The Force Awakens…
“I am one with force, the force is with me”
I am a Jedi. I realised this earlier this week.
There is a line in The Attack of the Clones where Obi-Wan says to Anakin “Besides, your senses aren’t that attuned, my young apprentice”. Yet mine are. Permanently.
I mentioned previously that hypersensitivity can be a positive and this was the case a couple of days ago. My partner both had a day off work and so we indulged in one of our favourite past times — hiking — and it was whilst we were out that I had this revelation, or an ‘awakening’ if you like.
One of the joys of hiking is that we are in the countryside, away from the cacophony of sensory input which usually clouds my perception. The silence of the countryside allows me to open myself up to what I am experiencing. We were in a particularly quiet spot and there was a gentle breeze and I just stopped walking.
I could feel everything.
The birdsong, the breeze against my legs and in my hair, the silence of humanity, the sunlight and the smells. I closed my eyes and drank in the sensations. Blissful.
It was as we moved on that I started thinking — I always think better in such surroundings because of the reduced input. I realised then how much I could feel and sense around me — even a wild deer that appeared in amongst the trees.
My mind was then drawn to my hyper-empathetic manner. I feel the emotions of those around me — sadness, joy, fear, anger etc. Now I know the reality of this is being well attuned to gestures having had 50 years to learn them in great detail, but don’t spoil my moment with the real world scientific explanations.
I sense my surroundings intensely and I feel other people’s emotions. Jedi. No question.
It’s just a coincidence that one of my special interests is the world created by George Lucas.
P.S. If you are wondering who the Empire/Sith are in my world, well it’s the likes of Autism Speaks and their various henchmen referred to as “autism mom”. They practice the dark arts of ABA and are always in the mistaken belief that they are protecting autists from themselves. This results from their fears about something they don’t understand.
“Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering” — Yoda
