Question for Elsa or others that want to weigh in… I’ve been reading this blog for many years and one theme I’ve seen in the writing regularly is reference to having a knife and being ready/willing to use it. I’ve never quite been able to visualize this or process it. I feel like if I had a knife, I wouldn’t know what to do with it! Maybe I’m just a softie?
Could you provide a couple of real life examples of what it would look like to grab the knife and what to do after you have it?
The knife is a metaphor.
Okay, sorry... had to break, kid on the phone.
The knife is a metaphor.
Say someone does something horrible to you. They talk badly about you or cause you pain or harm. They stabbed you in the back. Now you have the knife (again metaphor) they no longer have that energy; they gave it all to you. Now you get to decide what to do with it. You could return that energy I suppose OR you can find a way to use that knife as a lesson, for something constructive or for creating.... you get the energy now to use in any way you like. Even to your advantage. Say someone does something really crap to you, but you are able to write a book about it, or a song, or help someone else so they are able to navigate the same circumstance. You can pass the knife energy in that way. For better... to someone's advantage.
You can also return that energy as revenge, smut talking the person, try to undermine them in some way so you can return it. (low vibe) But around here most of the people take that sharp edge and use it to lift themselves and others up. Even if just passing on the experience as something learned in the comments on the forum or the blog. You get to decide what to do with the knife, see.
Ok, the reply and Elsa’s refresher post really helped. I can grab the knife and transform the energy that the knife brought with it into something that actually does me or others good. Retuning the knife is pretty meaningless, even though it’s an energy exchange.
in another note, I have a young teen who is really struggling with ideas like this. We just had a conversation where he explained he wanted everything to be fair and even (he’s autistic, he wants the world to be fair and make sense), so if someone punches him, he punches them back. I’ll try to see how to use this metaphor to help him see other options.
Elsa, your life lessons could be really valuable to teens and young people growing up. They don’t seem to be taught this stuff anymore.
I was raised by my mom with sun, moon, mercury, mars, and Jupiter in Scorpio… she knew all about energy exchange and taught me some of that wisdom.
@hydrosnap you know what? If you do nothing at all with the knife, you've still disarmed the sob!
Have to take a call. More later.
@hydrosnap sorry, for me the knife is a metaphor. Any weapon would be for me. I could replace that for myself with words or whatever, a punch?
Someone gives you energy, good or bad, and you get to decide what to do with it. Fight them, turn it into something beautiful, or do nothing etc.
Energy is neutral until directed. If my friend hurts me, I get to choose the next step moving forward.
@soup thank you! I totally get it now. When I said “the reply” and Elsa’s post helped, I meant your reply 😀
I get it now! Originally i was thinking “ok, now I have a knife.. what the heck am I going to do with a knife? I don’t particularly want to stab someone! (Metaphorically) But when I think of transferring the energy that comes with that knife, it makes more sense.
Put it this way. I don't think my father intended for me to absorb all types of abuse, and go be happy. But it wasn't up to him. It's my life, my way.
@elsa I’m so glad I asked the question and got a more clear picture. I think I’be had a bit of a breakthrough. Most of my life, I’ve taken the knife, but not transformed it or stabbed back. Instead I burried its energy deep inside because it scarred me or I wasn’t allowed to express it, whatever, and I ended up using it against myself resulting in deep burried rage and constant energetic anxiety. I think this visualization of having all these knives from all the various times I’ve collected them and now being able to transform that energy into something very powerful is refreshing and relieving to me.
Next step is to figure out how to actually transform that energy… I’ll be scheduling a consult soon.
@hydrosnap I did the same to myself. I used to use the so to speak knife ... as exercise. For years that is how I transmuted pain, sorrow, anger. I don't so much anymore. So, I had to find another way. Now that I have gotten older, I don't do so much with it because it means so much less. Someone takes a stab at me, it's usually something stupid through the internet and who can care about that? I get a laugh out of that more than anything. 20 years ago, my feelings would have been hurt. Today... I laugh that electronics can hurt anyone at all. Who are these people to me anyway? haha I am a firm believer in scrolling right past it and not taking the bait.