Emotional pools, emotional feed back - real? Not?

[Mimsey Borogrove]

Hi - The reason for this thread is trying to understand better emotional feed back. What I mean is a person finds themselves in situation that has more emotional bang than one would expect. It is almost as it there is a pool of emotion surrounding a location.

The first was my fathers memorial service - as a true believer I thought he is off to a new body, I have stuff to do bla bla, but I eventually found myself on the other side of the country at his service. When it was my turn to talk I came unglued - all of this emotion about my dad I didn't know was there came pouring out, I found my self saying things I'd never thought about, about how he was my inspiration etc. The dams had broken and most everybody was in tears.

The second happened when cell phones were new and spiffy. My worker made a left turn through a gap in unmoving traffic to pull into a gas station and POW the rear of his car was struck by a shrink driving in the middle lane yacking on his cell phone. My workers car did a 360, but managed to get into the gas station. I pulled in because I also needed gas. The psyc was soon on his phone calling his lawyer brother, trying to hand the cop his cell phone to speak him and when that failed trying to get the cop to arrest my worker.

The vibes around that gas station were so discordant - a woman in a jag almost backed into my vehicle - you could cut it with a knife. It was very un-nerving to be there. Everybody looked on edge.

The third was a week ago. I was finding myself going faster than usual in traffic. As I rounded the corner to where the east bound freeway swings north and merges into the north bound traffic I saw the reason - 4 lanes of traffic were stopped by a cop car. In the vee where the freeways merge was a black motorcycle lying on it's side - the kind with the farings. I didn't observe any body (s) on the ground however there was this large pool of sadness and emotion.

Frankly I couldn't tell you if it was from the being on the bike, or the people looking at it. But is was very real and black. As I drove further along I was almost in an accident with someone merging into my lane from an on-ramp, which I was surprised at how badly I reacted.

What is interesting is: these were location specific - the further away I got the less I felt it, though the memory was vivid. Like it was a pool of emotion. Or was it feedback I was experiencing?

Have any of you had similar experiences? What is your take on this - it reminds me to some extent of watching 9-11 unfold on TV and how I was glued to the set. There was a vibe in the room - an Oh No! sort of response. There was a lot of resonance that day as well.

Thoughts? Comments? Similar experiences?

Mimsey

[The Anabaptist Jacques]

As I was reading your post 9/11 came to mind for me.

I think incidents like these break our coasting through life.

They seem to make everything more real.

The Anabaptist Jacques

[Soul of Ginnungagab]

Mimsey Borogrove, You wrote a question in the headline "Emotional pools, emotional feed back - real? Not?".

What you described in your post afterwards appeared to me as an answer to your own question. It was/is very real as far as I can see.

It can sometimes be difficult to distinguish between one's own emotions and emotions belonging to others. What happened at your dad's service could very well be both your own emotions and the emotions present at that particular situation. I would believe that your speech was inspired by emotional truth. I would guess that the guests would be grateful for that speech.

Empathy is what this is about. Some people have a very strong empathic ability, meaning they can actually experience physically the emotions of others or of the surroundings. Being an empath can be quite a challenge.

I don't know if we all have empathic abilities, I would believe we have to whatever degree, some seem to have it very strongly and others not so much. Some people talk about empaths, maybe indicating that not all have that ability. But maybe empathy can be awakened if is not much present, thus I am indicating that it could in fact be there also in non-empaths but have been put to sleep.

I googled "empathy", "empath" and "empathic" and found some links. I didn't know those sites beforehand, but as far as I can see by scanning lightly over them they give a good idea of what empathy is about:

Empathy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empathy

What Is An Empath?
http://www.empathguide.com/

Empathic
http://empathic.net/

[Ogsonofgroo]

In my experience an even slightly empathic person will pick up general 'vibes'/feelings surrounding a given incident, whether it involves one person or many. In a group situation, say mass panic, it is probably easier to become tuned in so ta speak, the 'smell of fear', and I'm sure the converse is also applicable, like going to a music festival and just groovin' along with the crowd.
I'd imagine that several factors would be a play when it comes down to what the individual is experiencing, for example the level of 'awareness' a person has, or how involved in the situation one is. Looking in from the outside, that is, a detached perspective, could allow a person to experience the moment but retain a more critical eye.
Just a wee thought on this.

[Lurker5]

Bumpity

Yeah, Mims, I can relate to all that. I'd say you were paying attention - to something else - and that distracted you . . . The mysteries in life are many. I am glad you did not get into an accident. That sure got your attention, huh, and got you back on the road.

Your dad - . That happened to me too, also - not with my dad though. Yet.

When I was a kid, I was very confused - by all the emotion - swirling around me. It took a long time for me to be able to understand that it was not all me, and to be able to differentiate - and tune it out, when need be. Still, I have had those moments, in traffic - wow - where it is so prevading, and I literally have to build a mental wall, in order to 'get out' safely.

Be glad you have this. It is a good thing. This actually SAVED ME from being a scno.

[Dulloldfart]

Hi - The reason for this thread is trying to understand better emotional feed back. What I mean is a person finds themselves in situation that has more emotional bang than one would expect. It is almost as it there is a pool of emotion surrounding a location.

The 1973 book Psychic Discoveries Behind the Iron Curtain, if I remember correctly, mentioned an instrument that could detect emotions lodged in a wall, say, for several hours after the (emotional) people had left the room. The emotions stuck more in a damp atmosphere. That's all I remember about that one.

There is a famous book on radiesthesia (pendulum dowsing) by Abbé Mermet, in which he talks about tracking people by dowsing. This includes tracking past (but relatively recent) locations of the person as well as a present location.

Those are two which spring to mind. I am deliberately only giving examples of the location "holding" content separate to beings currently occupying that location. Examples of that kind, like noting the atmosphere in a room containing people at the time can feel "charged" to someone newly entering the room, are commonplace.

Paul