Despair—”an utter loss of hope—a feeling of being without hope and being unable to improve the situation. Despair synonyms: desperation, despondency, discouragement, hopelessness refer to a state of mind caused by circumstances that seem too much to cope with” (from various dictionaries)
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Again, it is often hard to put into words the ‘feeling’ of these energies engulfing all of us at present, but I think Lee Harris, who is also an energy intuitive, described it pretty well here and suggested a possible helpful aid to shifting what you might be personally feeling at this time.
“Releasing our feelings rather than turning them into a story really pertains to recognizing that feelings are feelings and they need to move through us, otherwise, they get stuck. And when our feelings get stuck, we tend to take them to the mind and play out a story. So, for example, any despair that you are feeling right now about collective issues – things that you’re seeing in the world and collective confusion – is despair. So, you have to feel it as despair to release it. …
…the story that you were running in your mind about what’s going on, or more importantly, what’s going to happen in the future, is holding you in a place of despair. Whereas actually, this is a time where all of us need to grieve, feel despair, not like what we’re seeing, but have that experience for a series of minutes or hours at most – not for weeks at a time because then we’re locked in the story and the emotion cycle.” (feel it, recognize it as despair but release it—let it go—don’t keep holding it)
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This part of what Lee is saying I agree with: you DO have to recognize what is actually flowing through your mind and affecting you—affecting how you feel about yourself and affecting how you feel about the world around you. That is just basic self-awareness and self-honesty. You feel what you feel. Recognize it for whatever it is, and pinpoint or even NAME IT if you can. That gives you a starting point to more effectively deal with whatever you are feeling.
But how you react to and/or whether you wallow in what you are feeling are choices that you make 24/7/365. I think Lee is emphasizing that first we need to be aware that those “helplessness and hopelessness” feelings so prevalent in today’s energy environment are also choices that we make daily to accept feeling ‘despair energies’ or by refusing to feel that way. For me personally, they may well be the energies all around me, but that doesn’t mean I have to make them MY energies.
Now to release those unwanted energies, no matter what they might be (anger, rage, sadness, grief, feelings of hopelessness or helplessness) I make ‘statements of release’ for each of them and forcefully blow them out of my body with the 3 largest breaths I can muster. (Seriously, it helps.)
For example, I might say this after recognizing the unwanted emotion that I am feeling: “I release the energies of ________(insert one recognized emotion: anger, sadness, grief, hopelessness, helplessness, etc.). I release them completely now.” And then take 3 strong breaths and intentionally blow those energies out your mouth forcefully. If that doesn’t shift your emotional state at the time, then say and do the same thing again and even a third time if needed, to help shift your mind out of that tar pit it was previously mired in. It really works. Try it.
Then ask for the highest frequency of energies to refill you. “I request and hold only the purest and highest frequency of true Divine Love and Light now and always.” Now say that 3 times.
Try it for yourself. Don’t ever hold onto despair energies—they aren’t worth your effort. If you want to hold onto to anything, hold onto “never give in and never give up” energies. Have some faith in yourself to successfully deal with whatever you must face now or in the future to survive through the darkest night out there. Remember, only in the depth of such darkness can you see the overwhelming multitude of background stars that are still shining down upon you.
And if you are really into Finding Your Truth, THAT is your real truth. You are far stronger and more resilient than you might think you are. This is YOUR show here on Earth. How do YOU want it to play out?