A friend of mine calls me the "Great Noticer".
Sometimes I notice things that I don't like.
And then I spend TIME focusing on that thing I've noticed that I don't like.
I THINK IT'S OK to NOTICE.
And then MOVE ON.
I think it's even OK to ACKNOWLEDGE that I don't like this thing I've noticed.
But to spend any more time dwelling in the company of this thing that I've NOTICED and decided I DON'T LIKE, is a poor choice.
I'm talking about PERCEPTION here.
Since NOTICING is my "skill", Ignoring the thing I'm noticing is not an option.
Once I've noticed it, pretending it doesn't exist does not actually mean that it goes away. In fact, while I'm busy trying not to notice it, it sneaks around behind my back and gets bigger.
Because I don't have the answer.
But I can NOTICE.
And I can ACKNOWLEDGE.
AND THEN
I can release it in a CONSCIOUS way
KNOWING that I (as part of the collective) have noticed and acknowledged.
Releasing it in a conscious way is a bit like sending it off into the world to grow and evolve and become something which serves a higher purpose. (Especially if I don't give this thing I'm noticing the extra baggage of my judgment/opinion/perception of what that will be in the end).
I know. I hear you saying -- Rita, what the heck are you talking about. I know. I'm being pretty vague, aren't I.
Simply put, I'm just noticing that it doesn't benefit me to spend time "worrying" a "problem" to death. I can chew on it and mull it over, and feed myself on a steady diet of this thing...or I can ignore it...or I can accept that I've noticed it--I can SEE it, and then release it. Just acknowledging consciously will be enough to allow it to shift if it needs to.
But without judgment, which just adds more to the story.
I guess I think of it as being an energy activist.
And remembering that it's all in the spirit of the game.