Guest guest Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 Wow Georgeann....Thanks! (I'm at work now...no time to write...more later....) Hugs, Renee , Georgeann Muntin <gmuntin> wrote: > > Renee > sounds like you understand the situation that the > " hummer " does it as s sort of self soothing and is not > aware she is doing it. If I was the project manager I > would talk to the woman in a positive light and let > her know that in a shared office space it is part of > the office ediquiette to refrain from music or other > repetitive sounds that impact others. I would get > permission from her for others to " remind " her when > she is humming in a kind generous and slightly playful > way with the expectation that those reminders are a > clue for her to put effort in being mindfull and to > not hum. Maybe a substitute for her is that she could > wear some earphones and listen to music! (but only if > she didn't sing along! lol) > Anyway as a manager i tended to be pretty forthright > with compassion and it generally worked. > I have some empathy for her as a child I was a > " singer " especially when I got nervous or afraid and > it drove my parents crazy, they told me " only addle > (and oldtime word for crazy) people sing all the time, > and it REALLY pissed them off when I would do > something like leave my purse in a restaurant and then > notice it half way home, meaning they had to turn the > car around and go back to get it, all the time i am > singing in the back seat. > > One thing if it doesnt stop and you want to try and > make a practice out of it, I have done this practice > with annoying sound forms for several years is that I > work on attaching a different set of > reactions/pictures to the sound form. For example, my > partner is snoring and it drives me crazy, but i begin > subsituting all the mind chatter of that " I can't > stand one more minute " with " that sounds like waves > crashing in the ocean " it takes awhile, but now i hear > snoring as waves crashing on the ocean and that sound > is just fine with me and I can go to sleep. Another > example when my neighbor left each morning her dogs > would begin barking. Two of them incessently, > assaulting the beautiful quiet of the morning. I > decided to hear the sounds as different instruments in > an ochestra. This one took awhile but eventually my > mind just didnt even hear them anymore. I accepted > them as part of my environment and not as " something > that shouldn't be that way " and even got to where I > could make a joke of it. One morning when someone ask > me when time I wanted to leave, I said " oh about 30 > minutes before barking dogs " with no resentment, just > as oh they are part of my life. (they always started > at 7:30 a. Car alarms that go off and then go on and > on before the owner gets up are another annoying sound > I have experimented with. Just to see the sounds as > sound sculputres,. > Anyway this all flows for me, from some buddhist > teachings by a favorite monk of mine, when he said if > something stinks, the stink is in you. lol > This practice doesnt mean to just be passive and never > try and be forthright or go to the person and see what > accomodation can be worked out. It just shows that the > ultimate resolution can as I know you are very aware > comes within > thanks for sharing the problem of the humming it was > interesting > georgeann > > > > But if your manager is not able or willing to give > that kind but firm > > > > --- reneedots <reneedots> wrote: > > > ....well.....we've briefly discussed this type of > > thing before, > > Chris.....I tend to attract deeply wounded people, > > as do you, as > > well. My tendency has been to automatically offer > > assistance in > > whatever way I intuit. However, in this case, what I > > " get " , is that > > this young woman plays the helpless, 'I need > > somebody to take care of > > me, so please feel sorry for me, card' to such a > > degree that what she > > is really expecting is for people to enable her. So, > > any " help " I > > give, in the way that she expects, will actually be > > contrary to what > > her spirit is needing......in other words, I need to > > Not help. > > Further enabling will not help her to grow. > > I ended up talking a bit with the project > > manager, who has an > > interest in seeing that I have enough peace and > > quiet to work. We'll > > see what he can do next Tuesday when everyone is > > back to work. > > You're right that people have been attracted to > > my energy, and for > > the most part, they don't seem to know why. Also, I > > think that they > > don't quite understand the nature of the attraction, > > and only realize > > that for whatever reason, they're attracted to the > > energy. That puts > > responsibility on me to create stronger boundaries. > > The K rushes have come back, to some degree, > > after the holidays. > > As long as I remember to direct them up my spine, I > > stay relatively > > peaceful. I feel that one of the reasons that > > Richard and I are > > there, on the job, is simply to Hold the energy > > there.....does that > > make sense? It's like we're an essential part of the > > grid for that > > location right now. I know that my time there will > > be limited. > > My vision has gone wacky again....traffic lights > > are not one red > > light, but one light surrounded by several lights. > > Things look like > > they have some sort of an outline or bright haze > > around them, but it > > doesn't seem to be very aura-ish to me. > > I have been really irritated that my cd player > > in my car will not > > play my cd's....I've been trying to listen to Tolle, > > and it skips so > > bad that I can't. Anyway, this afternoon I took off > > work and drove > > all the way into San Diego to a place that > > specializes in fixing suto > > cd players, and took the guy for a ride on the Hwy > > to listen to the > > cd's that had been skipping....and they wouldn't do > > it!!!!!! He > > ended up telling me to burn copies of them and see > > if my copies > > played better. What the heck is That all about??!! > > It's been driving > > me nuts for Weeks!! Is this related to the K > > energy??? Am I somehow > > disrupting the cd player electrical flow? > > Blessings, Renee > > > > \ > > --- In > > , > > chrism > > wrote: > > > > > > Perhaps your colleague is an opportunity for you > > to work with > > forgiveness and love and service and understanding. > > Have her hum some > > tunes that you enjoy! Start humming your self and if > > your good she > > will stop and listen to you. If not then she may get > > the hint in a > > different way. I see her attracted to your energy > > Renee, to your > > Kundalini. This is typical and to be expected. > > People do not know > > why, but they feel compelled to be near an activated > > person, it is > > common and you may have noticed this outside work as > > well. - > > blessings to you Renee and Steve and Sel, - chrism > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > > removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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