Hi Margaret. Hi Megha.

Interesting exploration indeed, the concept of battle and armour. For me the word ‘battle’ signifies a head on meeting. Being face to face with your opponent. Looking him in the eye and acknowledging, this is you, this is me, what do we do about it? So going into battle with the Matrix for me means looking up and facing what’s in front of me. Now that I can partially ‘see’ it.

Megha, you bring up ‘armour’ in your sharing, which invites me to explore further into the concept of going into ‘battle’. What strategy do I apply and how do I protect myself against my opponents attacks? In a typical 3D battle, the conditioning requires us to feel we need protection. Otherwise we get beaten or eaten alive. Hence, we believe some form of armour is necessary. But this is the grand paradox in this game, just as you said, that as soon as you armour up that’s when you play right into the hands of the Matrix.

In my case, when I feel the need to protect myself, I contract. I tense up and harden some part of myself, so as to not let something in, that I perceive as threatening. That becomes my armour. I think this is what Openhand refers to as tightness. But this, of course, is exactly what the Matrix is working for, to keep me tight and contracted. Why? Because when I tighten up, I look away. I hide, and I’m no longer face to face with my ‘enemy’, looking him right in the eye. The wall I put up and hide behind is the same wall that my opponent can use to slip by undetected, and find a way in. In other words, I have created a blind spot where I am temporarily unconscious, and therefore, paradoxically enough, unprotected.

Like you, Megha, I also experience the frustration of people ‘not getting it’, and what I detect in the ‘armour’ I raise against this is a shitload of judgment. Especially of people who just don’t seem to want to deal with their issues. I can cut the people who are completely unconscious of what is going on some slack, but the ones who have a clue but don’t want to take responsibility are the ones who really get me. Oh, of course, ha ha, just as I’m writing this I’m realising where this is coming from, my mother! Suddenly, a door opened up, and I can see where I’m invited to look next...Interesting! 🤔 Thank you!

Margaret, thank you so much for taking me on board 😉. It really means a lot to know that there are others out there seeing and experiencing similar phenomena. I had just checked into a hotel, when I saw your reply. I sat in the window to read it, and as I turned my head, I noticed a big green mantis like insect, sitting right beside my head on the glass outside my window. I was a bit unsure of how to read the sign. Did this mean the entity was still around in my field, or was it just a confirmation that what I had seen was real? As I read your reply, I took it as perhaps a little bit of both.

You said

One that transpired in your post is the concept of going into the “battle” with an energy that is attempting to fight you. When you tune into what transpired during your breakthrough, the new consciousness, how else might you go about facing a different energy? ... perhaps there is something interesting for you to explore in that...

Indeed there is. I find it hard to put these breakthrough experiences into writing because of the amount of levels and complexity they encompass. But I feel you have pointed me in the right direction, and I’m already investigating how this newly acquired level of consciousness interrelates with my experience of the Matrix.

There is so much more, but time just flies.

Much love to both of you,

Anastasia