Anyone else ever have this feeling?

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

I can be walking along, thinking of something, or not thinking at all, and suddenly I get the sensation that I am peering out at the world from another body. Sometimes it has been a being from the past, but recently it has been another soul who is very much alive in the here and now. I figure the beings from the past may be past incarnations--and perhaps the other is to remind me of the connection that I have with this other living person, one that is strong but which I still don't quite understand.

Have you had such experiences? What are your thoughts about them?

[I Have A Dream]

1. No, this has never happened to me but I totally agree...

that we have access to both our future and past incarnations. (Realizing that the future and past aren't really so.) Additionally, I believe that we can be incarnated as more than one person during the same time in history.

Also, the channelled being with whom I work says that we all have a higher entity which has multiple souls under it. (Sort of like a hand is the entity and its fingers are the separate souls.) He said that we can access these other souls that are connected to our own particular entity, and we can even influence what they do. (Of course, he was talking about influencing in a positive way, although maybe it's also possible to influence in a negative way.)

Very interesting, ayesha. Thanks for the thought-provoking thread!

[Shallah Kali]

3. I agree there are parallel as well as past and future incarnations. Things can leak through at times

As the other self daydreams or night dreams of different things and suddenly gets a glimpse of another place and time. If people can get psychic impressions at times of strangers why not of their own selves merely seperated by a continent or a century or two?

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

4. Seth called that higher entity the Oversoul

I sort of wonder if that isn't how this living person and I are connected. I've seen the person in my dreams several times, and we have actually met. When we did, we communicated telepathically at first--it was in a crowded room. Then the other person came up to me, shook my hand, and called me by name, even though we had never met and the other person didn't know what I looked like (though he did know about me because of mutual work on an international project). I'd like to think experiences like that, and literally seeing things from another's perspective, are harbingers of what will be commonplace in the future.

[japple]

2. I've felt that way before. Kind of like seeing something

through "new" eyes. I think I read somewhere, can't remember where, that all of our previous incarnations are always with us, even if we're unaware of them. It could be that the lines are blurring between your past lives. Does this make sense?

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

5. Very much so

I've tried to "go back" to these other beings at times--one was an old Native American, of a Plains tribe--I thought of him when I have done Lakota ceremony. The other was a monk from the Middle Ages who spent his life hand-copying manuscripts--I think of him when I do calligraphy, and sometimes he just "drops in" when I lay pen to paper.

[MorningGlow]

9. Lakota, eh?

Do I know you, then?
:rofl:

I have a REALLY strong affinity for the Lakota and have caught glimpses of a former life as one. In fact, I spent several months with a group of people I felt I "knew" instantly (for better or worse--not all the feelings were warm and fuzzy), and the girl I became closest to said she had a flash that we were all members of a Lakota tribe, possibly a group of elders, centuries ago (she didn't know my affinity for the Lakota at the time). I didn't doubt her--she was very in tune with her psychic ability and guides.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

13. Perhaps we were at an inipi together

My husband is a pipe carrier in the Lakota tradition, and I've been doing ceremony since I met him. My flashes are of a time before this one, so it could be that we were a part of the same ancient group.

[okasha]

6. Color me crazy,

but I think that's the explanation of both Joan of Arc's voices and her unlearned expertise in warfare. Her "saints" were her former selves, whom she identified in a manner acceptable to her own culture and faith.

[SeattleGirl]

7. I have. I don't really have an explanation, but it is a strange sensation.

I feel as if the "me" I know is somehow outside myself, and another being steps in for a brief period of time.

It doesn't really scare me or anything; it's just a very strange sensation when it happens.

[MorningGlow]

8. Oh sure, all the time

I also get the feeling sometimes that, instead of "not being 'me'", I'm still me but the world is "new". Like...I'll be driving in some area I know very (VERY) well, and all of a sudden it will seem foreign to me. Timeslips, realityslips...?

[Ilsa]

10. It's that way in my dreams. I am not myself in my dreams.

My life is somewhere else, almost always the same place, and I don't recognize it.

[davsand]

17. Do you ever feel tired the morning after?

I'm dead serious when I ask that, because in dreams, I am not always myself. I go to parties in tose dreams sometimes. When I wake up from those "party" dreams I FEEL like I went to a party the night before! (It isn't a hangover, but it is that tired feeling like you stayed up too late the night before...)

Sometimes in those dreams I go to houses that I have never been in before--and I know those houses. I talk to people I know--but I have never met them. I wear clothing that is mine that I have never owned.

Very odd stuff, but also kind of fun. I think I am kinda pretty in my other life--with a pretty good figure to boot!



Laura

[Ilsa]

18. Yes, I get physical symptoms sometimes, including stomach aches,

muscle aches, *libido issues* ;) and neck pain, a manifestation of anxiety. Some of my issues may be psychosomatic.

[Shallah Kali]

11. Sometimes I wake up and ask who am i? why am I here? where IS here?

My body feels foreign, unnatural and I have to claw my way to full consciousness. No panic or fear, just pure bewilderment. Then something falls into place and I remember everything. I just thought it was weird and wondered what the heck I was doing in my sleep that got me so out of wack with this reality.

[stellanoir]

12. Perhaps you are communing

with the Oneness.

Not a bad thing at all.

:grouphug:

[uberblonde]

14. It happens to me all the time.

I read somewhere that when it happens, that's reality - and everything else is illusion.

[MorningGlow]

15. Good point, UB

It is like The Matrix, isn't it? We get flashes of the truth behind the illusion and it confuses us, but it's something we really need to pay attention to and embrace.

Welcome, by the way! :hi: :toast:

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

16. Very good point

there have been times in my life when I knew for sure I was in Reality--perhaps these experiences also are flashes of it. Hadn't thought of that before. Thank you! And welcome here!

[Why Syzygy]

19. Just recently ..

I've been experiencing something similar. My state feels like I'm dreaming. It was very prevalent today at work. At times I even felt that we were in the "past" and this was all a dream of what had already happened. I was in a good mood since I've been off sick with bronchitis. I got my self esteem back. This makes me realize how draining that place can be.

(sorry I always roam off topic) .. I'm beginning to get the impression that the owner really wants everyone to disown themselves and belong to her. I had her change my Friday scheduled hours and she was not a happy puppy. She doesn't like anyone telling her what to do . her words. Everyone else gets the schedule they want and I'm entitled to the same treatment. This is an old role for me; the black sheep, problem child ... I can sense those energies and I aim to avoid them. But anyway .. the dream like state seemed to calm me and give me a thick skin, which is needed around there.

Due to my personal belief system, I think I am walking on the divide, touching a higher dimension. It is there and it is obvious there is sooo much more. I'm only scratching the surface. Sometimes I also sense someone very close to me.

I'm really digging the revival of energy and spiritual dynamics. So many people are paying attention to it. DU has a fraction of practitioners. The whole experience gives much to think about and speculate. I think the woman at work who caused so much trouble for me is becoming denser and darker. This morning my co-worker was stressed because he had been working with her all week. He said, "she is MEAN . just MEAN .. she is mean to everyone. I know. She has always been mean to me. He was almost in tears because he thought I was going to get on the rag train when I mentioned one of the orders wasn't marked correctly. He made a snap and I ignored it and went into the cooler. When I came out, was when he practically begged me not to be mean. That is so sad. I assured him I was in a great mood and he wouldn't be getting any problems from me. This guy has his own small landscape company. The jobs aren't small, but the quantity is. He is a perfect example of what happens when they torment someone constantly. Quality suffers when someone is being undermined all the time. There was some snotty stuff aimed at me, but it didn't even come near. I don't need it. I consider the shop a safe place. The worst that could happen would be to lose my job. I'm not worried about that. My concern is to learn as much as I can, bring home some bacon, and enjoy my life. But as far as developing, it is also a pretty perfect place. If they want me to play the bad girl role, I'll decline. I don't think they can keep it alive without my participation.

See all that s.t.u.f.f. I wrote? It is so just the tiny tip of an iceberg. There are so many levels and most of us are still material oriented. .... I'm way sleepy and would go on but I'm afraid I would embarass myself :blush: ..

Please fee free to discuss your experiences. It looks like a lot of folks have some form of this.
I, for one, would enjoy hearing more as things progress.

Thanks for your OP.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

20. Recently, I've had a similar experience

My husband has been seriously ill, and before he was finally diagnosed and given medication to stop the almost constant pain, he was very angry and frustrated, and he vented a lot on me. Interestingly enough, I chose (somehow) not to follow my old way of behaving, which would be to take responsibility for his foul mood, and blame myself for it. Instead, I found myself going deep inside to what I can only describe as a column of stillness, light, and peace. It was from this state that I became an observer; realized that events are merely events-the "good" or "bad" we label them are our own interpretations and judgments, and that there are other ways of looking at things. In that space I felt suspended from time and space and the usual ego-mess one can go to emotionally. I thank my guides and the spiritual hierarchy and my friends, all of whom I called upon, and all of whom responded in their own way.

I'm thinking this new way of seeing things, as you described, might be a part of this evolution in consciousness that has been spoken about by various beings.

[Why Syzygy]

23. I'm really glad you could do that.

That is a real place of power to be in. Plus it feels good! When I'm feeling foul, I remind myself that I'm adding darkness to universal consciousness. That is motivation to do something to change my mood.

[Celebration]

21. one imbalance affects another, and so it goes

Meanness is interesting to me. It just isn't a problem that I have, really. It is amazing to me how ordinary people can change into becoming "mean" at times. That is when the term "mean streak" came about, I think. A person generally is not evenly mean, at least at first. Often someone can act normal, but then uh oh, the mean streak is exhibited. What is happening is that this person deals with imbalances in the meridian system by acting out. So, it is a "stress" reaction. Working around such people can be extremely difficult, as there can be a sort of chain reaction of people affecting coworkers as the imbalance spreads. Recognizing the situation for what it is (as you are doing) is element number one. Not buying it (as you are doing) is another.

You would really freak everyone out by teaching everyone techniques to strengthen their auras (protection against negativity). Some psychologists teach people to recognize negativity when it is exhibited, and then snap their fingers to dissipate the negativity. I hate it that you have to get sick to be in a good mood. Maybe some balancing type music would help at work.

[Why Syzygy]

22. Yes. That was a real eye opener for me.

I hadn't realized the effect it was having on me until I had a break. Armed with that knowledge, I think I can maintain a more balanced approach. I am quietly standing up for myself. If we have our self esteem, we can handle any circumstance. I can play any music on Sundays, but that is usually a stress free day as there are only two staff there. I have sage'd the place before and plan to again tomorrow. We talked about schedules again today. It turns out that the designer who always works Saturdays wants me to work with her and have the part time temp work Sundays. The pt temp has a pretty bad attitude. So, that made me feel much better. We talked to the owner, who makes out the schedules, and she was going to ask the other employee if that would be okay. I told both of them that I've been there longer than most and my needs need to be considered also. Owner agreed! That's progress for me.

The man I mention is very spiritually open. He's an astrologer and reads Tarot, etc. I'm going to talk to him about the aura cleansing. I've never really done that in particular, but will definitely do so from now on.

Offhand I would say meanness is due to the person not being able to have their needs met. They aren't even aware that they have unmet needs. They don't know it is okay to ask for what they need. They are still blaming everyone else for their lousy feelings. Perhaps it is a cry for love. But until they open themselves, they cannot receive love.

What is your method for clearing auras?

[Celebration]

24. clearing auras

I created a program to do it with radionics, but of course that is not at all necessary. A pendulum would make it a lot easier though--with the method of just connecting with the negative energy, locating it, telling it to leave any area of influence on you, and then scrambling and smoothing the energy. One could do this with each of the auric fields around the body--this way it is a tiny bit like a very slow, unemotional (read: more boring) exorcism of sorts.

This isn't what you would teach your coworkers. Really good ways to increase the aura include the exercises in the Energy Medicine book by Donna Eden.

[davsand]

25. Vote, I had some pretty visceral responses to this series of posts.

I'm working at releasing all that has happened in the last three years in my workplace, and some of what you talk about rang very true to me. Part of my thing has been to try and let it all go--and I'm having some very real personal issues doing so. I have, however, become increasingly more concerned about the others in that workplace who endured it along with me--who are maybe not getting as much emotional support as I have.

Just Friday, one of the other women who was also abused in that workplace came into the office after a harrowing night with an abusive boyfriend in her home. He kicked in her front door, beat her, and hit one of her kids. He was drunk. Child protective services may step in at this point because this is not the first time that assault and battery have been an issue with that man in that house.

I realize we all make our choices in life, and I also realize that chemicals mess with people and their behavior. I also realize that when you are the target of abuse in the workplace you are WAY more likely to abuse booze and drugs. I suspect that is what is happening with this woman, and I don't think she has had ANY real emotional support beyond the walls of that office.

I am doing energy work for Lisa (not with her knowledge, however) but I will tell you that I am VERY concerned for her and for her children. I spoke privately to her new boss about my worries for her, and I can tell that he will not intercede in her private life unless it becomes an issue in the workplace. While I understand his position, I do not agree. I trust him and I do think that he would help her if he could--but I think he feels that any intervention on his part would not be welcome (or even appropriate, really.)

Anyhow, Vote, when you talk about working to help the entire workplace, I do understand. I am trying, but I am also limited in my own ability because of how I feel on the subject on a personal level. (The old saying--"physician heal they self" come to mind in my case...)

Sorry to unload, but i wanted you to know that I fully resonated with your points.



Laura

[Why Syzygy]

26. Laura ..

That must be really hard to watch. I do hope someone intervenes. I hope he was arrested? If not, I would be tempted to report it, in fact in Texas it is a crime to not report child or elder abuse. The system pretty much sucks, but abusers are very dangerous people.

You may have read about the gossip issue at my workplace too. The back-stabbing is sickening at times. I have wondered how people can live with themselves and act that way. The answer is most of them, including the owner, drink EVERY NIGHT. I suspect their daytimes are so stressful and such a mess that they have to escape into the bottle at every opportunity. I quit drinking completely earlier this year. Most of my adult life I have avoided alcohol altogether. It does tend to make a mess of things.

I'm glad you could relate. I won't stay there if things get too bad. The cost is too high. All I can do is my spiritual work and what I can to maintain a healthy attitude. Are you looking for new employment?

[Shallah Kali]

27. Can I jump in? Have you ever tried Reiki? It can be the-boss-from-heck repellent

I know someone who Reiki-ed her friend's workspace including using the symbols ChoKuRei & SeiHeiKi sending with the intention to protect and transmute anything negative. Her friend's boss went from literally getting in her face and shaking her finger at her like a naughty child to giving instructions from several yards away spoken in a normal tone of voice.

If you wish I can do this as I am Reiki II myself.

[Why Syzygy]

28. Of course you can jump in!

I'm Reiki II also, but confess it hadn't occurred to me that it had a use in this situation.
I would love your assistance. What do you need?

[Shallah Kali]

29. I simply need permission. I don't need names or locations. Reiki will go where it's needed

I will send your way intending it goes to your work place with a focus on clearing bad vibes and protecting those who grant permission from future bad vibes.

I like to use SHK, CKR and Raku in that order in situations like this. Technically I shouldn't be able to use Raku but it has worked for me even when I was reiki I. Raku grounds energy and separates energy. It helps break a connection between two people which is especially useful when one is using the other as a combination emotional dumping ground (projecting and depositing all their unhappy emotions on others) & punching bag.

I have a friend who used to call me up and vent about her life. By the time she was done I would feel drained, miserable, and have a splitting headache - all the things she felt before she called - and she would feel like a new person :b When I started shielding and using Reiki to help I was amazed at how quickly I could shed those feelings - and eventually not pick any up at all. After talking I would draw SHK, CKU & Raku between us and in a few minutes I was back to feeling the way I felt before hand.

I use Reiki like this all the time now. It is faster and easier than smudging at clearing a room or house. I send it to thunderstorms to clear anything that is other than normal natural weather out of it because I feel that human being's personal energies effect the weather. Better for people to clear it themselves than have a big thunderstorm hurling excessive lightning bolts next to my house.

[Why Syzygy]

30. Okay ..

As an employee there who has been negatively impacted, I should be able to give my permission.

There is just such a person as you describe there that is making everyone else miserable. We all do need shielding from that drain.

Go for it, Shallah. I appreciate this so much. Please PM me if you pick up on anything you think I should know. I will also begin Reiki, and let's see what happens.

[Shallah Kali]

31. The Big Jar Full O' Reiki

Reiki on the way including a nice package for anyone who wishes to can take some. Think of a big jar chuck full of brightly wrapped concentrated packets of Reiki set out with a sign that says "Please Help Yourself!" Hopefully the unhappy one will help him/herself to a pocket full instead of going after coworkers for a change!

One more thing please send to the land your workplace is on. I am getting the feeling the land there is suffering from something and could use some Reiki to restore the balance.

[Why Syzygy]

32. Shallah .. a BREAKTHROUGH

This may not sound like much. But, given the history, it was a major. I had determined to quit Monday if the owner would not put a stop to the abuse. I couldn't sleep at all last night and the toll was becoming too great.

The problem person (that's not exactly accurate and I feel strange calling her that .. but just to identify) stayed late today. She is scheduled to leave when I get there at 1:00. The phones were busy and I took a call and an order. The other sales clerk processed it and put it on the board for the designers. Before we could get to it, "M" saw it and said it had already been done. The customer told me he hadn't placed an order. The other sales clerk was teasing me, but "M" said, "she didn't know", standing up for me! She didn't have to because the other one was just kidding around, but I was astonished. I was expecting to reap her wrath for screwing up. They handled the duplicate order and I said, "I'm just glad it was caught in time". That's all. We didn't "make up" or anything, but she showed more mercy than I've ever experienced from her and took it as a sign that I don't have to quit.

I hope you got my PM describing how the property is surrounded by hospitals, and very well could have lingering energies from tragedies.

Thank you so much for your efforts. Please continue as long as you see fit.

[Shallah Kali]

33. I am so happy for you :-)

I will continue to add my Reiki to the area including the hospitals and see what I can cleanse. With so many hospitals in your area there will be a major concentration of energy from people travail and trauma. Also whenever I clear an area I check to see if anyone did not cross over. If I find someone I ask their guides to come to them and then I offer reiki to the guides that they can relay to their person as the person wishes to receive. I do it this way so the person won't be frightened by a stranger popping up beaming energy at them and because my primary gift is empathy so I have to be cautious about getting overwhelmed.

One more thing- have you ever tried drawing reiki symbols on your shield? I often will when I know I might be around strong emotions to help my shield not just filter out harmful energy but to clear and transmute it. Oh and I forgot this one is cool. Draw SHK and/or CKR in the center of a room and either have it enlarge until it fills the space, send out ripples of it's energy until it laps the walls or bounces around like a screen saver transmuting any bad vibes in the area. I put reiki and draw the symbols on my electronics especially my phones and pc as a preventative every month or so. You can also draw them on your hands as protection at work if you share equipment in common at work or before treating someone so only positive energies flow between you. Please forgive me if I am repeating things you already know. I just have so much fun sharing all the powerful little tricks of Reiki I want to make sure people know about them :)

[Why Syzygy]

34. I want you to share as much as you want.

It doesn't matter if I'm already aware of it. I used to read a Reiki yahoo list, but just have too much other reading now and cannot keep up. I've been Reiki II since 2002, and never really felt like going to Master. That's been changing. My appetite for it is increasing for the first time in years. It was always just sufficient. So, yes, I want to know as much as you care to give.

I like the idea of putting the symbols in the space. I'm going to work with that.

The first arrangement I made today was less than what I'm capable of. My thoughts were filled with "quitting". I really felt that I could not tolerate another onslaught of mean energy. I consciously switched to as much love as I could. I like to put love into every arrangement I make. And then after the exchange I described, the air was just so clear, I was able to go on and do good work.

I'm so glad you and I hooked up on the Reiki. It is a blessing for me. :hug:

[Shallah Kali]

35. Oh cool! I hope you do go for Master when the time is right for you

I have been having so much fun with Reiki experimenting with focus and playing with the symbols. It is such a loving, powerful and versatile energy. While not an instant cure it still is so potent and so simple. If I have an accident burning myself on a hot pan or drop something on my foot I put reiki on it. I have spilt boiling water on my hand straight from the tea kettle more than once and ended up with only a pink spot on my hand to show for it. The only thing besides Reiki I did was put it under the faucet on the coldest setting. It hurt like heck for a few minutes but that was it.

I have found that focus of intention really does make a difference in healing. I have tried this on myself when I stubbed a toe or banged my hand on something. I can be a real klutz sometimes. I tried focusing on healing the minor injury on some of the times and others just send energy without a specific intention. The times I focused the injury felt better faster as did bug bites stop itching sooner. Now while this isn't as good as a double blind study with umpteen thousand people it is good enough to satisfy the left half of my brain that my right side is on to something

I am glad the energy is already shifting for you and your workplace. Having suffered in the past from not knowing how to deal with other's emotional energy I am always thrilled to pass on what others have taught me and have it work just as good for them. :bounce: :woohoo:

It is a beautiful thing that you strive to not just do a good job but to put love into your work :hug: