Projection is casting onto another person the ideas, impulses, and beliefs which belong to oneself. It means giving objective reality to a subjective experience. A person who blames someone else for his own misgivings, mistakes, or feelings is scapegoating or using the psychological defense mechanism of projection to escape...
After the tragic loss of our granddaughter last month, I became furious. I spoke of that anger in her eulogy as someone in need of Alyssa’s help to show me the love that would help soften my edges. My normal routine when something is bothering me is to study,...
I have noticed that many try to apply linear thoughts to non-linear applications (tee hee). Rarely does this work. In simple terms, non-linear describes an output that is not proportional to the input. Linear can describe an output that is always equal to the input. Another term for non-linear...
Especially during the days of COVID, we are being repeatedly asked to leave our comfort zone, even if that means not leaving the house (tee hee). Most can say it was a stretch to accomplish even the smallest goal in 2020. In this whisper, I am exploring what it...
When I use the word reframing, I am not talking about taking an old painting off the wall and giving it a new border (tee hee). Today’s whisper is more about cognitive reframing and follows last week’s on adversity. The idea behind reframing is that a person’s point of...
As many of you know, our family has been facing extreme adversity in the last few weeks. As if all of 2020 has not been enough to deal with, now we have election-fueled hatred of entire groups of people reaching all-new levels. I find myself cringing when people say...
Hate involves an appraisal of a person or group that develops over time, usually when combined with the emotions of anger, frustration, or revenge. The overall appraisal needed to declare hatred will and does change over time. You hate someone because of what they are, and you are angry...
The word entity carries a connotation that can evoke fear. I was afraid to write about it! (tee hee) Most people interested in metaphysical studies share concerns about the need for protection from entities, which can place a person in constant fear of the unknown. Because fear can destabilize...
According to the US National Library of Medicine – National Institutes of Health, intuition represents an unconscious cognitive activity, the results of which become conscious at some point. Their study led to understanding how patterns are established from the unconscious behaviors that match cognition to become conscious actions under...
I heard the word penance whispered multiple times during sessions this week, which demanded my attention by capturing my interest. Guides communicate spiritual messages instead of religion, in my experience. Penance is a voluntary self-punishment inflicted as an outward expression of repentance for having done wrong. The message was...
