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You seem really to be clairsentient (empath, empathy, etc.). You'll most likely feel a form of exhaustion but continue to push yourself. I've almost gotten use to mine, lol.

The closer, though, that I am physically to a person or have some type of connection, whether it's personal or indirect, I end up feeling residual sensations or have dreams pertaining to what they are going through.

I've found the "warning" tendencies or sensations are occupational hazzards. I empathize with the pain the person will have to endure, as you say, because of current choices, but also that these bad situations are excercises they coudn't have developed without. So, they're all learning/teaching paths. Empaths are healers. They're there for the person on the other side of the situation, once they make it through. If they didn't get the lesson the first time, they'll most likely take the class again through similar situations.

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Elleise
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Yes. I was told that I was clairsentient before. It makes sense to me because I can feel what others are feeling pretty clearly. And all of my senses are engaged, too. I've often told people that I don't need to travel to a foreign place because when I imagine myself there, I can sense everything as though it were real--the scrunch of stones underneath my shoes, the grassy smell in the breeze.

But sensing what others are feeling came in handy when working with others who were unable to express themselves. Children and animals, in particular. My own dog benefits and he intentionally "sends" me thoughts! Mostly, it's "That girl didn't feed me!" or "I want some of that!" or "I want to go with you!" or "I hope they're going to that place that gives out meat on bread!" Once in a while, it's "If I don't move, maybe they won't see me to get me wet." LOL.

When I lived in another city, my neighbors began to treat me funny when one woman told everyone I could read minds. Where did she get that? I never said that! I can't read minds! But then I realized that whenever we talked, I'd say exactly what they were thinking and didn't want to say aloud. Their faces would go white. Their kids told me what their parents said and I started to feel like the town witch soon to face a hanging.

I didn't know what I was doing. I just said what I felt but it turned out that it was what THEY were thinking. I had suspicions that I could have been an empath while growing up because I seemed to feel what others around me felt and wondered if I was capable of independent thoughts! It bothered me that if I was with one person, I honestly felt what she felt and when with another person with differing opinions, I honestly believed and felt what she thought! Some people thought I was being two-faced to just suck up to the person I was with, but I promise that was not the case! I just was too young to know that the feelings I sensed did not belong to me, even though I could feel them.

Empathy can be a good thing, though, because people sense that I understand and they open up to me quickly. I always understand the outcast, misunderstood and mistreated students. When teachers labeled them, I understood the reason for their behavior and attitude and was able to help them come around to play by the rules of society without compromising who they were.

I am amazed at how much healing is needed today. I want to get on with it.

Your son is not unique in this. For me it's the Civil War. I've lived in the South all my life, but have never watched "Gone with The Wind" or any other movie or documentary of that time. I've had family members visit historical sites, such as Vicksburg. Just the thought of such a visit makes me ill.

For my daughter it's WII. There was a show on TV over 20 years ago in which the speaker stated she believed many from the Holocast had chosen to be reincarnated in this time frame. I seem to recall watching the show when my daughter was a baby. Even in Elementary School, she had an inordinate interest in WWII, which continues to this day. When she was in high school we did have a conversation on reincarnation possibilities.

It was comforting to my daughter to realize this was something we shared, however, with different wars and opposite reactions.

I have fond "memories" of the south (very fond) but can't sit through a movie or documentary of the war without a sharp headache, exhaustion, tears within 10-15 minute. Have yet to sit through one and avoid historical accounting.

I don't feel ill going to visit some of the historic places surrounding the war, but my demeanor is 1000 times different from the rest of the crowd. I feel like i'm entering a dream or something I just need to face, assess the damage kind of thing. Everyone else is snapping pictures and chattering away. I feel more solemn and sad with waves of empathy for the men. The male energy seems so drained, not angry like they don't care either way, they just wnat the war to end.

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Elleise
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Funny, I too have a penchant for the old south even though I, ethnically, am far from the southern people and their history. But as a child, I wanted to be a southern belle, wearing the full dresses and parasols. I kept out of the sun, disturbed at my tanned skin. I ended up going to a high school that had a southern theme (in name and mascot) and my husband came from the south. I used to sing old southern tunes. Weird.

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So Elleise...what is my next step?

i find this topic very interesting. i was raised catholic but abandoned the church after a sutuation where i felt like the church leaders rejected a request of mine simply based on doctrine instead of Gods Grace. i flailed around for a few years experimenting with new age practices and wicca for a while. it wasnt until i went to a reform meeting and felt the urging of the Holy Spirit that i picked up the Bible for the first time. i dont label myself of any religious affiliation. im a Christian in the same way the first Christians were. i simply have followed Jesus.

lately ive been studying A Course in Miracles. my fav tv shows (along with Friends reruns) are Paranormal State and Ghost Hunters. i believe in the paranormal because i am positive that there is so much more than we know about or can see or even sense. after my experience one on one with demonic forces after my separation and subsequent divorce, my faith has grown. i am convinced that the strengthening of my faith has been orchestrated for the sole purpose of offering myself as a living testament to the power of the Holy Spirit and i hope i can share adequatly with others wha ive been given.

my beliefs have changed and expanded greatly from the dogma i grew up with and what i am positive id true for me today...

Great article, Elleise! I love it!

For me, the memories of my soul lie at the ruins of the Pueblos in Arizona - the Anasazi pueblos and other ruins around that area. Every time I see a picture of that area or read about it, my soul cries out for home and the peoples of that time. When I read about Hopi myths, legends, ceremonies, etc. I seem to know about it within me. Since I was a child I have kept knowledge within me to myself because I knew my family would not understand how I felt or what I was saying. I often have dreams about the anicents in the land of the Hopi.

Over the years I have become comfortable and at peace with how I feel and what I believe. I often have very profound spiritual connections and visions that take me back to the pueblos and that way of life.

At one time I felt guilty that I might be abandoning my Christian upbringing and beliefs, but I have found that a beautiful and peaceful belief system has melded three belief systems into one - mine. (Native American, Christian and Pagan) It works for me - regardless of what others may think.

Like you, Elleise, I make it a rule to not tell others how to believe or what to do and I am strong in my faith, so it does not falter if others tell me I am wrong - I just say a little pray for them to find their own way and their own peace.

It is good to hear your thoughts, Jenna and Phyllis. I needed to be able to reconcile my belief in the Bible with my experiences with the paranormal. And I've always felt that the Native American people are so in tune with the God within nature. How can that be wrong?

When I asked, "What is my next step, Elleise?" I meant what should a person do if she wants to seek truth and develop natural gifts? What do I do or think about when I meditate? Nothing? Just feel peace and silence?

The best way for me to meditate is to enter into silence. This is not very easy when living in today's world full of noises. I have learned to shut out all noises and if any do come to intrude, I gently push them aside - same with visions I do not need.

To enter into silence, I set up my space with candles and herbs (sage, rosemary, lavendar, whatever feels right to me at the time). I first smudge the area with sage and/or cedar to purify my space and my thoughts.

If I have a particular issue to focus on, I concentrate on that and ask Great Spirit to guide me and help me to focus on this one issue. Usually, I just enter into the silence and whatever comes to me that is of use I let it go thru it's own course.

Using herbs and plant medicines should always be done so with prayers and good thoughts - always.

How long are your meditation sessions?