The Worry Witch Speaks

I do a lot of 'Ising'. I learned to ‘Is’ a long time ago while meditating. ‘Ising’ is a form of meditation, as I see it. It just isn’t as formal. No mantras, no rituals, no structure. I just sit (and it can be anywhere at anytime) and ‘be’. Thoughts come and go, experiences are reminded and let go, it is a state of ‘evenness’ with myself and others. Often I have thoughts and ideas that I grab onto and run with - letting them unfold in my mind and emotions. Sometimes I learn wondrous things about myself and the world around me. That is how I met the Worry Witch.

Somewhere between the mental and emotional universities of my being came a sadness and I pursued the experience. There, in a crystalline universe, was a little chubby witch like character who began to tell me her story. Here it is:

I’m so fat and it is all your fault. You need to understand a few things about us and if you have time, stamina and an openness of heart, you can help both of us have a more joyful existence.
I was birthed a very long time ago in the human life line. I was birthed with purpose and intent and I did my job very well until recently when I have become too fat to really serve my purpose - to really help the human species. I was birthed to protect you. To help you out in times of danger. I click into gear during times of what you call the ‘fight or flight’ experiences. I enable you to run faster, pick up heavy items, think clearly, and, in general, enable you to suss out a situation and react in a way that will help you keep yourself and your species safe from physical harm. I am the one that tells your brain to release adrenaline.

Adrenaline is a powerful harmone, a powerful tool that you have at your disposal. It is not supposed to be released every day. Like every other powerful tool, too much of it can become dangerous and harmful to your being. But used when you are in true physical danger, it can and does save your life and many others.

I am not responsible nor should I be forced to deal with the mud on the carpet that the neighborhood children tracked in. That has nothing to do with your physical well-being. I am not responsible nor should I be forced to deal with the phone call that hasn’t come. But make no mistake, when a tiger fancies you for his lunch - I will be there. I will allow your legs to run faster, I will allow you to maneuver in order to get out of danger. When a car in the opposite lane careens into your lane, I will help you react in the best interest of all concerned. Then we can work together and truly produce miracles. I have grown fat with all the non- dangers that you force upon me and should a time come when you truly need me to help you, I will be too fat to ride my broom and help you out. I will be sluggish and stumbling - and I won’t feel very good about the job I am trying to do.

Often, you create a Warlock with your worry - that is a more powerful creation than I. Warlock is a worry witch that has gone wild and it is very powerful within your being. It is often very angry and nasty - teasing and pushing you to respond in ways you otherwise would not, ways that are not very helpful to you or to others.

The most worrisome thing to you is the unknown, the unknowable is the worry. Once you start to imagine on this trek - you don’t seem to know when to stop. You make up all sorts of stuff in your mind and you get yourself all tied up in knots and balls and then you are in physical pain because of it. You cannot change the unchangeable. You cannot use your worry to change something that you don’t know to begin with. You also cannot change the way others are or how they react and think. You cannot take on other peoples problems, they are not yours to own. If others reacted to situations the way you think they should, or the way you would, this would be a world of cloned individuals that aren’t very individual at all. Your beauty is in your uniqueness - not in your sameness.

Please realize that I am not supposed to react to small things that have nothing to do with your physical danger. The next time you start to pull me up and start worrying about something that you cannot change, something you have no control over, something that is not harmful to your physical being - you will hear a little voice which will be mine. And it will say, ‘Are you in physical danger?' and if you have to say no, in order to be honest with yourself and me, then I will do everything in my power not to react with adrenaline, but I’ll need your help, for we are in this together.’

Adrenaline, when used daily, will make you old, it will wear down your bones, wrinkle your skin, cause you to be preoccupied with things that aren’t yours to worry about, get you in trouble as far as your relationships are concerned and, in general, shorten your physical life and play havoc with your joy.

Pull a little discernment into your life and figure out the differences. You will be happier and I will be skinnier and able to help you better. We both will live long and prosper. Stop trying to turn house cats into mountain lions. You would have an easier time in doing this if you only allowed others to be, to do their thing, and not judge the journey they are taking. Discern when to face situations head on and when to hang back and allow.

I travel on a crystalline shaft (broom) which is called hope, don’t feed me so much otherwise I will break my broom - and hope will disappear. And in the years to come - hope is going to be a vital part of your well being. Together, let us protect and care for it properly.

Prissy Hamilton - all rights reserved

What Exactly Do We Mean by Energy?

There is energy around us all the time. We, generally, have normalized it to the point that we don't consciously recognize it.

Here are some examples:

Electricity: We can feel it when it shocks us, it is in all our light bulbs, our televisions, and our hair dryers. We can see the effects of it in the form of lightening in the sky, we can hear it's effects as thunder, but we never truly see electricity. We are all aware of static electricity when we shock ourselves after walking across carpet in dry weather. We see the spark and feel it, but we don't actually see it being created.

Electricity is even in our own bodies. For example, our body's electricity powers the neurons in our brains so they can speak to each other and they send messages that travel from 200 - 400 miles per hour. This enables us to think. We don't see it nor do we consciously feel it.

Emotions are energy. We can feel them, we can see them displayed in various forms, but we never actually see the emotion/energy itself. Joy and excitment puts a bounce in our walk.

Wind is an energy. We see its effects, the trees bending and the leaves moving, we see the damage it can do in hurricanes, but we never see the wind itself.

Some of this energy science can measure, others science has not created the equipment to measure it with yet, but it exist in everything.

Some of us can feel energy, some of us are capable of seeing energy in the form of 'auras', and some of us don't see them or feel them at all, but have a kind of 'knowingness' - a sense about it.

It is entirely fair to say that there in 'unseen' energy all around us - in everything we think, everything we do, everything we see. We live, virtually, in a sea of energy. So can you really say that you don't know about energy? Of course you do, you just haven't given it much thought!