Thoughts on energy -

Elaine sent me an "exercise" or meditation to neutralize energy between two people.  Her version uses a golden vase.  I am familiar with one using a rose.  The point is to recognize that there are energetic ties between us, all of us, those we love, and those we fear, and to neutralize those ties, so we are meeting each other fresh.   I know there are studies now on the importance of managing our emotions, and I would again say of neutralizing them.   Today, I sit in an exhilarated place on a pad of lotus petals.  The lotus flower represents purity of body, speech and mind, as it floats above the muddy waters of attachment and desire.  I see lotus flowers as cleansing the pond as they sit in their float.   May we all feel that float as we sway.