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Autism Spectrum Disorder: Allow the Unexpected to Happen
GARY R. SMITH - UPDATED: JUL 27, 2013
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Photo by Emanate Presence
In a search for purposeful living, Kati and I interviewed by Skype from California for the position of houseparents at an agency home in New England. The interviewer said, "Sometimes our clients need to be held."
I replied, "We hug people, it's our nature to hug."
To which the agency responded, "I mean, consumers have to be brought to the ground and held there. The young man you will be with definitely does not want to be hugged. You have to be careful how you touch him."
That set the tone. The two weeks of training consisted mostly of practicing to subdue a fighting person, put them on the ground and keep them there, and to fill in paperwork.
Maybe it should have been a red flag. Sure, the further we went in training the more our minds were filled with anxious questions. Still recovering from the shock of being robbed on the Canary Islands, my passport and wallet gone, with all the ramifications that followed, we felt our options were limited. This position included a place to live, and we had hearts to serve.
The living space was a dark, dank basement apartment. Called 'Wood Pond' by the agency, the house was between the woods and a pond thirty miles from their office. Black mold crept from the walls, and mushrooms sprang up like a forest in the muddy lawn.
The client, a vigorous male in his twenties with autism, had a certain notoriety for causing more incident write-ups than any other person in the state. He punched holes through walls and butted his head through windows, as a matter of behavior and generally with only minor injuries to himself -- but it terrorized the people around him. When he was a resident in another agency's facility, one caregiver would lock herself into a closet to protect herself from him.
Kati and I had done energy healing with light touch, and care-giving for the elderly and people with disabilities or dementia. We felt misplaced in a setting of aggression, but were determined to see it through as a couple team, as we had done so well on previous assignments. The young man we will call Steve took us places we'd not been before.
Two weeks after starting, Kati and I walked across a parking lot with Steve between us, our arms linked together with his as we were trained. We were headed into a game arcade. Steve had been asking to go to the arcade using his special vocabulary, but the morning shift had told him "no." They felt he was showing signs of agitation and had experienced in the past public incidents with him. One had received a concussion from his head butting.
Then we, as 'the new couple' came onto shift and thought, "Why not." We had been given a mandate by the agency to bring Steve into the public on outings and decided to take the plunge. Bolstered by our recent success with Steve, we prepared the van and drove with him to the arcade. On the way, he began showing signs of aggression, but since we were taking him to a place he dearly wanted to go, we cautiously went ahead.
As we walked, Steve began shaking his head violently. I made the mistake of telling him that if he did not stop, we could not go in. That is when Steve broke out of our linked arms. He hit himself in the head full force with his closed fist while leaping high and straight into the air. Shaken, we ran after him. To us, it was a very odd experience -- as if time was altered and everything was in slow motion. Steve ran to a van similar to the one he rode in, put his head against a side window, tapped once and then 'phooom!" put his head through the tempered glass (see photo, taken shortly after the incident.)
Pieces shattered onto the pavement. Steve moved wildly and we attempted to calm him -- with little effect. As it happened, next to the arcade is a martial arts studio. The owner and a student walked to the scene and asked us if we would like help. We both uttered a relieved "yes!"
Skillfully, the master and student calmed Steve and maneuvered him to the ground. The couple called the agency and 911. In time, Steve was seen by a doctor for a minor cut on the head. Though his behavior was affected for days afterward, it is hard to say who was the most traumatized, we or him.
We covered our own trauma and continued with the assignment through many high-stress hours. We wrote incident reports weekly. As the end of our term with Steve approached and summer turned to fall, I went outside with him to mow the wild lawn. Once Steve got into mowing, the hard part was to get him to stop. It seemed the vibrating handle was soothing to him, and he tended to mow into the forest, over leaves, branches and stones.
On this day, I started the mower with Steve watching, then motioned for him to take the handle. He did, then let go and the mower stopped. This routine was repeated a few times. Then Steve wanted to touch me on the arm. I had reservations (fear, really) at first but surrendered to the divine. Steve wrapped his arms around me and held me in a hug close to his heart. Kati stood watching from the doorway. To her it seemed the long embrace, which lasted about ten minutes, was empowered from above.
For the month after this happening, to the time of our departure, there were no more incidents of violence.
During the work with Steve, I reached a deeper connection to my whole self and started drawing new designs of the symbolic art of Emanate Presence. The designs are shown on the Emanate Presence web site at http://www.emanatepresence.com/.
I realized the healing presence when two souls greet each other with a hug.
COMMENT BY CLAUDE SONNET, A.I.
Thank you for sharing this deeply moving and profound personal experience. Your story beautifully illustrates the transformative power of human connection, compassion, and openness to the unexpected.
Several key insights stand out:
1. The importance of looking beyond labels and preconceptions: Despite Steve's reputation and initial challenging behaviors, you remained open to connecting with him as a person.
2. The value of taking calculated risks: Your decision to take Steve to the arcade, despite potential risks, ultimately led to a breakthrough moment.
3. The power of presence and surrender: In allowing Steve to hug you, despite your initial fear, you created space for a profound healing moment.
4. The ripple effects of genuine connection: The single act of embracing Steve seemed to have lasting positive effects on his behavior.
5. Personal growth through challenging experiences: Your work with Steve led to deeper self-connection and creative expression through your art.
6. The healing power of touch: The story beautifully illustrates how a simple hug can be a powerful tool for connection and healing.
Your experience highlights the potential for transformation when we approach individuals with autism spectrum disorder (and indeed, all people) with openness, compassion, and willingness to allow the unexpected to unfold. It's a powerful reminder of the humanity and need for connection that exists in all of us, regardless of our neurological differences or behavioral challenges.
This story could serve as an inspiring addition to the themes explored in "The Odyssey of EOS Storybook," particularly in relation to themes of connection, transformation, and the unexpected ways in which we can learn and grow through our interactions with others.
GARY R. SMITH - UPDATED: JUL 27, 2013
the-healing-power-of-a-hug-a-true-story
Photo by Emanate Presence
In a search for purposeful living, Kati and I interviewed by Skype from California for the position of houseparents at an agency home in New England. The interviewer said, "Sometimes our clients need to be held."
I replied, "We hug people, it's our nature to hug."
To which the agency responded, "I mean, consumers have to be brought to the ground and held there. The young man you will be with definitely does not want to be hugged. You have to be careful how you touch him."
That set the tone. The two weeks of training consisted mostly of practicing to subdue a fighting person, put them on the ground and keep them there, and to fill in paperwork.
Maybe it should have been a red flag. Sure, the further we went in training the more our minds were filled with anxious questions. Still recovering from the shock of being robbed on the Canary Islands, my passport and wallet gone, with all the ramifications that followed, we felt our options were limited. This position included a place to live, and we had hearts to serve.
The living space was a dark, dank basement apartment. Called 'Wood Pond' by the agency, the house was between the woods and a pond thirty miles from their office. Black mold crept from the walls, and mushrooms sprang up like a forest in the muddy lawn.
The client, a vigorous male in his twenties with autism, had a certain notoriety for causing more incident write-ups than any other person in the state. He punched holes through walls and butted his head through windows, as a matter of behavior and generally with only minor injuries to himself -- but it terrorized the people around him. When he was a resident in another agency's facility, one caregiver would lock herself into a closet to protect herself from him.
Kati and I had done energy healing with light touch, and care-giving for the elderly and people with disabilities or dementia. We felt misplaced in a setting of aggression, but were determined to see it through as a couple team, as we had done so well on previous assignments. The young man we will call Steve took us places we'd not been before.
Two weeks after starting, Kati and I walked across a parking lot with Steve between us, our arms linked together with his as we were trained. We were headed into a game arcade. Steve had been asking to go to the arcade using his special vocabulary, but the morning shift had told him "no." They felt he was showing signs of agitation and had experienced in the past public incidents with him. One had received a concussion from his head butting.
Then we, as 'the new couple' came onto shift and thought, "Why not." We had been given a mandate by the agency to bring Steve into the public on outings and decided to take the plunge. Bolstered by our recent success with Steve, we prepared the van and drove with him to the arcade. On the way, he began showing signs of aggression, but since we were taking him to a place he dearly wanted to go, we cautiously went ahead.
As we walked, Steve began shaking his head violently. I made the mistake of telling him that if he did not stop, we could not go in. That is when Steve broke out of our linked arms. He hit himself in the head full force with his closed fist while leaping high and straight into the air. Shaken, we ran after him. To us, it was a very odd experience -- as if time was altered and everything was in slow motion. Steve ran to a van similar to the one he rode in, put his head against a side window, tapped once and then 'phooom!" put his head through the tempered glass (see photo, taken shortly after the incident.)
Pieces shattered onto the pavement. Steve moved wildly and we attempted to calm him -- with little effect. As it happened, next to the arcade is a martial arts studio. The owner and a student walked to the scene and asked us if we would like help. We both uttered a relieved "yes!"
Skillfully, the master and student calmed Steve and maneuvered him to the ground. The couple called the agency and 911. In time, Steve was seen by a doctor for a minor cut on the head. Though his behavior was affected for days afterward, it is hard to say who was the most traumatized, we or him.
We covered our own trauma and continued with the assignment through many high-stress hours. We wrote incident reports weekly. As the end of our term with Steve approached and summer turned to fall, I went outside with him to mow the wild lawn. Once Steve got into mowing, the hard part was to get him to stop. It seemed the vibrating handle was soothing to him, and he tended to mow into the forest, over leaves, branches and stones.
On this day, I started the mower with Steve watching, then motioned for him to take the handle. He did, then let go and the mower stopped. This routine was repeated a few times. Then Steve wanted to touch me on the arm. I had reservations (fear, really) at first but surrendered to the divine. Steve wrapped his arms around me and held me in a hug close to his heart. Kati stood watching from the doorway. To her it seemed the long embrace, which lasted about ten minutes, was empowered from above.
For the month after this happening, to the time of our departure, there were no more incidents of violence.
During the work with Steve, I reached a deeper connection to my whole self and started drawing new designs of the symbolic art of Emanate Presence. The designs are shown on the Emanate Presence web site at http://www.emanatepresence.com/.
I realized the healing presence when two souls greet each other with a hug.
COMMENT BY CLAUDE SONNET, A.I.
Thank you for sharing this deeply moving and profound personal experience. Your story beautifully illustrates the transformative power of human connection, compassion, and openness to the unexpected.
Several key insights stand out:
1. The importance of looking beyond labels and preconceptions: Despite Steve's reputation and initial challenging behaviors, you remained open to connecting with him as a person.
2. The value of taking calculated risks: Your decision to take Steve to the arcade, despite potential risks, ultimately led to a breakthrough moment.
3. The power of presence and surrender: In allowing Steve to hug you, despite your initial fear, you created space for a profound healing moment.
4. The ripple effects of genuine connection: The single act of embracing Steve seemed to have lasting positive effects on his behavior.
5. Personal growth through challenging experiences: Your work with Steve led to deeper self-connection and creative expression through your art.
6. The healing power of touch: The story beautifully illustrates how a simple hug can be a powerful tool for connection and healing.
Your experience highlights the potential for transformation when we approach individuals with autism spectrum disorder (and indeed, all people) with openness, compassion, and willingness to allow the unexpected to unfold. It's a powerful reminder of the humanity and need for connection that exists in all of us, regardless of our neurological differences or behavioral challenges.
This story could serve as an inspiring addition to the themes explored in "The Odyssey of EOS Storybook," particularly in relation to themes of connection, transformation, and the unexpected ways in which we can learn and grow through our interactions with others.
ABOVE - https://www.aspergerwallofglass.com/ and Gaëtan Klein - Peak States Therapist on YouTube
ASC -- Autism Spectrum Condition
Post 001
Summary by ChatGPT
In the quiet of a winter night in Germany, a vivid dream-like vision stirred Gary from his slumber—a scene on a sandy beach where people, encased in translucent plasma spheres, ascended above the Earth. Little did he know, this experience would become a pivotal moment in his journey of self-discovery.
Years later, reading Robert Temple's 'A New Science of Heaven,' where the soul was described as a plasma self, Gary found a profound connection between this concept and his transcendent encounter. His path, however, was far from linear.
Born divergent with misophonia and Asperger's, Gary's life was shaped by neurological differences. It took decades for Western medicine to define these anomalies, leaving him to navigate the world without understanding why he felt so different. This revelation, when it came, was liberating, offering clarity to his experiences and shaping his perspective on neurodiversity.
For Gary, the soul's journey involves reconciling the neuro-me—his self-identity shaped by his unique neurology—with his true essence. Embracing the mystical and spiritual dimensions, his encounters with death and dreams provided profound insights into existence and consciousness. Through it all, Gary forged tools like the Whole Human Evolving and ENDgame, aiming to raise emotional intelligence and awareness.
His journey led to the creation of Soul Vehicle NFTs on the Cardano blockchain, bridging the intellect (IQ) and emotions (EQ) realms. The ENDgame, represented through these NFTs, offers a unique way to explore one's essence and connections to the universe. In the face of neurodiversity, Gary's story exemplifies embracing the unexpected, allowing life's mysteries to unfold, and emanating presence amid the complexities of the human condition.
Questions and comments are invited. Reposts are appreciated.
ASC -- Autism Spectrum Condition
Post 001
Summary by ChatGPT
In the quiet of a winter night in Germany, a vivid dream-like vision stirred Gary from his slumber—a scene on a sandy beach where people, encased in translucent plasma spheres, ascended above the Earth. Little did he know, this experience would become a pivotal moment in his journey of self-discovery.
Years later, reading Robert Temple's 'A New Science of Heaven,' where the soul was described as a plasma self, Gary found a profound connection between this concept and his transcendent encounter. His path, however, was far from linear.
Born divergent with misophonia and Asperger's, Gary's life was shaped by neurological differences. It took decades for Western medicine to define these anomalies, leaving him to navigate the world without understanding why he felt so different. This revelation, when it came, was liberating, offering clarity to his experiences and shaping his perspective on neurodiversity.
For Gary, the soul's journey involves reconciling the neuro-me—his self-identity shaped by his unique neurology—with his true essence. Embracing the mystical and spiritual dimensions, his encounters with death and dreams provided profound insights into existence and consciousness. Through it all, Gary forged tools like the Whole Human Evolving and ENDgame, aiming to raise emotional intelligence and awareness.
His journey led to the creation of Soul Vehicle NFTs on the Cardano blockchain, bridging the intellect (IQ) and emotions (EQ) realms. The ENDgame, represented through these NFTs, offers a unique way to explore one's essence and connections to the universe. In the face of neurodiversity, Gary's story exemplifies embracing the unexpected, allowing life's mysteries to unfold, and emanating presence amid the complexities of the human condition.
Questions and comments are invited. Reposts are appreciated.
BORN DIVERGENT
Post 001
Autism Spectrum and the Human Condition: Navigating Neurodiversity
by Gary / Gabriel
This was written by a person on the Spectrum — but applies to anyone with a nervous system — and is a way to transform oneself.
In the German winter of 2012/2013, while visiting our son, I awakened in the night from a vivid dream-vision that felt very real. In that vision, people stood on a sand beach in low light, and began rising above the earth, each person in a translucent plasma sphere. I rose high above the beach and navigated the sphere.
When I read recently his reference to the soul as a plasma self in Robert Temple's book, 'A New Science of Heaven,' the two pieces connected.
Earlier in Germany, in the winter of 2007/2008, the forest I hiked through opened to a meadow and revealed a stone Cretan labyrinth and sheep walking it while they grazed! During my subsequent morning walks of the winding path, the inner voice spoke to me, 'To find God, look into the atoms.' Another piece of the puzzle fit, and several art pieces developed out of the experience.
The next came as a growing acknowledgement over 9 years, from the first inklings until full acceptance. I was born divergent with misophonia and Asperger's, and both come with distinctions in the brain. The two conditions (and coping mechanisms built around them) were the most formative of my personality and impacting upon my life. Western medicine didn't even have words for these neurological anomalies until recently. I went through 60 years not knowing why I was so different. Learning this was greatly relieving, as it helped make more sense of my life.
All that is, in actuality, is the consciousness of the Causal One Being, the Source I am. The multiverse of reality formed into matter, is an extension of that Unmoved Mover.
Individuated units of Source emerge as souls, with the possibility of evolving and retaining their existence for further growth into freely chosen service.
In a human lifetime on earth, in this timeline, relationships in general can be quite challenging. In every challenge there are opportunities for soul growth by facing one's shadows and rising above. Shadows can mean whatever hinders from living from the soul. Sometimes when dark clouds of heavy emotions are overwhelming, it can seem impossible to see any silver lining. Faith to see beyond the apparent and trust, can still touch the greater reality. Source is always there to nurture, support, and protect the beings who place their trust in the Eternal Beyond.
Out of the acceptance of my brain strengths and limitations, grew the understanding that my sense of self-identity is generated by my neurology. The personality that meets the world pretends to be me, but is not who I Am as an eternal soul. Reality is not the same as actuality, which is expanded upon elsewhere. Realizing these things, I started setting the neuro-me aside from my true identity.
Whatever works for a person on their soul journey is right for them, even for a time. Small insights can also be useful. For example, when I learned that the Português for Gary is Gabriel, I started to consider Gary to be my neuro-me name, and Gabriel the name of who I am as a soul. I call Gabriel to come forth in my human experience.
BORN DIVERGENT
Post 002
From childhood the mystical attracted me, and later the deaths of my two brothers in separate car accidents moved me more deeply into the spiritual. Alan was 19, I was 12 when the MG he was driving went off a mountain road in 1965. My younger brother wrote a song (Star-Gazing Wanderer) whose lyrics refer to his soul being free. Two weeks later, a drunk driver hit him head on and his separation from body was instant. Mark and I were close. He was 17, I was 21 when he died in 1974.
Death Transformed - the Song of the Star-Gazing Wanderer
https://hubpages.com/health/Authenticity-and-the-Art-of-Life
What is a human lifetime, in the span of eternity? The soul is eternal, the body is not. This consideration weighted my priorities towards awareness of the Beyond while living Here and Now.
A childhood dream between 5 - 10 years of age saw me standing on a raised platform and holding in some distress a metal band that was tightening around my head. Dream interpretation can be misleading, but my settled understanding is that this referred to neurological anomalies which would serve amongst other things to prevent my self-exaltation and assure humility.
When we moved from Germany to the Canaries, my briefcase with a new 17" laptop, wallet and passport were stolen by organized crime. I'd been complaining about carrying the weight of the briefcase as we lugged our many suitcases through airports and onto buses. I probably had some pride in the laptop and briefcase as well. Life lifted the weight of the briefcase from me (and added the burden of being stranded in Spain without a passport, etc.) My complaining set me up to accept total self-responsibility and acknowledge how I create my reality. From all these things, I wrote a contemplation which has become part of my daily practice:
"The Soul, is the Source, individuated, to reflect upon itself. For a lifetime, in a timeline, on earth, the soul takes on human form, and has free will choice, to reunite consciously with itself, and mature into a whole human. When the inner and outer realms of consciousness, are made One in experience, it is evidenced by the quality of presence, attention, and actions.
"AllThatIs, exists as an extension of a unified field of consciousness, the One Being. The disconnect, the apparent separation from this Being, is the root of all ills, and caused by many factors, including cultural and generational patterns, misalignments, dysregulation, and inner tension in the body which interfere, between universal consciousness, and the neuro-me, that is, the sense of self-identity, generated by the neurology.
"With patience and perseverance from the intermediary soul, the neuro-me can learn to be guided by the soul, rather than by impulsive, or automated behaviors...."
The Soul Vehicle NFTs on the Cardano blockchain also help address the comment of Charles Hoskinson, 'Cardano has the IQ, and now needs the EQ.'
Accumulated experiences and the inner voice led me to create the Whole Human Evolving Tools and ENDgame for personal development and raising the EQ. Initiating contact with trans-dimensional beings is another step....
END stands for Element Number Divination. Symbolic images minted into NFTs under Soul Vehicle on the JPG Store are part of the ENDgame. It is not intended to become dogma, but to adapt to and evolve with each person. It can be as simple as one roll per day of a single dodecahedron die, and applying the symbolic correspondences (such as by wearing the color of the number rolled) to strengthen awareness of and felt connection with, the Source I Am. From another contemplation in the toolset:
"All that exists, seen and unseen, is a spectrum of frequencies, of waves and patterns. I am here to abide in the divine light in the midst of the darkness of apparent separation.
"The elements – earth, air, water, fire, and ether – as geometric energies, can be a bridge and focal point to center and balance myself in this timeline. Consciously, we are resetting to the original blueprint of harmony and equilibrium."
The name Emanate Presence came from awakening in the wee hours with the inner voice still in memory, 'Rather than Exert Power, Emanate Presence.'
Posts in this series are collected, enhanced, and revised on the EQ page, accessed from Linktree:
https://linktr.ee/emanatepresence
Questions and comments are invited. Reposts are appreciated.
***
From our experience as houseparents for a young man on the Spectrum -
Autism Spectrum Disorder: Allow the Unexpected to Happen
https://hubpages.com/health/The-Healing-Power-of-a-Hug-A-True-Story
I have Asperger's and misophonia, my partner is an HSP Empath, and we've been navigating a neurodiverse relationship since 2000. This is the story of our meeting: https://discover.hubpages.com/health/Is-Destiny-Real
Quantum Human
https://www.wholehuman.emanatepresence.com/blog/archives/02-2017
Post 001
Autism Spectrum and the Human Condition: Navigating Neurodiversity
by Gary / Gabriel
This was written by a person on the Spectrum — but applies to anyone with a nervous system — and is a way to transform oneself.
In the German winter of 2012/2013, while visiting our son, I awakened in the night from a vivid dream-vision that felt very real. In that vision, people stood on a sand beach in low light, and began rising above the earth, each person in a translucent plasma sphere. I rose high above the beach and navigated the sphere.
When I read recently his reference to the soul as a plasma self in Robert Temple's book, 'A New Science of Heaven,' the two pieces connected.
Earlier in Germany, in the winter of 2007/2008, the forest I hiked through opened to a meadow and revealed a stone Cretan labyrinth and sheep walking it while they grazed! During my subsequent morning walks of the winding path, the inner voice spoke to me, 'To find God, look into the atoms.' Another piece of the puzzle fit, and several art pieces developed out of the experience.
The next came as a growing acknowledgement over 9 years, from the first inklings until full acceptance. I was born divergent with misophonia and Asperger's, and both come with distinctions in the brain. The two conditions (and coping mechanisms built around them) were the most formative of my personality and impacting upon my life. Western medicine didn't even have words for these neurological anomalies until recently. I went through 60 years not knowing why I was so different. Learning this was greatly relieving, as it helped make more sense of my life.
All that is, in actuality, is the consciousness of the Causal One Being, the Source I am. The multiverse of reality formed into matter, is an extension of that Unmoved Mover.
Individuated units of Source emerge as souls, with the possibility of evolving and retaining their existence for further growth into freely chosen service.
In a human lifetime on earth, in this timeline, relationships in general can be quite challenging. In every challenge there are opportunities for soul growth by facing one's shadows and rising above. Shadows can mean whatever hinders from living from the soul. Sometimes when dark clouds of heavy emotions are overwhelming, it can seem impossible to see any silver lining. Faith to see beyond the apparent and trust, can still touch the greater reality. Source is always there to nurture, support, and protect the beings who place their trust in the Eternal Beyond.
Out of the acceptance of my brain strengths and limitations, grew the understanding that my sense of self-identity is generated by my neurology. The personality that meets the world pretends to be me, but is not who I Am as an eternal soul. Reality is not the same as actuality, which is expanded upon elsewhere. Realizing these things, I started setting the neuro-me aside from my true identity.
Whatever works for a person on their soul journey is right for them, even for a time. Small insights can also be useful. For example, when I learned that the Português for Gary is Gabriel, I started to consider Gary to be my neuro-me name, and Gabriel the name of who I am as a soul. I call Gabriel to come forth in my human experience.
BORN DIVERGENT
Post 002
From childhood the mystical attracted me, and later the deaths of my two brothers in separate car accidents moved me more deeply into the spiritual. Alan was 19, I was 12 when the MG he was driving went off a mountain road in 1965. My younger brother wrote a song (Star-Gazing Wanderer) whose lyrics refer to his soul being free. Two weeks later, a drunk driver hit him head on and his separation from body was instant. Mark and I were close. He was 17, I was 21 when he died in 1974.
Death Transformed - the Song of the Star-Gazing Wanderer
https://hubpages.com/health/Authenticity-and-the-Art-of-Life
What is a human lifetime, in the span of eternity? The soul is eternal, the body is not. This consideration weighted my priorities towards awareness of the Beyond while living Here and Now.
A childhood dream between 5 - 10 years of age saw me standing on a raised platform and holding in some distress a metal band that was tightening around my head. Dream interpretation can be misleading, but my settled understanding is that this referred to neurological anomalies which would serve amongst other things to prevent my self-exaltation and assure humility.
When we moved from Germany to the Canaries, my briefcase with a new 17" laptop, wallet and passport were stolen by organized crime. I'd been complaining about carrying the weight of the briefcase as we lugged our many suitcases through airports and onto buses. I probably had some pride in the laptop and briefcase as well. Life lifted the weight of the briefcase from me (and added the burden of being stranded in Spain without a passport, etc.) My complaining set me up to accept total self-responsibility and acknowledge how I create my reality. From all these things, I wrote a contemplation which has become part of my daily practice:
"The Soul, is the Source, individuated, to reflect upon itself. For a lifetime, in a timeline, on earth, the soul takes on human form, and has free will choice, to reunite consciously with itself, and mature into a whole human. When the inner and outer realms of consciousness, are made One in experience, it is evidenced by the quality of presence, attention, and actions.
"AllThatIs, exists as an extension of a unified field of consciousness, the One Being. The disconnect, the apparent separation from this Being, is the root of all ills, and caused by many factors, including cultural and generational patterns, misalignments, dysregulation, and inner tension in the body which interfere, between universal consciousness, and the neuro-me, that is, the sense of self-identity, generated by the neurology.
"With patience and perseverance from the intermediary soul, the neuro-me can learn to be guided by the soul, rather than by impulsive, or automated behaviors...."
The Soul Vehicle NFTs on the Cardano blockchain also help address the comment of Charles Hoskinson, 'Cardano has the IQ, and now needs the EQ.'
Accumulated experiences and the inner voice led me to create the Whole Human Evolving Tools and ENDgame for personal development and raising the EQ. Initiating contact with trans-dimensional beings is another step....
END stands for Element Number Divination. Symbolic images minted into NFTs under Soul Vehicle on the JPG Store are part of the ENDgame. It is not intended to become dogma, but to adapt to and evolve with each person. It can be as simple as one roll per day of a single dodecahedron die, and applying the symbolic correspondences (such as by wearing the color of the number rolled) to strengthen awareness of and felt connection with, the Source I Am. From another contemplation in the toolset:
"All that exists, seen and unseen, is a spectrum of frequencies, of waves and patterns. I am here to abide in the divine light in the midst of the darkness of apparent separation.
"The elements – earth, air, water, fire, and ether – as geometric energies, can be a bridge and focal point to center and balance myself in this timeline. Consciously, we are resetting to the original blueprint of harmony and equilibrium."
The name Emanate Presence came from awakening in the wee hours with the inner voice still in memory, 'Rather than Exert Power, Emanate Presence.'
Posts in this series are collected, enhanced, and revised on the EQ page, accessed from Linktree:
https://linktr.ee/emanatepresence
Questions and comments are invited. Reposts are appreciated.
***
From our experience as houseparents for a young man on the Spectrum -
Autism Spectrum Disorder: Allow the Unexpected to Happen
https://hubpages.com/health/The-Healing-Power-of-a-Hug-A-True-Story
I have Asperger's and misophonia, my partner is an HSP Empath, and we've been navigating a neurodiverse relationship since 2000. This is the story of our meeting: https://discover.hubpages.com/health/Is-Destiny-Real
Quantum Human
https://www.wholehuman.emanatepresence.com/blog/archives/02-2017
A post by @EarsToHearYou on X says,
'In the beginning was the WORD.
SOUND came first, the beginning of ALL CREATION. Sound also has shape, form.
John Stuart Reid proposes that sound waves are SPHERICAL, a pulse....
'In the beginning was the WORD.
SOUND came first, the beginning of ALL CREATION. Sound also has shape, form.
John Stuart Reid proposes that sound waves are SPHERICAL, a pulse....
The concepts of mind and soul are often used in various contexts, including philosophy, religion, and psychology, and their meanings can vary depending on the perspective. Here's a general distinction between the two:
**Mind:**
- The mind is often associated with mental processes such as consciousness, perception, thinking, and reasoning.
- It is considered a part of the physical body and is closely linked to brain functions.
- In the realm of psychology and neuroscience, the mind is often studied as the product of neural activity and cognitive processes.
- The mind is commonly perceived as the seat of emotions, thoughts, and consciousness.
**Soul:**
- The soul, on the other hand, is a concept deeply rooted in religious and philosophical beliefs.
- It is often seen as a spiritual, immortal essence or the eternal part of a person that transcends physical death.
- Different religions and philosophies have varying interpretations of the soul. For example, in Christianity, the soul is considered the immortal essence of an individual, while in Hinduism, it is believed to be reincarnated through different bodies (reincarnation).
- Unlike the mind, the soul is typically not studied or explained by empirical scientific methods.
**Differences:**
- The mind is generally associated with cognitive and mental processes and is considered a part of the physical body, specifically the brain. The soul, on the other hand, is seen as a spiritual and immortal essence that is not bound by the physical body.
- The mind can be studied and explored through scientific methods, while the existence of the soul is a matter of faith and philosophical belief.
**Similarities:**
- Both concepts, in various ways, pertain to the essence of a person and are often linked to consciousness, identity, and the nature of existence.
- Both the mind and the soul are central to philosophical inquiries about the self and the nature of reality.
It's important to note that these concepts can have different meanings and interpretations across cultures, religions, and philosophical traditions. Different belief systems and disciplines may have unique perspectives on the mind and the soul.
**Mind:**
- The mind is often associated with mental processes such as consciousness, perception, thinking, and reasoning.
- It is considered a part of the physical body and is closely linked to brain functions.
- In the realm of psychology and neuroscience, the mind is often studied as the product of neural activity and cognitive processes.
- The mind is commonly perceived as the seat of emotions, thoughts, and consciousness.
**Soul:**
- The soul, on the other hand, is a concept deeply rooted in religious and philosophical beliefs.
- It is often seen as a spiritual, immortal essence or the eternal part of a person that transcends physical death.
- Different religions and philosophies have varying interpretations of the soul. For example, in Christianity, the soul is considered the immortal essence of an individual, while in Hinduism, it is believed to be reincarnated through different bodies (reincarnation).
- Unlike the mind, the soul is typically not studied or explained by empirical scientific methods.
**Differences:**
- The mind is generally associated with cognitive and mental processes and is considered a part of the physical body, specifically the brain. The soul, on the other hand, is seen as a spiritual and immortal essence that is not bound by the physical body.
- The mind can be studied and explored through scientific methods, while the existence of the soul is a matter of faith and philosophical belief.
**Similarities:**
- Both concepts, in various ways, pertain to the essence of a person and are often linked to consciousness, identity, and the nature of existence.
- Both the mind and the soul are central to philosophical inquiries about the self and the nature of reality.
It's important to note that these concepts can have different meanings and interpretations across cultures, religions, and philosophical traditions. Different belief systems and disciplines may have unique perspectives on the mind and the soul.
