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Tributes to Althea Hayton

Althea Hayton, founder of Womb Twin, passed away peacefully on August 13 (sorry for the delay in posting this news on the blog). We are all ...

Showing posts with label alpha space. Show all posts
Showing posts with label alpha space. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 03, 2011

Womb Twin survivors misdiagnosed:(2) "Bipolar" disorder

Bi polar disorder is in my view not a "disorder" of any kind.

I think it is one of many ways in which womb twin survivors keep alive the deep prebirth impression of their womb twin.

When they are UP, cheerful, positive and full of creative energy they are in the Alpha space, being the strong Alpha womb twin survivor.

When they are DOWN  they are sad, weak, overwhelmed, unable to cope, and they are in the Beta space. They may cycle through these changes rapidly, within a few moments, or over many years. it is as if they cannot feel whole unless both sides are equally expressed in some way.

Here is an example: Jennifer has been called obsessive compulsive, ADD, and Bipolar. She believes the extreme verbal and mental abuse she received in her youth caused her to continue reliving the past in her mind.  When her mind was  obsessing on some negative notion of the past, she could not focus as she should.  She would erupt with great anger, as if she were  reminded by a similar incident of her past.

Constant resentful rumination on past hurts is a good antidote to Alpha energy.  Keeping negative energy, resentment in particular, alive is an excellent way to sabotage your  personal growth.

For a womb twin survivor who displays the symptoms of bipolar disorder, life has a balance and a kind of rough justice - that  one can be two people at once and never grow up or make anything of life. Never growing up is a good way to assuage survivor guilt.

Beta energy says NO
  • N - Negative
  • O - Overwhelming
Alpha energy says I CAN
  • I - Intelligent thinking
  •  C - Calm in spirit
  • A - Alpha energy
  • N - Newness of life

Saturday, April 16, 2011

A healing path (7) the love of equal sharing

DEVELOPING THE LOVE OF EQUAL SHARING

Having found that bottomless well of love inside you, you will want to give it away, because that the way love works.  If you don’t want to give it away, its simply isn’t  love. The paradox of love is that the more it hurts to give, the better it will reward you. To give love is how to make it yours. The best way to give love is fifty-fifty. It is the love of equal sharing. It is the kind of love that philosophers have been advocating for years, and  as womb twin survivors we have already found it :- we had our first lesson long before we were born.

Womb twin survivors are hard-wired for equal sharing. If we look at how they love, they are a good model of that kind of love.  If you are a womb twin survivor, you have always known how love works. You were forced by Nature to spend your earliest days in the company of another similar human embryo, so you are hard-wired to negotiate your own space; guard your own boundaries while sharing space and everything that goes with it, in a mutual, negotiated, carefully-managed, empathetic, intimate relationship. That last may seem an unnecessarily complex description of getting along with people, but  I am sure you already realise it is the most difficult thing in the world to get right.

Sharing power
Personal growth is not just about getting clever or knowing more. It is also a matter of sharing and equality with other people. If you always share your power with others, then there will be flexibility and give and take in your relationships. If you chose to make equal sharing your master rather than some fantasy in your dream, then you will be more prepared to negotiate, cooperate and act with fairness and justice.  If you adopt a way of sharing, you will share everything you have with others and never seize or exploit more of those things that are held in common between people than is your rightful portion.

Claiming your entitlement
As you share with others, then you will be able to claim your entitlement. You will see to it that you have what should be yours, and be prepared if necessary to fight for it.  If another person should venture into your life to steal your space or exploit your good will, then you will complain.  Each human being is responsible for making sure that his allocation of kindness and love of others is  given according to his allowance.  If you see the weak being exploited, the your love of sharing will enable you to take up the fight on their behalf.

Cooperation
You will give where giving is due and expect your dues in return.  If you take more than you should from another in any way, you will be held accountable and must make redress.  In the love of equal sharing you will be totally involved in life while sharing gifts among your friends. You will cooperate readily with others to build a better world. You will not stand aside but join in with others and help them, asking for help in your turn. As you begin to play your full part in creation then you will see your inner self grow strong in the presence of others and in relationship to them.

This is how  and why womb twin survivors are very special people!

Tuesday, January 04, 2011

A partial eclipse




I have been watching the sun being eclipsed - at least partially.  I was seeking a poetic metaphor that may speak to womb twin survivors: The light that was seemingly stolen from the sun was only on loan for a while, and was returned.

Eclipsed


I grew strong and vital,  another grew with me.

I stretched my feet and he was there, mute and still.

My beloved moon wandered slowly across me

I shrank to make room for him, that he may shine.





Now he has passed by and I may shine brightly

But I wish that the light of my life was still dimmed.

That partial eclipse has stolen my light 
But I gladly gave light to him, that he may shine.





In the night's darkness his shining is gentle

His sweet light returns to me, time after time

When he is dimmed I feel strong tides within me

I lent him my light, so his moonshine remains.





But where did I go when his darkness passed by me?

My light was unseen, yet it burned in me still

I know now, the light that I lent to him gladly

Is returned to my inner life, that I may shine.


I hope you will forgive this moment of self-indulgence on my part, and find something in this for you. The alpha energy within you is always there, like the light of the sun  is always shining behind the moon in an eclipse. You give it willingly away to preserve the memory of your twin.  Its OK to claim it back.