Releasing What is Not Yours · The Rainbow Path

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Releasing What is Not Yours

When we absorb or merge emotions, it's important to begin practicing the skill of Releasing these emotions that don't belong to you. Part of the skill is determining what is yours and what is not.

Distinguishing Your Feelings from Others': The Clarity Protocol

When you're feeling something intense, ask these three questions:

1. When did this feeling start? If it came on suddenly after being around someone or reading something, it's probably not yours.

2. Does this feeling make sense with my actual circumstances? If you were fine ten minutes ago and nothing in your life changed, but you're suddenly anxious—it's most likely absorbed.

3. Where do I feel this in my body? Your feelings have a familiar landscape in your body. Absorbed emotions often feel foreign, like they're sitting on top of you rather than moving through you.

This is what I usually call feeling like something is "stuck" on you.

When you identify an absorbed emotion, here's how to release it:

Say out loud: "This is not mine. I release it back to its source with love." "This is not mine. I release it"

Say this as many times as you need until you sense the movement away from you of the stuck emotion.

You can visualize the emotion lifting off you, or simply sense that it is leaving and returning to wherever it came from.

Feel the space it leaves behind. That's your energy returning. Simply breathe in slowly and exhale slowly and allow your energy to return to fill the space.

Do this as many times per day as needed. Eventually, you'll catch absorption the moment it happens.

Let me know how this works for you. Remember we are building skills as part of our healing work as empathic people.

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