the power of resonance
I was thinking deeply last week about some matters that are important to me. I’m sure the location of this thinking session is not big mystery, given my particular affinities. Originally this post was going to be title ‘the power of place,’ but after some reflection I’ve figured out that there’s more to it than just location. It’s a matter of who we are and where we’re at in our lives.
I think we’ve all heard someone say they like the vibe of a place, or that it has good energy, or otherwise remark that being someplace makes them feel good. The same thing can be said on occasion about the things we choose to buy and put in our homes. So what is it that makes one person absolutely love a place and another can’t stand to be there? It’s the energy of the place, or thing, or people.
From a metaphysical perspective, like attracts like, as do opposites. So the places, people, and things we are drawn to represent an expression of the energy we hold inside, or an energy we want to bring into our lives. So far I’ve been speaking about this in vague and general terms, but it can’t be helped. Each person’s expression of truth is unique to that individual. For example; while I find being outdoors in the woods relaxing and peaceful, to someone with allergies, this might be a suffering to be endured. The things in our lives have a meaning unique to the individual, and no two people feel exactly the same about them.
When I speak about resonance, I’m speaking about affinities. For me, the woods resonate to my feelings of relaxation and peace, something I desire to bring into my life more. I have an affinity for peace and relaxation that I allow to manifest more strongly. We all resonate to different feelings, with different places and things.
Though you can’t see it, I’ve written and rewritten a few sentences a number of times. For whatever reason, this post keeps coming out as some sort of platitude, or touchy-feely feel good post that tries to say something important and winds up saying nothing at all. Perhaps that is me being overly judgmental of my writing, though it is not my usual writing style. I understand and accept the fact that few people if any, will actually read this. It is simply my hope that you get something from reading this, though I confess I don’t know what you need in order to do so. Maybe you need that platitude laden feel good style of writing – there’s nothing wrong with that, it’s just not my usual style.
Apparently there is part of me that does resonate with that particular style of writing, though I don’t do it often. Writing this blog is often as much an exploration as it is a recounting of events and ideas. I write a lot of things here that aren’t told to anyone in my real life, and it can be argued that I shouldn’t really be putting out on the internet either. Whatever the case, perhaps it is time to start doing some writing on my own, without publishing it, as a method of self-discovery. Only time will tell.