[wolfgang]

my inspiration for starting this thread relates to the light- and darkwork convos that have been going on lately. i think people are getting a little weird about the sense of power. like, one person thought (they) were stealing my power (i had to explain, rather confidently or pushily, that the nature of my vibe is such that it's literally impossible to take my energy unless i am consciously, verbally agreeing to it). that same person had an intuitive idea related to other players.

As you see others is how you see yourself. If there's a reaction in you, it means whatever the other person is doing that is causing a reaction in you has been projected out of your psych and identified in someone else as a projection of part of you that you deny as being you. "No I'm not that way and you are and that is not they way to be". That is probably an energy sucker. There is a fragmented self in play. However the power is not taken in by the accused, imo. Just that the accused is being a messenger for you to notice what you judge as not you and listen and forgive so that you can be whole again.

other players have acted funny about power, getting a little paranoid and suspicious. it's almost like a power virus going around...lol... but i guess since i'm a scorpio who's accepted my powerful side (finally!!), it's not affecting me. but i am seeing a streak of suspicion - suspicion of others and of self in some cases. i know the word "virus" has a negative charge, but i don't mean it that way at all.

I haven't been seeing the suspicion. I have had very very few PM exchanges. I don't understand what kind of power you are talking about. Someone else being a trigger for your own shadow - is that a power shift? Does the trigging in you mean the accused has you under their thumb? Could it be triggers of shadow is the very place to go into forgiveness - so to release victim and accusing?

what's ironic is this is almost backwards in a sense... the natural (or supposedly characteristic) traits on one side are expressing on the other, and vice versa. it's quite interesting to see... my wild guess would be this is a mirroring, and through conscious level interactions folks are inviting the integration of their shadow selves - but they aren't recognizing it as such, so they are assuming these things are coming from someone else instead of themselves. or, something along those lines.

I don't know what you mean by it being backwards. Maybe because I haven't been in the mix of the specifics for this. But I could say, some people seem to get less then humble and need to feel right by either making sure someone else agrees or if they don't - tell them they are wrong and in general do their thing that ruffles feathers in someone else. They act out as it were an attack, in a way and create a victim.

I'm not just saying this forum - just in general as how it goes in relationships.

Now, the attacker is also the accused from the victim's side and it's the victim that projected what ever it is the attacker is doing onto them, otherwise you would not have a reaction and maybe just not like what the attacker is doing and carry one without needing to react.

I suppose the attacker could also be already feeling like a victim somehow and already projected something on the other in such a way that their shadow is causing them to lash out.

Well, I know it's not really what you were looking for. But just some ideas related, at least to me.