Have you got that strange feeling there´s something to be done?

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 02 Mar 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Ramses	02 Mar 2003
Hello everyone... How are you?...Hope you're all fine !!! Well, I don't know about you guys, but I always have that feeling that I have to do something, urgently, and I just don´t know what that is...I simply can't figure out what is this thing I have to do ...strange, isn´t it?...and I´m quite sure that many people here feel the same... Usually, in our little circle of spiritual people, they say that this is a sign to show us we have a mission to do in this world...and, usually, that´s the way many spiritually active people feel, until they do something about it...until the start noticing what their mission is... Maybe, it may also be a sign of depression, or some other psychological pathology... And there's even the possibility that one, who feels this way, is being influenced by spirits...as someone, once, suggested it was my case...an old man who practices filantropic spiritual help to people, for free, using that iron-pointy-thing that swings (forgot its name...) Does any of you feel the same way I do? Does any of you have any idea of what must be going on inside my nutsy head (or soul!?!) ? Thanks a lot for the attention !

miranda	02 Mar 2003
hi dan! yea i feel like that allot.. nice to meet u:)

faunabay	02 Mar 2003
I most definitely have felt like that before. I had felt that most of my life until I became a massage therapist and healer. Then for the first time felt I was doing what I was supposed to, but recently I'm getting that same feeling again. Like it's now time to move on to the next level! But first I need to figure out what that next level is!!! :)

Ramses	03 Mar 2003
yeah...I knew there were more people who felt the same... thank you girls for answering... but, it now came to my mind...How can I know if what I feel is that something I´m supposed to do or simply depression???...How can I figure that out?... That´s my dylema... Oh...and nice to meet you too Miranda!

Major Tom	03 Mar 2003
Quote: Originally posted by Ramses How can I know if what I feel is that something I´m supposed to do or simply depression??? I know the feeling. }) Basically, if you do something you're ok - if you do nothing it's depression. And it helps if the something you do is something you believe in. Have you tried asking your cards what you should be doing? })

cjtarot	03 Mar 2003
Hi, I think we have all been in that situation before...mine was right after I had my 2nd child..if I didn't do SOMETHING my brain cells were gonna die... SO I started learning Tarot, started designing bags for the decks I own...basically stepped onto a new path..next step was earings, next bath salts and nowspread cloths with pockets...basically mine was creating things.. WHat I found is even though I an interested in Wicca I couldnt get thru a book on the subject, but could read a torot book with just a little difficulty (hate to learn from reading). This showed me that Tarot was the path not Wicca. Try a few new things...the one that is the "HAVE TO DO IT NOW OR I"M GONNA CURL UP UNDER A ROCK" will hit you. AND last but not least, Try to keep the anxious feeling that comes with this at bay by using meditaiton and grounding.. Blessings and happy journey. Cj

RAVENAL	03 Mar 2003
I don't know if this is the feeling that you are getting now...or if it isn't...but my friends... family...and many aquaintances are getting that push...do something feeling...to do something to prevent the looming WAR...to speak out about the potiental war here in the US...and across the planet...I do correspond with people all over this country and quite a few in other parts of the world...we all feel the need to take a stand and BECOME PEACE... this is different things for different people...but among my circle...this has most recently become the overiding focus...

New River	03 Mar 2003
Hi Dan, i agree with Major Tom. as long as you are doing something, then i wouldn't worry about the depression. hopefully it is something that fulfills you in some way rather than being something you feel you Have to do. sometimes it seems that what we are meant to be doing is being passive. that can be tough for people who are used to constantly doing stuff. when i am going thru changes in my life it sometimes feels as tho i am going thru a revolving door in extremely slow motion. i bitch and moan becuz it is taking so long and becuz it is taking so long i lose track of the big picture and what is really going on. then one day you burst thru to the other side of the door and find that you are where you were trying to go, even without knowing you were trying to get there. it's easier if we alieve the pressure on ourselves and simply do those things we would be doing anyway. as far as feeling pressure to help bring peace instead of war, my best advice is to feel peace within ourselves and it will naturally radiate out like ripples in a pond. last but not least, if i feel i should be doing something and don't know what it is, i say some prayers for people i love and situations i would like to see change. then i feel like i've done something. love and blessings, New River

amyel	04 Mar 2003
I've just started reading Caroline Myss's "Soul Contracts", Dan, and I think this might be addressing some of what you are experiencing. Like you, I've often felt that there was something I should be doing. This is not the same feeling I get when I am restless and just need to *do* something. It's deeper. I often wonder what it all means: should I drop my high stress job & go work with children in Africa? sell my house & car & start a a real spiritual quest? I don't have any suggestions or answers for you, but I suspect the urge you feel to *do* something is your spirit gently (or not!)driving you to look deeper as to what your path is. This is partly why I am on the road I am on, looking deeper for what my soul needs. And be prepared...it can be scary. Not in a horror movie kind of way, but in ways that might make you wonder - should I leave my husband? What if I still love him but my heart is pulling me to Australia? That kind of scary.....

DarkElectric	06 Mar 2003
Hi Dan :) Interesting that you should bring this up! I have felt for quite some time that I have a "mission" and that mission is concerned with spirituality, and music (I'm a sax player). I recently had an experience where Spirit came to me, and suggested a direction in my path I hadn't considered before. I was also told that if I decided to investigate this path, I would receive assistance from Spirit in the music area, because my mission is connected with music in an inextricable way. And, lately, there have been little "signs" so to speak, of this path becoming more clear, and relevant to me. It's no accident that I received this information in the days preceeding Carnival, either. (I have been encouraged to explore specifically, the music and culture of Brasil.) It seems that I will be able to touch people's souls through my music. So, I am doing what I can to be open to messages from Spirit, and learn what I can. And, of course, practice a lot, so I can be ready when the time comes, and not sound bad!

Ravenswing	12 Mar 2003
oh yeah.... four years ago-- i was the accounts recievable department for a messenger service... i had been a bike messenger for ten years for this company. when my elbows started complaining about the multitude of potholes in center city philadelphia, my boss was kind enough to take me off the streets. when he found i had a good head for math, he had me work accounts recievable and collections (which was quite against my basic personality). i worked this for five years. at the start, i was solely responsible for the flow of 75 thousand dollars a week. when i quit, i was handling a quarter of a million a week... one day i simply said "what the hell am i doing here?" so i quit. now, i'm working at an adult day care center. i'm a caregiver to about 40-60 people with varying degrees of demensia and altzhiemer's disease. i play guitar and they'll sing along. i get to be the court jester when needed, the comfortor at times. i'm the only male on staff, so i get to be father, brother, son, husband... i have more names than i can count-- i answer to any name i'm called (i've been jane once) i'm everyone's memory. i'm lucky enough to have found the answer to that feeling. and a real vocation. raven

Diana	12 Mar 2003
Quote: Originally posted by Ramses Hello everyone... How are you?...Hope you're all fine !!! (............) Does any of you feel the same way I do? Does any of you have any idea of what must be going on inside my nutsy head (or soul!?!) ? Yup, I have a sense of what's going on in your head. It's got to do with love and sharing. You've got to go out and share that tremendous love you have in that treasure-chest of your heart. Now go out and do it. You could start by doing a few hours of voluntary work somewhere in a domain where you feel happy. Whether it be animal shelter, helping some homeless people, making soup for the local soup kitchen once a month. Whatever. You'll find something. :)

Ramses	13 Mar 2003
Thanks lot Diana...it was good to hear from you.... and, I guess you´re right again.... also, I guess you´ve stolen my symbol...hehe....just joking.... that symbol next to your nick, that egyptian mask, or sphynx... I loved it...(well, everyone know I adore Egypt).... where did you get it ?... oh...love to you, too...

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