11-10-2009, 10:16 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-10-2009, 10:17 PM by Questioner.)
Peregrinus, from my own personal point of view, for what it's worth, I can imagine several approaches you could take.
First, consider what you see as the advantages for those who have a more vivid sense of feeling. For example, you might see this as a way that people can be more compassionate to those who hurt. When you see that someone has those qualities, admire them. You could say, for instance, "I'm glad you're here, Mr./Ms. Feeling, at this time of trouble, because I admire your compassionate quality you bring with your vivid feelings, more than I experience."
Second, consider how you can be of service with your more factual, less emotionally swayed approach than the average person.
For example, if you have any interest in disaster preparedness, you could think things through without being distracted by emotions. If that clutter is not removed from the stairway, it could lead people to not have a clear evacuation path. When people leave in a crisis, they should keep in mind that to see their loved ones again, they might need to leave behind their personal pictures so that they personal selves can escape. Someone who can remain calm when facing these kinds of facts can be of tremendous practical help to everyone else.
In another example, if you like music, you could be a pragmatic and ethical manager with the only dry eye in the house; and therefore, a clear-headed guide to safely get the talent paid and onto the tour bus!
Third, you can meditate and pray, asking your Higher Self to help you experience a healthy balance in this lifetime of feeling and thought, and to help you understand why you have felt imbalanced in this way in this lifetime. Perhaps you already learned the lessons of very deep emotions, and decided to have a change of pace? Perhaps you feel deeper than you realize, and have been trained to disregard the signs of your own emotions? Perhaps you have a greater connection to spiritual truth because your thoughts patterns are so logical? When you quiet your thoughts, what does "the still small voice" have to say?
Remember also that the phrase is service to others, based on helping as asked, not feeling for others. If compassion involves taking action to reduce the hurts of others, perhaps you can do that as well as anyone without having to feel all those hurts yourself. Ra strikes me as pretty much dispassionate throughout the series of books.
First, consider what you see as the advantages for those who have a more vivid sense of feeling. For example, you might see this as a way that people can be more compassionate to those who hurt. When you see that someone has those qualities, admire them. You could say, for instance, "I'm glad you're here, Mr./Ms. Feeling, at this time of trouble, because I admire your compassionate quality you bring with your vivid feelings, more than I experience."
Second, consider how you can be of service with your more factual, less emotionally swayed approach than the average person.
For example, if you have any interest in disaster preparedness, you could think things through without being distracted by emotions. If that clutter is not removed from the stairway, it could lead people to not have a clear evacuation path. When people leave in a crisis, they should keep in mind that to see their loved ones again, they might need to leave behind their personal pictures so that they personal selves can escape. Someone who can remain calm when facing these kinds of facts can be of tremendous practical help to everyone else.
In another example, if you like music, you could be a pragmatic and ethical manager with the only dry eye in the house; and therefore, a clear-headed guide to safely get the talent paid and onto the tour bus!
Third, you can meditate and pray, asking your Higher Self to help you experience a healthy balance in this lifetime of feeling and thought, and to help you understand why you have felt imbalanced in this way in this lifetime. Perhaps you already learned the lessons of very deep emotions, and decided to have a change of pace? Perhaps you feel deeper than you realize, and have been trained to disregard the signs of your own emotions? Perhaps you have a greater connection to spiritual truth because your thoughts patterns are so logical? When you quiet your thoughts, what does "the still small voice" have to say?
Remember also that the phrase is service to others, based on helping as asked, not feeling for others. If compassion involves taking action to reduce the hurts of others, perhaps you can do that as well as anyone without having to feel all those hurts yourself. Ra strikes me as pretty much dispassionate throughout the series of books.