It can be uncomfortable to live in this world as a person sensitive to energy. When our awareness gets stuck in “on,” we feel overwhelmed by the amount of sensory input. If this continues, our nerves become frayed and we start to leave our body.
Being sensitive to energy is a finely tuned protective mechanism that allows us to walk into any location and quickly determine whether we are safe. But having our ability always turned on drains us, particularly when we find ourselves in situations that leave us awash in other’s emotions – such as in crowds or busy city traffic. (Also see 2 shielding techniques for empaths.)
Our ability to tune into energy is similar to how a radio picks up radio waves. With practice, we can learn to adjust the volume on our awareness so that what we receive is within comfortable levels.
Here’s how: Close your eyes and take a few deep breaths. Allow yourself to relax. Enter into meditation. Connect with your energy field and sense where and how the intuitive connections happen for you. Do they occur on the surface of your skin? Does the outside stimuli come in through your gut or the third chakra? Or maybe it happens out in your luminous energy field, away from your physical body?
Once you’ve identified where you receive the information, visualize that part of you glowing with light. This is what it looks like when your senses are turned on and you’re actively receiving information. Then slowly imagine the brightness of the light dimming until it’s at a more comfortable level. You can even visualize your hand turning a dimmer switch. Experiment with the intensity of the light. Make it brighter, then duller. What’s comfortable when you’re at home will be different than what’s comfortable when you’re under stress at work.
Please keep exploring until you find imagery that resonates with you. If the analogies of a volume dial and a dimmer switch don’t work, then you might visualize turning down the temperature on a thermostat or lowering the flame on a gas range.
The first few times you play with this technique, you may want to do it in a quiet environment without a lot of sensory input vying for your attention. Over time, you’ll develop the ability to adjust the volume while you’re in uncomfortable situations.