The Circle Of Energy

We are in a circle with others, the energy stays contained within the group giving back to all.

There are many reasons why a gathering of people in a circle is powerful. A circle is a shape that’s found repeatedly throughout the natural world, and it’s a symbol of perfection. We recreate this perfect shape when we join others to form a circle. Being in a circle allows us to experience each other as equals. Each person is the same distance apart from the next participant, and no one is seated higher than or stands apart from others in a circle. From tribal circles to to the mystical round table of King Author, the circle has been the shape adopted from gatherings throughout history.

The circle is acknowledged as an archetype of wholeness and integration, with the center university understood to symbolize Spirit- the source. When a group of people comes together in a circle, they are united. This unity becomes even more powerful when each person reaches out to touch a neighbor and clasps hands. This phi connection unites thought and action, mind and body, and spirit and forms in a circle. Because a circle has no beginning and no end, the agreement to connect in a circle allows energy to circulate from one person to the next rather than being dissipated into the environment.

Have you ever noticed at during Native-Americans do a pow-pows they form a circle? Some modern-day churches when they dance and worship God form a circle. I remember a few years back my state was going through a terrible drought. All the churches in my area met at the local park to pray for rain. There were probably 100 church goers that formed in a circle to pray we were there probably 30 minutes, praying for rain by time we were leaving we were drenched with the beautiful rain,

People who take part in a circle find that power increases exponentially while with the group. Like a drop of water rippling on the surface of a pond, the waves of any produced in a circle radiate outward in a circle motion. While one person may act like a single beacon that emanates light, a circle of people is like a satellite dish that sends out energy.

There is power in numbers, and when the commitment is made by many to face one another, clasp hands, and focus on one intention, their circle emanates ripples of energy that can change the world.

Traits Of Toxic Influences

Some people make us feel bad about ourselves. When we spend time with them, we might engage in destructive behaviors. They don’t bring out the best in us. These people are toxic influences.

According to Mental Health America, 84% of women and 75% of men at some point report having had a toxic friend at some point. And about 3/4 of US employees have or have had a toxic boss.

It’s important we begin to recognize who those people are and create boundaries to improve or mental and physical health. Take the time to identify the toxic relationships, behaviors and situations in our lives.

Mental Health America outlines these traits of toxic people:

Manipulative

They use the knowledge they gain about you to try and get you to do what they want. They will often twist your words or make you feel guilty to get their way.

They make you feel bad about yourself

Insults are the most direct way that toxic people can make you feel bad, but, most of the time the ways they affect our self-esteem are more subtle. When you are feeling happy or proud of yourself, they will find ways to “rain on your parade” or downplay your achievements. They might also act like they are smarter that you to make you feel dumb or insignificant.

Being Judgmental

Everyone can be judgmental from time to time, but a toxic person is judgmental almost all the time. They see things in black and white and criticize anything that they don’t agree with or approve of, instead of considering the circumstances or the feelings of other people.

Negativity

Some people just can’t seem to see the good in life. They will find everything and aren’t able to find joy in anything. Being around someone like this can make it hard for you to enjoy yourself and be positive. Sometimes it can be easy to confuse the symptoms of depression for negativity, so it’s worth having a conversation with someone to determine if they need help getting through depression or if they are truly being toxic.

Passive aggressive

These behaviors are a way that people express their discontent without having a conversation about their problems. This type of hostility is less obvious that anger and can be shown in a number of different ways. Some forms of passage aggression include snide comments, sabotaging the efforts of other people, and purposefully doing something or not doing something to make things inconvenient for someone or get them upset.

Self-centered

Toxic people care mostly about themselves. They don’t think about how their actions affect others and believe that they are better than everyone else. Someone who is self-centered is focused on getting what they want and is unlikely to compromise or consider another persons point of view.

Difficulty managing their anger

Someone who has trouble managing their anger will make you feel like you are walking on eggshells every time you are around them. The littlest think can trigger them into a fit of rage, and often nasty, hurtful things are said while they in this mental state. There may be apologies the day after, but often they are insincere and the toxic people will repeat their angry, hurtful behaviors soon after.

Controlling

One of the most dangerous traits of a toxic person is controlling behavior. They may try to restrict you from contacting your friends and family, or limit resources like transportation or access to money to restrict your movements or communication, this is domestic abuse and requires immediate action.

Detoxifying Your Relationships

Identifying the toxic influences in your life is the first step. The next step is to create boundaries. Ask yourself, “What is thing that I need to so or get out of my life?” it could be a person, behavior or situation. What are the desirable or healthy characteristics that you want more of? What will be unacceptable to you moving forward?

Building your confidence will help you to set and reinforce these new boundaries. Think through things you can say to toxic influences when they cross the line. For example, “If they do (this). I’m going to leave the room.” Remind yourself that you deserve to have healthy relationships.

Identifying the toxic influences in our lives are taking steps to create boundaries or a new life without them can improve mental and physical health over time.

Issues Only Empaths Will Understand

Empaths have the unique ability to sense and absorb the feeling of others – and that can create some real challenges.

Being highly sensitive to emotions makes Empaths caring, compassionate, and understanding of other people. Friends and family tend to turn to them first for a listening ear and a shoulder to cry on. While most of the world struggles to put themselves in others shoes, Empaths possess a true superpower- the ability to easily see a person’s perspective because they actually feel their emotions as their own. Many highly sensitive people (HSPs) describe themselves as Empaths.

Are you one? Here are some signs you’re an empath,

There are real challenges that come with being so empathetic. Empaths often feel misunderstood because of how deeply they feel. They can become overwhelmed easily as the juggle all the emotions they experience – from themselves and others,

As a empath myself, I know there are certain struggles only other Empaths can fully understand.

Can you relate?

Other’s emotions can flip yours like a switch.

You were having a good day. Maybe you got some good feedback at work, checked off all the items on your to do list, or were generally just feeling good about life. Then, your partner gets home or you meet up with a friend who had an awful day,

Immediately, you feel your emotions shift. Your good vibes are gone, and you feel sad or angry just like your friend or loved one. If feels like that their day happened to you. This can make it hard to hold space for the other person because you’re trying to manage the same feelings. As an empath, it’s hard to disconnect someone else emotions from your own.

You’re constantly battling emotional fatigue.

Feel your own emotions can be exhausting enough. But as an empath who picks up on what everyone around you is feeling, it can quickly become way to much. This includes strong emotions of any kind – from deep sadness to excitement and joy. Empaths have to carefully manage their emotions and practice a lot of self-care to avoid constant emotional fatigue and exhaustion.

Compassion can feel like a burden.

Empaths are used to being told or led to feel like that they care too much or are too emotional. But to us, it’s odd that others don’t care more.

At the same time, not being able to shut off compassion for those around you can feel heavy and leave you carrying a lot of burdens you may not have control over. When you’re the person who feels suffering more than anyone around you, it’s hard not to feel responsible for remedying it,

You’re torn between going out and staying in.

Although Empaths tend to connect well with others, ironically, they need a lot of time alone to process their own emotions and have a break from absorbing other’s. Sometimes they’re even mistaken for introverts (although many people are both). If you don’t have time alone you can easily crumble under the pressure. On the other hand, maintaining healthy relationships is good for your mental health, and pure isolation is not.

It can be a real struggle to balance alone time with socializing. For this reasons, Empaths tend to prefer more low-key settings, such as coffee shops or friend’s houses, over noisy clubs or parties.

Alone times is necessary – and not everyone understand that.

Speaking of needing time to recharge, it can be hard to explain to others why you need it. For me, it’s the only time I can properly listen to myself and sort out the thoughts swirling around in my head. I also need quiet moments to hear myself abs filter out the emotions I may have picked up throughout the day from other people.

Non-Empaths may not need as much time alone, and some even thrive being around others constantly. If you’re an empath who lives with a partner or roommate- or have extroverted friends it may require long conversations to help them understand your solidarity needs.

You need time to process transitions.

Empaths can have a hard time going from high- stimulus environments to low-stimulus situations, and vise-versa. This is why some may feel a strange “hollowness’ after a loud party or be completely overwhelmed jumping into a crowded event. They need time to process the staggering transition and all the emotions associated with it.

You struggle with anxiety or depression.

Although not true of every empath, it’s not uncommon for them to struggle with their mental health. Because that are so sensitive to emotions- their own included they may deal with a lot of self-doubt, stress, and anxiety. Receiving anger or disappointment from other people can feel like getting hit with a ton of bricks.

In the book by Dr Judith Orloff “The Empaths Survival Guide,’ she writes that Empaths can feel the entire spectrum of mental and physical symptoms that come with other’s emotions including depression, panic attacks, chronic fatigue, and more. This means Empaths can be left juggling the mental effects of their own problems, as well as those of others.

In addition, many Empaths have spent their lives feeling different from those around us, which can lead to isolation. That is why it’s so crucial for Empaths to take time for themselves and make their well-being a priority.

You know when someone is feeling off when no one else notices.

Empaths can sense when a person upset, often even before they have indicated it to other. This can be a wonderful trait because it allows you to notice when others are in need. However, it can also make it hard to enjoy yourself.

For me, this can happen when I’m just trying to have a nice carefree time with family or friends. Once I notice someone is feeling unhappy. I can’t enjoy myself if I begin taking on their emotions.

People take advantage of your compassion.

Intuition is a have empath superpower. They often have gut feelings after meeting new people that turn out to be true, shielding themselves and others from dishonest people, or those with bad intentions. That being said, Empaths are not immune to deception, narcissism, and toxic people. It’s important to watch out for those who try to take advantage of your empathy, compassion, and willingness to help.

Small things can deeply upset you.

Empaths care — a lot, about everything. It’s just in their nature. So, little things such as one mean comment from a stranger online or a disagreement with a co-worker, can affect you for days and take a long time to get over. Other people may no understand why you can’t just get over it,

Sometimes you forget to leave emotional space for yourself.

You feel so much from those around you, and your empathy make you a great listener m healer, and problem solver. But sometimes you give away all your energy to others, while forgetting about yourself. This is where it’s so important to prioritize inner work and self-care. Empaths must help themselves before they can have the energy to help others.

Saying no is really hard.

No often make us feel guilty. Empaths hate disappointing or potentially hurting others. In the moment m you’re happy to sacrifice your time and energy to make others feel good -until it leaves you drained and overwhelmed.

Violence and horror deeply upset you.

Although not true of every empath, some Empaths will never understand how other people enjoy horrible movies so much. Or how some people can watch a violent scene or read a tragic news story and simply move on with their day. Fake and real-life violence can leave empaths upset for hours or even days after they’ve seen or read about it.

You don’t always know which emotions are yours.

This is probably the biggest ongoing challenge Empaths face. When your constantly absorbing emotional information from other people,nit can be hard to know what you’re feeling from others -vs- your own thoughts and emotions. This can make decisions hard, and sometimes your felling lead you down the wrong path.

Being a empath is either a blessing or a curse. Empathy is the ability to understand and share feelings of another. Some say have this trait is a blessing. But, when you have no control over how deeply you car aboutp people it can bring pain and suffering.

As we live through the experiences of being an empath it will be easier. You will learn what it means being one. We need to learn survival techniques to survive.

Revelation Is Unfolding Right Before Us.

Whether you liked President Trump or not he fulfilled one of the last prophecies in the Bible prior to Jesus’s return. Moving the US Embassy in Israel back to Jerusalem and recognizing Jerusalem as the Cali of Israel is one of the prophecies that must be fulfilled. No other President has done this.

We haven’t seen nothing yet. What the world is experiencing right now is just the tip of the iceberg.

The Seven-year tribulation will be worse by far than everything, anyone can imagine. If you think our last pandemic or natural disaster you are sadly mistaken. I advise you to read the book of Revelation, or there are some excellent Bible studies on U-tube, Revelation Study with Allen Nolan is a great one.

As a Christian I’ve heard about corruption and debauchery of the end times most my life. But it appears that the book of Revelation is unfolding right before us, We shouldn’t be shocked either, given the state of immortality in our world.

Every day, the boundaries of sin seem to be pushed further and further. The line between right and wrong is slowly being erased by society, IPads, online schooling and pop culture. Witchcraft, spiritualism, new age belief systems are being celebrated and exalted, even by some who proclaim to be Christians. We have been removed further from the world that God created and intended. We need to take time to re-evaluate ourselves. We need to prepare and repent.

Jesus will return just as His Word tells us. This is a huge wake up call, and I’m to go home to my Father, when my time is up. I may not know you personally, but I do not want you any of you to Hell.

Until the Lord calls me away from this world to the next. I want to make it clear,

I believe that Jesus is the Son of God, was sacrificed on the cross, died for our sins and rose again.

He loves us all dearly (far more than we deserve) and forgives our sins if we repent. His word says “whoever believes in me, will not perish but have everlasting life.”

Create A Clean Heart In Us

Hands up if you’re guilty! You’ve flossed your teeth for the first time in months, right before your annual dental appointment. Or you’ve been to the hair salon, right before a family photo shoot or public engagement. Something is us desperately doesn’t want others to know just how dirty and unkept we actually let things get in our lives.

Today I want to talk about Psalm 51 that shows us that this isn’t just a matter of personal maintenance and hygiene. We humans do this another way: on a much bigger scale.

An innate urge asserts we must somehow “clean up out own act’ before we can come to Jesus. That access is denied and we must sort ourselves out before we are accepted. We feel it when we meet Him for the first time. Our bulky baggage of sin burdens us down. So we try to “clean up our act” so we can then come to Him.

But as that contemplative, Shepherd -turned psalmist David declared in Psalm 51, we need not attempt to spit-shine our own hearts, but rather we must pray and ask God to “Create in me a clean heart O God.’

We must prepare our hearts to receive the cleansing that we desperately need from God alone.

Yes, we do the pleading. But He does the cleaning.,

When wading in the swamp of our sin, we must surface clean the tarnish so very hard before He will ever want to use us again. But just one action is needed. We must come to the master cleaner, the only spirit- sanitizer there is. And we must call out to Him; imploring our Savior to create in us a clean heart and renew our spirits so we may serve Him fully.

Only then will the dust filled areas of darkness that often shatter our souls be swept away completely so a renewed spirit can truly shine. What a spiritually effective way to be “taken to the cleaners.”