"The first key is to feel the energetic boundary between you. This is all about being empathic. Your field begins to enfold theirs….All is good, except for such an empath, if the other person is not fully acknowledging the impact, the risk is your energy becomes dissolved into theirs. So you have to be mindful of the boundary. If this starts to happen, you'll need to contract your boundary and refocus on the purity of the vibration you're resonating so that it strengthens again….This is where you're using your empathic skills to become more catalytic….Be mindful that you'll be activating shadow identities in that person too. And the shadow will often want to 'shoot the messenger'! It's so important that we don't try to directly confront the shadow...So you might have to shift your attention to a higher plain of connection…. you're also looking for some synchronicity perhaps or sense of rightness and acknowledgement (by the universe) on a higher plain….When you find this, the feedback loop completes, the energy accelerates, the catalysis takes place and you feel fulfilled about the engagement."

A hugely beneficial follow-up to yesterday's article on a "Bridge Between Worlds" that sheds light on expressing the ray 4 Diplomat in us when balancing empathic and catalyzing energies. Through your article on Mastering Feedback Loops, I've become more conscious of how my empathic boundary sometimes gets swallowed up in another's energy field -- and how, at other times, I resist this absorption by confronting the shadow -- or simply become impatient, over-ride my empathic feelings, and spin off into control and over-assertion. I also recognize times when I've held the sacred space for the right energetic boundary and felt both the sense of rightness and the shift occurring through the divine feedback loop. Pure love that is. I wasn't conscious of the pitfalls and dynamics of these energetic exchanges and how I go off the rails, so I greatly appreciate the insights. I feel more heartened and enlightened about focusing on fine-tuning and mastering the feedback loops. Thank you, Open. Catherine :)