SENSITIVITY

How aware are you? When somebody walks up behind you quietly, how close are they before you become aware of their presence? When you meet someone for the first time, do you receive an immediate mental impression about whether you are going to get along with them or not? When you walk into an old building, do you often become aware of differing emotions like joy, happiness, fear or even terror? Do you notice any difference in the way you feel depending upon which colour clothes you wear?

When humanity was at its most primitive, savage stage, it was exactly the type of awareness I have questioned above that kept them alive. Since we became more ‘civilised’ and sophisticated many of us have either lost much of that awareness or it is greatly reduced. I feel it is important to reconnect with our awareness and to understand why I need to explain the forces behind awareness. Each person and indeed every living thing including rocks and minerals are surrounded by an energy field or aura. This aura is part of our invisible or spiritual self and consists of several ‘subtle bodies’ – The physical, mental, emotional and spiritual subtle bodies. These subtle bodies convey information to and from the various parts of our being. We are frequently not consciously aware of this process but it still goes on and to develop greater awareness we need to learn how to transfer the results from our sub-conscious to our conscious minds.

To do so can help us understand ourselves and others much more clearly. It can also protect us in the same way it protected primitive humanity. As in all things, some people are naturally more aware than others but each one of us can make ourselves much more sensitive to the invisible energies all around us if we so choose. We need to recognise first of all that it is perfectly natural and in order to feel. I say this because many of us have suppressed our ability to feel emotionally because we want to avoid being hurt. This is understandable and I sympathise with it but there is a downside also. If we make ourselves insensitive so we don’t get hurt we also make ourselves less sensitive to feelings of love, happiness and joy.

If you need in your job for instance, to assess quickly whether a particular individual is suitable for a specific responsibility or is someone with whom you will be able to work closely and harmoniously, then developing your sensitivity, your awareness, will help you enormously. There are many people who specialise in awareness training and I myself will be conducting an Awareness Workshop called “The Sacred Flame” in Kissimmee, FL on Saturday 3rd October. Also in Salem MA on Saturday 26th September I am conducting another type of awareness workshop that concentrates on our awareness of colour, how it influences us subconsciously and how we can use it to help us and others. We are all sentient beings so it makes no sense to deliberately dampen down our natural sensitivity. Learn to open yourself to the subtle energies around you by learning how to control the expansion and contraction of the energy field around you – your aura. It is not difficult but it does demand practice and determination. There is nothing weird about it, it is merely learning to use more effectively what we have been given by nature.