (and i believe i have), please send a thought of encouragement, of support, of love. thats all. the "simple" act of reading this post with an empathetic mindset will help.

in writing this, i already feel somewhat better. i learned a while back, the hard way of course, that when you need help, simply ask. the hard part is actually asking.

thanks in advance.

art

[iqxdvjgmat]

hey, art!
sounds like you must have gotten some enlightenment within that said, "i'm ready to walk through a funk, knowing within myself this time that i won't be stuck in it. instead, i can be the scientific observer of myself going through it, noting and authentically feeling, and thinking, the spectrum of feelings and thoughts--without judging them (and then trying to monitor and control them)as 'right or wrong'." just experience and observe yourself experiencing.

"i don't have to struggle to get out of it. i can just move through it, gleaning with appreciation the true and inherent gift of being spirit in a human body."

with love,
penny

[Ocqljudq]

in writing this, i already feel somewhat better. [/b] i learned a while back, the hard way of course, that when you need help, simply ask. the hard part is actually asking.

thanks in advance.

art

so true on the above quote... i compliment you on that. over all, i hope you're feeling better and if need be, throw on some of your favorite music and listen to it, it may be what you need for the moment to help you feel better. that's what i do when i feel down

one 66

[Drysnyaty]

just know this, my friend; you have been in my thoughts all day. put on your catcher's mitt, buddy!

-mark

[SteantyjetMaw]

the hard part is actually asking.

truth! well, fwiw art, past few days i've been up against it myself in a major way, feeling incoming catalyst from many directions and at such a depth that i've needed to resort to large helpings of corner-store pizza and long bike-rides to deal. that, plus lots and lots of journal writing -- which i now do with a #2 pencil and a real notebook, as i find the act of manually writing my words enacts more fully the feeling of physically crystallizing fresh insights.

if it wasn't clear to me before that the price of spiritual growth is in-your-face catalyst, it is now. what's cool about finding your post here is that i feel a heightened sense of camaraderie with a cyber-peep, and with it, an uptick of courage to keep up the good work of learning to be here with personal integrity, while sending you these thoughts in passing.

take care.

chris

[Enalsebeerkawl]

hey i can relate!!! i am having my issues blow up in my face lately . i find that after the fact it never seems as big a deal, but i must learn to deal with these issues while they are happening. you have cheered me up and made me smile several times with your posts. "hang in there"!!
i find that taking my dog for a long walk really helps. i am sending long distance good vibrations to you. can you feel them?
take care-:-)
megan

[intendepods]

..i am sending long distance good vibrations to you. can you feel them?
... that's a beautiful idea - thanks for sharing about it. often times i feel an every moment choice of working to sustain a positive vibration or not. it seems work in that effort needs to be put out. what can happen seems the effort displaces inferior ways of being and a strength at sustaing grows.

there's a notion that charity given in times of need contains magic. maybe times on the fringe can act as opportunities "...to send long distance good vibrations to others..." blessings to the distance love/light workers out there and to their lucky recipients.

[7kitthuptarill]

art and all, i will spare you the details of my ongoing journey, but omg, the energy flowing in from the cosmos is really shaking up things! i find that water is a wonderful medium to use to release the accumulation of stress that one takes on during times like this....swimming in particular....ocean is best for me, but pool will do.

be gentle with yourself, dear brother, for you deserve it. the "topsyturviness" is part of the process of shedding for ascension. it's ok, but i am thinkin' that you are wondering like many of us, when will the "life tornado season" end?

the fact is, all is truly well, including you! underneath all of the muck, continue to count every single little blessing, and as you do this rays of light poke through the darkness and soon, collectively become a flood of uplifting and healing light.

we are here, in this wonderful space created by david, a family of consciousness, so you are absolutely right in reaching out to us, for it is our privilege to respond with love, grace and gratitude that we may provide support to one another.

allowing the tornado to pass without trying to mount it as if it were a raging bull needing to be tamed will allow your energy to settle right where it is supposed to, at a higher level, once the growth and healing has occured. the beauty of total surrender......

sending you an abundance of love and light!
jo anne

[Eeaquzyh]

here's more love and light coming at you, art. (sorry it's a day late.)
if it helps to know that you are not alone, i can add my own experience to those above.... life has been crazy lately. i'm just hanging on and trying to deal with each catalyst with as much love and light as i can.... meditation helps a lot, as does knowing that we're in this together.

lots of love and light to you, art, and to all of you...... nancy

[Avaindimik]

thank you for asking for good vibes to be sent your way. i don't think i have ever been able to this for anyone who has actually asked before, so i am grateful for the opportunity.
i am somewhat new to posting here and am wanting to add that i too am coming upon the catalyst(s) for change. -reading your post along with all of the replies has allowed for me a better understanding as well as a dilution of the issues at hand.- akin to your feeling a little better just getting it out there.
continuing to send heartful expression-

[TZtrDuso]

hi, art. thank you for asking - for it automatically elevated me to a higher plane. thank you to you and to everyone who replied. wowwww. i too have been experiencing these"catalysts" for the past few weeks - one after another. wheewww~!!!!! but one of the posters here are correct. like him/her, i can now look at the "issues" as an observer.

thanks all for sharing. such a relief to know that you all are experiencing the same at this time. i wonder what's next???

thanks again.

[lmHVYs8e]

well, by my smilie, you should know that indeed things are better. i'll spare you the complete details of what happened and why, but i felt myself slipping deeper into "negative" and needed a hand to get out. kinda like quicksand i guess. the past few months my emotions have been relatively stable, but this last go around was more intense.

your loving thoughts really helped propel me out - i knew i would have to get through this on my own and understand the lessons from it, but i refuse to slip too deep for too long - i think at that point the lesson gets mired in fog. the "strength" of these negative emotions were beyond anything i've had in years. hence the reason for asking - i needed that extra boost and i cannot express how grateful i am to have gotten it from you all. without a doubt your supportive energies allowed me to propel through something that would have normally taken longer to get through. i know time is illusory, but the longer this would have went on, the more "damage" would have been done. i've come a long way since awakening, and a huge part of my growth has been through participation in this forum. i love you all.

i will share what i believe the catalyst for this recent experience to be. my fiance and i took a road trip to the midwest to visit my new nieces for the first time. unfortunately my family back home is materialistic and pretty sts oriented. as people mentioned about experiencing and observing, i observed my older sister to be practically void of happiness. i understand work and two young children are stressful, but my gosh... i felt alot of compassion for her (worry too, which i "channeled" back to compassion) - she tried to "run" the weekend and when things didn't go "her way" you could sense her frustration from essentially a lack of control. anyway, i didn't allow it to get me down while i was there - quite the contrary. i found this to opporunity to offer to help out and in general, be positive and loving. a side note, i'm growing my hair out to donate it to locks of love - on two separate occassions people said i looked like jesus - yikes! off all things i've heard about my curly "hippie" hair, that comment makes me uncomfortable (but is also a great compliment when you think about it...). my uncle said i should have told them to go to church, which we all got a chuckle from. anyway, upon returning is when things got a little crazy...

i will also share that a few hours after posting this thread i suddenly "came out" (remember i mentioned i was already feeling better just by writing the request for help). i released any anger and sadness that i had at the time and pretty much came back to normal and fast - no lingering negative emotions. it didn't take long for the love to spread throughout the household which is always nice. that night i had a wonderful meditation - a nice connection to my higher self which ranks up there as one of my most powerful exchanges. i had some clear visions of light (obe?) and wonderful "incoming messages" of support, and guidance. i've found it difficult to focus lately and really quiet the mind - i think my ego is "resisting" at times. and, i suffer from some strange feelings in my chest (essentially palpitations) just prior to slipping into deep meditation, which is a huge distraction, but i've found that when i break through, everything is hunky-dory; by allowing fear to subside, i'm able to transcend to that special place of peace and calm, where i'm fully aware on those higher levels of consciousness. i've seen some others post along these lines with abnormal feelings in their chest, so again, we are experiencing similar things.

that's really all i can share on this entire experience without writing a book - like i said, good to "be back", living in the now and experiencing oneness again. :d hopefully this experience of mine will compel you to ask help if and when you need it - we're here for each other. i'm still working out the "fine" details of this latest experience, but for the most part, have identified the lessons... again, thank you - i sincerely appreciate all you have done for me, and not just recently. since i joined this awesome place for advancement i've learned to connect with a great source of loving energy, off which we all contribute and draw upon. i'm truly honored to be a part of this group of awakened and enlightened souls. we're on this journey together and i look forward to continuing onward into this bright future we are co-creating with all the loving souls who are playing the game with us. and, if we can inspire a few to join us along the way, great! no one said it was gonna be easy, but the road can be less bumpy if we choose it to be.

art

[bortycuz]

god knows i have been here. i am sending you love and light. i too have been touched by many of your posts and know that i want to send you back the same love you have so freely given many of us. remember these dark nighs are promts to resolve something. they are catalysts for the greater good. you will make it and be back to your old self again, this time a little lighter/brighter. hang in there.

love,
teresa