Dealing with sensitivity

QUESTION: Masters, I’m an extraordinarily sensitive soul & feel I have picked up mostly what’s not mine in this lifetime, particularly after a traumatic childhood. I feel riddled with energetic memory of past lives, empathic reactions, & cannot be near family without total loss of identity, I have several chronic health issues and feel quite overloaded with the level and depth of issues I seem to have carried into this lifetime. Am i meant to be truly free of all this now? ~Katie, Australia

ANSWER: As a soul having a human experience, you decide what it is you wish to be exposed to. You have the freedom of choice to diminish or intensify the energy around you. You had a series of lives where you could feel nothing and desired this one to be different.

Problem is, you are a bit overwhelmed and, at times, identify yourself as a victim. When you take on the victim mantle, you do so to feel sympathy for your situation instead of assuming responsibility for the way you have directed your life.

You cannot have too much of something in your life unless you call it to yourself for the experience. It is time you say enough of this. Stop constantly reliving the past emotions and live in the present sensations, which are yours alone. You have to deal with your situation in order to establish a pattern for the rest of your life.

When you start feeling bombarded, stop and ask yourself: Where is it coming from? Does this belong to me or am I soaking up someone else’s misery? If it belongs to another, send it back to that person. If it is yours, take a look at the origin and see if you need it for this life’s lessons. Don’t carry around anything more than you need to learn about yourself.

With the dramas of others you have shut down part of your human functions; this is causing the dis-ease within your body. Consciously funnel universal life force energy (sometimes called Reiki or other healing energies) throughout your body and let it cleanse you of these blockages.

Remember you are totally in control of the choices you bring to your world. Others cannot harm you or give you their difficulties unless you open and accept them. Protect yourself from unwanted negativity by always surrounding yourself with the white light of positive unconditional love. You will be able to walk through your family and really see them for the first time.