Adventures in Spiritual Dating- The excitment and terrifying feeling of being seen.
It’s easy to stir up passion and exciting to explore chemistry. Those are the two main reasons so many of us are out there dating people we know could not fit into our every day lives and realities. Especially as an empath, it’s quite addictive to constantly feel those brand new combinations that happen when we allow our energy fields to mingle with another’s. It’s chemistry on steroids for sensitive people. Two energy fields, coming together can yield very interesting experiences, and ultimately we are experiencing ourselves in other people. Some may bring out your shadow side, and you may find yourself immersed in feelings that are in complete resistance to him or her. Other times, there’s what I call a ‘wounded healer,’ connection where the other person’s emotional pain is like a tonic that you can’t stop drinking, in the hopes you will take it all into yourself and remove the person’s pain. In the end, we find that we cannot heal our own wounds.
Then there are the moments when we are caught off-guard and our vulnerability shows, plain as day, almost without our permission. We reveal ourselves. This is the most frightening for some of us, and for others, that raw feeling is so familiar we practically live there. Letting ourselves be seen becomes the thing we avoid, even though it is the very thing that would bring us closer to another human being, and to touch souls, which is what we are all craving to do.
In order to experience that closeness we all want and deserve, we have to peel back the layers, and uncover ourselves.
I’ve found myself pulling back and hiding myself without a conscious thought as to why. I’ve put on weight over the last few months, very rapidly. There have been far too many moments of being comfortably numbed by the effects of alcohol. I’ve been so lost in a passionate moment and suddenly found myself tensing up, when it felt as if I may surrender to the moment and lose control of my heart. Keeping myself guarded had become a way of life, and it is a difficult habit to give up, especially when it’s on an unconscious level. At the end of the day, I’ve found myself feeling hollow without understanding that I wasn’t respecting my soul’s voice when it was asking me to let myself jump, and fall without fear. My survival mechanisms were in full throttle.
Why do we spend so much time, puffing out our bellies and showing people how strong and mighty we are, when all we want is to find someone who makes us feel safe enough to fall apart in their arms?
We think we want unconditional love, but what we are really searching for is unconditional acceptance. Being vulnerable in the presence of another soul is the most powerful connection we can experience as humans. It breaks down all barriers and allows for the closeness we seek to experience in our souls. And yet, it’s the very thing we do this dance, hoping to avoid.
Eventually, the energy it takes to keep our guard up is exhausted, and we reveal our humanness. I openly admit, that in a partner, this is what I’m hoping to see. I want to breath in that energy of emotional and spiritual nakedness and let it wash over me, so I can respond with the same. We are both human and divine. Our strength lies within our vulnerability, which is what reveals our souls. Holding ourselves back punishes everyone, including ourselves, and robs us of the experience of oneness in human form.
Confessions of a Spirit Messenger 