Hi Open,

such an interesting topic to talk about! I've read the article on catalyst and empath a long time ago - this one here, however, escaped me in the past.

When getting to know myself better over the last four years, i realized that i was becoming quite challenging for anyone i had a longer conversation with. Sometimes there were too many buttons pushed on both sides and the conversation was over in a quite insatisfying way for both parties. So over it took some sharpening of the senses and developing some sensitivity to handle contact with others in a more aligned way.

And the "taking responsibility for everything" is a huge thing! The need for helping others was a big one for me. And there was a whole lot of karma connected to the abuse of power which resulted in fear of mistreating others in this life now.

It's like you wrote, it's about finding ones own sensitivity to feel how far you can go with someone without having the other shut down. I like that a lot, it's a game of curiosity, to see how much a person can take (haha, i hope i do not sound sadistic here) . And as the resistance is noticeable, i either maintain it a while or just release and change the subject.

Then i feel i have done that which is possible at that time, so the other one can continue and there is no attachment from my side. I'll just be happy because i know that's what i'm here for.

On another level i like to look at the african continent and african collective consciousness and catalyse and see what can be let go of. It's at its beginning so we'll see what comes up.

Much love from Mali,
Thomas