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Coping with Life’s Intensity

March 29, 2012 in Finance, Spirituality

Yesterday, I said that political correctness has become society’s default response. From my perspective, it is one of the many escape mechanisms we use for dealing with intensity.

IntensityWhen intensity is too great, we may become overstimulated or feel overwhelmed. Instead of experiencing those intensities, we choose to avoid them.

If the sensations are physical, the body might shut down or involuntarily withdraw producing illness or even a coma.

If the sensations come from the intense passion of a relationship, the parties separate from one another. In some cases, the relationship may end.

If the sensations happen through intense conversation, a participant may drop into political correctness.

If the sensations derive from mental stimulation, the brain feels overloaded and depression may occur.

I often hear this complaint from readers when I write about all of the things that are happening in our world. They tell me the financial, government, religious, and spiritual situations become too much for them.

This isn’t an intellectual capability issue.

They understand what I’m saying. They just have trouble handling the emotional, physical, and psychological ramifications of the material. They may feel ill, become depressed, and not read the material.

I have found an alternative to avoiding intense experiences.

I lean into them so I can embrace them.

I have discovered that intense situations give me the opportunity to step through the portal, to go into the realm where I enter the zone, and experience the all that is flowing through me.

This is not some blind, adrenaline fueled rampage.

Instead, it is a state of being where time slows down, where I can accurately anticipate others’ reactions, and respond to them, often at a supernatural level. It is a place where I can hear spirit speaking to me, giving instructions and, at times, even using my facilities to do what I do not yet understand to do.

For example, I can watch a bread slice, loaded with butter and jelly, fall from the counter and influence it to land jelly-side up. I can pick it up from the floor and eat it without worrying about it containing harmful contaminants.

I can do all of this without panicking and without drama.

I became acutely aware of this several years ago as I drove down a city street with three other people riding in the vehicle.

As I approached a gas station on the right, a car, coming towards me, turned across my path towards the service station. I steered right, hoping the oncoming car would stop, just as another vehicle started to enter the road from the gas station. I was trapped.

Without thinking, I quickly accelerated, turned back to the left, drove through a tiny opening, and continued down the road unscathed.

It had happened so quickly that my passengers sat in a stunned silence that I broke by saying, “Pretty impressive driving huh?”

It was impressive. I had entered the zone and done the impossible.

I had reached a point of overstimulation. It was so intense I couldn’t handle it consciously and something else kicked in to help me negotiate the situation.

As I went through it, I was calm. Time slowed to a crawl. I saw every vehicle, found the only opening, and drove through it.

Today, I recognize this experience as a normal part of life. It is one way to practice connecting to spirit.

To use spiritual terminology, it is the training ground for ascension, the term many spiritual writers are using to describe our current shift.

And, it appears this shift is really happening. A variety of reports have come through in the past twenty-four hours that indicate a move forward has occurred. I will research their accuracy and start writing about them in tomorrow’s article.

The Confusion of Political Correctness

March 28, 2012 in World

Saturday afternoon, one of my tax clients began to talk politics with me. Even though I haven’t voted in years, I occasionally enjoy hearing what other people think about the political process, so I decided to engage the conversation.

At first glance, it seemed this gentleman wasn’t sure what he thought.

He liked our current Democratic president.

He commented that, “all the politicians in jail are Democrats and that has to tell you something.” He implied that it meant Democrats are the crooks. Or, maybe he meant that the Republicans control the courts.

When he left, we shook hands, and each commented on enjoying the conversation. It had been friendly and pleasant.

However, I had no idea what he really thought about politics.

After some thought, I realized my client probably had specific opinions that he was afraid to share with me. Instead of clearly talking about them, he had fallen into the socially acceptable behavior that most of us fall into when we discuss politics.

political correctnessHe became politically correct.

Political correctness came into vogue in the 1970s and 1980s. It is behaving in such a way so as to minimize social offense.

This behavior has serious consequences.

It causes us to presume that one person can offend another. In truth, an individual takes offense by choice. He or she may blame another’s actions for this offense. However, the offended always has power over his or her response to the action.

It causes us not to say what we mean. This ambiguity confuses the listener and contributes to misunderstandings. We end up talking in code so that our words take on multiple shades of meaning.

It causes us to hide who we really are. This prevents other people from loving us fully because they don’t know us fully. Instead of revealing our true selves, we shape shift into what we thinks someone else wants us to be.

When we behave according to the moors of political correction, we leave conversations feeling empty. We may have successfully exchanged words without debating or disagreement. However, each person knows it was a futile and unrewarding experience because neither person spoke from the heart.

No one had the opportunity to walk away from the situation with clarity because difficult topics were not discussed.

That is exactly how I felt Saturday when my client left. We could have discussed controversial topics in a kind and gentle manner. Instead, we talked while saying nothing.

Was my client a Republican or a Democrat?

Did he really like our current president or was he being sarcastic?

Did he believe the Democrats in prison were crooks or victims?

I had no idea.

Even when I had attempted to get him to say more, he was evasive.

He was being politically correct.

I can’t blame him.

In spite of its consequences, political correctness has become society’s default response.

I’ll explore why this is so in tomorrow article. In addition, I’ll explain what this has to do with going through the portal, I topic I wrote about the previous two days.