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By Norma Gentile

Blame is a child's game. We learned to play it at the youngest of ages, when we pointed to our sibling, our pet dog, cat or goldfish when asked by a parent "WHO DID THAT?" This was a natural response we developed to protect ourselves from the emotional arrow of anger behind the question being hurled at us. What we learned, unfortunately, was to perpetuate this scenario over and over again in our lives.

When we were children, the emotions of adults rained down upon us, becoming so overwhelming that we may have even experienced these energies of highly charged adult emotions as actual physical pain. And we need not have been in the same room as the adult emitting the emotional energy. How often has a crying child interrupted a whispered argument between parents? Or an uneasy child, unable to fall soundly asleep, kept parents who have unexpressed anger between them awake night after night?

My point is this: emotions are energies. They are just as real as radio waves and just as easily picked up by infants, children, psychics and most anyone who has been born into a human body. (Not only do humans pick up on energies, but so do animals and members of the plant kingdom. More on this later.) We just don't always allow ourselves to listen to this level of energy in our lives.

Back to blame. This is a particularly common energetic frequency. If you could hear emotions as musical notes, I would say blame is a tri-tone. (sample 1) These two notes are locked into each other, grinding against each other, and they want desperately to resolve into what in musical parlance is called a perfect 5th. (sample 2) The noteworthy (pun intended) aspect of this motion is that the tri-tone (made up of literally 3 whole steps) changes into a perfect 5th when either of the notes moves away from the other note. (sample 3)

Just like in the blame game, either partner (or note) can move the situation into consonance by stepping back. And that step need be only of a step. It takes far more concentration for two musicians to sustain the relationship of a tri-tone than a perfect 5th. When I ask groups to sing opposing notes to each other, a tri-tone in veritably turns into a perfect 5th. Sustaining the emotional and sonic tension of a tri-tone for any length of time is just too hard! Just like the interval of a tri-tone does not want to remain static, the emotion of blame is not a static emotion meant to be expressed in an ongoing manner.

Blame is an emotion created by the mind to help us acknowledge tension in our life and at the same time strongly desire to resolve it. Blame allows us to step back from a situation and take the energetic focus off of ourselves for a moment and place it on another person or a government or a system or our pet goldfish.

As we deepen spiritually, blame is no longer a tool we need to hold onto. Bit by bit we come to understand that (for the most part) we choose to step into an uncomfortable situation, and it is up to us to step out of that same situation. The emotion we feel is part of our body and soul telling our mind that the situation is not healthy and that we must do something about it. In the past we have used blame to dilute the intensity of our experience of emotions. As we mature, the actual emotions we feel change. And so our need to use blame to release overly intense emotions lessens.

For the past three weeks I have noticed when I overheard the word "blame", or when I was tempted to use it myself. And I've begun to wonder what would happen to American society if blame didn't exist. For starters, reality television would disappear. In particular, Donald Trump would be out of a job! And most of the plot lines in other television shows and movies would also cease to exist. Our society has woven the constant thread of blame into its daily expression and way of being. But I believe that blame is not meant to be an ongoing adult expression. It is meant to be learning tool.

Let's relate this to some current political and social changes. The cultures in North Africa and the Middle East are turning themselves inside out. The energy of blame is part of this too. If blame is the only emotion behind a revolution then no new and improved forms of governance will emerge. Blame makes us look backward at what caused us to be in a state of discomfort. But it will not help us see with our spiritual eyes where it is that our soul's journey will take us in the future. Only emotions of forgiveness, charity, and compassion can do that. The same is true for those protesting in the US or anywhere else.

So many members of our human family are in the throes of uncomfortable and challenging changes. Their emotions of fear and anger are suspended within the shared unconsciousness of all of Humanity. This is bringing these emotions front and center for all of us with human bodies.

When we as humans are dealing with world-wide situations that involve ongoing, long-term issues, it is very easy for our physical bodies to also feel the emotional patterns that are suspended within the shared consciousness of Humanity. And that means any and every physical body can potentially play a role in resolving our shared emotional patterns.

Here and now, there is an underlying tension within our bodies relating to uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as the global financial reconstruction. Maybe there is a personal situation that has been on your mind as you have read this. Know that the tension of the situation can resolve from its current state of the blaming tri-tone into balance.

Expressing ongoing blame to someone or something outside of oneself gives your emotional energy away. This behavior keeps you from using this same emotional energy to move into resolution, and into the next expression of your soul's journey. We can each choose to live in the energy of blame. Or we can recognize it as an indicator of needful spiritual growth.

Norma Gentile

About Norma Gentile

Norma Gentile

Norma Gentile, sound shaman, is a natural intuitive and channel for Mary, Archangel Michael and the Hathors. She maintains a private healing practice, offering sessions in English and Spanish, as well as singing healing concerts and teaching workshops. Her CD of live sound healings, Songs of Spirit, is available in the Maat Shop. To see and hear her sound healings, articles and podcasts at her website www.healingchants.com.

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