I have an inner "ready to go home" meter that works regardless of whether or not I consciously turn it on. That means that I can be sitting with someone having a conversation, seemingly enjoying myself, and all of a sudden I think about home, my home, and what it feels like to be in my own house. There is something very compelling about that feeling, and in short order, I am off my bar stool heading back home.
Being home is a feeling I like. My home is not just a place where I shut the door, to keep the creepies out, but more a returning, a welcoming back. Anyone who comes to my house usually comments on the aesthetics (I have a lot of art) but always remarks how peaceful it feels. "What is it about your place?', I often hear. Music is always playing and when you step through the doorway you feel a difference.
Places have vibrations; energy fields that are palpable. Over time, a force field builds that mimics your energy, your own personal inner state. A layering effect takes place that grows incrementally - the more peaceful you are, the more peaceful your place. And just like you have the ability to influence a place you live and work, the same way a "place" affects you. For example, when you walk into a place people go to pray, I'm sure you can feel the difference between inside and outside, and that's because when many people go to the same place and open their hearts again and again, the energy in that places changes.
Stepping into a "sacred" place, you can feel the vibration. It is an accumulation of consciousness, and either that is a resonance for you or it is not. And just like you feel comfortable and at peace in certain environments is the same way you feel comfortable around certain people and want to linger longer, so when the thought of going home first enters my mind, it seems to totally come out of left field. Here I am sitting, having what seems to feel like an okay discussion, perhaps a glass of wine, and the thought of going home pops into my mind. I guess I'm hoping for some transition time but none occurs. It's as though the moment I think it, I feel it, and that feeling either sends me home or sometimes keeps me where I am.
What really happens is that I internally measure my sacred place, my home and the feelings of congruence and peacefulness I have there against how I am feeling at the moment. I am fine with whatever I am feeling and if going home is more a resonance for me than so be it, but how nice to not want to go home, to feel the "match" wherever I happen to be at the moment? I know myself well enough to know that my instincts have my best interests at heart and I never go against what my gut is telling me. If I "hear" my inner voice say it is time to go home, I go home, and never second guess myself. But wanting to stay is the biggest delight. Not only don't I want to go home, I want to take you home with me! LOL
So...forget about the pros and cons, the plusses and minuses. Next time you are out with someone, be it business or personal, ask yourself, "Am I ready for this interaction to be over? Am I done?" If the answer is "yes", your inner voice is letting you know it is not a match, a resonance for your energy, and it is time to go home.
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