"i have friends who are clearly very empathetic. the thing that i've run into, is that often times the sensitivity is so much that that the "empath" sets up their defenses and doesn't let anything in. they can't relate to others, or to themselves. though the potential for further developing that gift is there"
Untrained empaths have to dial their abilities down via suppression, sorta like the psi blockers in B5.
As they don't know how the energies of obsidian/tourmaline works, nor do they have a martial arts root/ground technique, that becomes the mind's only option of defense.
In terms of empathetic shielding, it becomes a permeable force field, using obsidian/tourmaline to learn how to utilize those grounding/absorption energies. This turns the high frequency "hits" on the heart chakra to lower energies that can be sent to the ground via the root chakra. It makes more sense for those that are on the Hanged Man path, the seeker of esoteric martial arts. This decreases the disruption to one's own heart chakra and makes it easier to differentiate between one's own emotions and another person's emotions/pain. This is a substantial upgrade in an empath's quality of life. It is like wearing sunglasses for albinos and others with eyes sensitive to light. Blocking the ability entirely and shutting down, is a sub optimal solution.
After awhile, the black crystals are no longer necessary for shielding, and one can project the psionic force fields of a partially activated mer ka bah on one's own consciousness level, without external aid. This can be keyed to "voice commands" or mental images or mental commands.
A fully activated mer ka bah is not supposed to be used, as it tends to "draw attention" on the astral, without the proper cloaking methods of the violet flame.
Untrained empaths have to dial their abilities down via suppression, sorta like the psi blockers in B5.
As they don't know how the energies of obsidian/tourmaline works, nor do they have a martial arts root/ground technique, that becomes the mind's only option of defense.
In terms of empathetic shielding, it becomes a permeable force field, using obsidian/tourmaline to learn how to utilize those grounding/absorption energies. This turns the high frequency "hits" on the heart chakra to lower energies that can be sent to the ground via the root chakra. It makes more sense for those that are on the Hanged Man path, the seeker of esoteric martial arts. This decreases the disruption to one's own heart chakra and makes it easier to differentiate between one's own emotions and another person's emotions/pain. This is a substantial upgrade in an empath's quality of life. It is like wearing sunglasses for albinos and others with eyes sensitive to light. Blocking the ability entirely and shutting down, is a sub optimal solution.
After awhile, the black crystals are no longer necessary for shielding, and one can project the psionic force fields of a partially activated mer ka bah on one's own consciousness level, without external aid. This can be keyed to "voice commands" or mental images or mental commands.
A fully activated mer ka bah is not supposed to be used, as it tends to "draw attention" on the astral, without the proper cloaking methods of the violet flame.
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