Week Five Essay Question
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Hello! Something Susan said on the weekend about Magnetize had me thinking about a point in my writing process that I’m trying to grow, which is (appropriately) the “let it rest” phase. I’m historically guilty of writing things — whether they were emails, a blog post, a chapter of a book, whatever — and either immediately sending them off for feedback or ploughing on to the next step without giving myself a bit of space to see what arises naturally in my own response to what I’ve just done; this space can be an hour, or a day, or a good afternoon walk listening to music, or whatever.
As I’ve been mindful of this idea in the past several months I am starting to find that space very useful. It seems to attract what seem like (in retrospect) very obvious points of clarity on the work I’ve just done, and how I might “tighten the bolts” on it (as I like to say), or how it might lead to something else, or connect to something I’ve already done, or someone else has already done, or something. I wonder if I am good or neglectful at applying this idea to other areas of my life… I am going to reflect on that this week.
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Hi Matt. I too believe the karma of Magnetize has a huge new place in my life. I have been a striver all my life so waiting for the next step after fully considering what’s really happening then acting feels new. These days what comes are symbols or dreams or synchronicities that tell me if I am on the right path.Magic!
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Thank you Matt and Maureen for sharing your thoughts.
I have been struggling with a difficult working partnership that was good in 2020 and 2021 and progressively deteriorated in 2022 and 2023. So many creative solutions for resolving the problems. So much energy and time consumed in it. Reflecting on the pacify, enrich, magnetize, destroy framework, I can clearly see how the thoughts, words, and actions evolved along those very lines. I have been very distraught/unsettled for the last 6 months, because it has been clear that dissolving the partnership is the way forward. So there is a strange kind of comfort in reviewing the whole process, and framing it in the context of the four karmas. -
I am going to use the Four Karmas for dealing with my anxiety over my daughter’s marriage. My concern for her happiness and well-being has a tendency to take over MY well-being at times and this “problem” will not be resolving any time soon nor easily. Without realizing it, I have been dwelling in the Pacify and Enrich karmas and I suppose I am in the Magnetize realm now. The Four Karmas will be very helpful and reassuring to me as we navigate this.
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The first karma PACIFY has helped me a LOT. I remember reading the short second arrow story and how it made so much sense! At the time, I used the mantra “it is what it is” as I went through divorce, while needing to be the neutral, stable anchor for my kids. It helped me ALLOW circumstances and even notice fears and thoughts without too much attachment to them; after all, I had to keep going strong and admitting I didn’t have much control about what was happening outside of me.
Dealing with tough stuff without engaging with the suffering generated by it helped me make wiser decisions and be stronger for my kids and myself. -
Hey Matt I feel very inspired by your use of the third Karma, and how it allows for some settlement in a creative proccess that can be very beneficial for the final product.
Irena, reading your thoughts, I really got a lot of Destroy Karma energy in your need of dissolving your work partnership! Wishing you a lot of courage and patience to go through that process.
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