HSPs and the Travelin’ Blues of the Psychic Octopus
Ugh. Traveling. It’s one of those love-hate things. You really want to be there, but you really don’t want to have to go through everything it takes to get there. Oh, if only we could beam up like Captain Kirk.
I’ve been in Los Angeles once and by it several times, but it’s never been my destination until now. Suddenly, thinking about how a week from today I’ll be there, in the city of cars and smog and heat and rabid attention to all things superficial, is giving me agita. Like, major agita. It’s very clear that I am being offered another perfect whopper-tunity to step into conscious awareness. Thanks a lot.
I’m exaggerating to make a point here, of course, but not by much. Traveling and HSPs go together like oil and water: They swim around each other a lot, but try to avoid, and hardly ever manage, to fully engage.
I’ve travelled quite a bit in my life. Short trips from NY to Boston and back on the bus for flute lessons when I was in college. Long, intense flights by air to places like Bali and Europe. Regular jaunts across the country to see family and friends. Yet every single time, my very first reaction to the plan is, “Ugh. Please don’t make me go.”
It’s such an odd feeling, to want to see people and be with them because you love them and miss them, and yet, more than anything else, want to stay cocooned in your own home, your own space, your own comfort zone. I’ve literally gone so outside my comfort zone so many times that there’s a part of me that simply wants to say, “Okay. Been there. Done that. I’m finished.” And this, while the world spins around me with people getting on and off planes coming and going to far-off places with relative ease and grace. Or at least with the attitude that whatever incongruities they might suffer, it’s all worth it.
So, still, the only thing that keeps me going, traveling to places I’ve never been or old haunts of the past, is knowing that I have my HSP tools to save me.
I start by using my IGS. My Intuitive Guidance System firmly in place ensures I make my plans only when it feels right, no matter how/when/if it appears that way to others. Reeling in my psychic octopus ensures I take my own energy with me wherever I go.
Staying in my UES, my Unique Energetic Signature, ensures I don’t need to freak out while thinking about making plans in the future, actually making the plans—the whole online thing, etc.—packing (the what-am-I-going-to-wear thing), transportation, house plans, and so on.
Knowing how to pull in my psychic octopus and zipping myself up inside it as soon as I lock my door and hit the road is the pièce de resistance. It’s what, in the final analysis, makes it all okay. Instead of taking in everything around me and losing my sense of self, I focus as much as possible on my octopus, on my intuitive guidance, and on staying in my own energy.
Yes, it does take focus. But no, it’s not the kind that is a struggle. Because when you stay wrapped in your innate comfort zone you get to take it with you everywhere you go—which is the opposite of difficult. Not only that, it’s what keeps you sane.
If you are an HSP with travel concerns, take it from me. There’s a way to move through the world with a grace you could never have imagined. And, though might not able be to beam up quite yet, we can all learn how to beam in to our higher selves’ to get where we’re going smoothly, easy, and in perfect alignment.
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Check out my posts on the Psychic Octopus (globbing onto other people’s energy); your UES (how to identify and stay in your Unique Energetic Signature); and your IGS (how to confidently and consistently tap into your Intuitive Guidance System.
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