Thanks, John. I appreciate your input.
I think this is putting the cart in front of the horse. The purpose of "photographing" is to increase awareness of what behavior looks like that you may want to change. It lets you take a bit of behavior and study it later.
I wouldn't worry about "acting your soul age." It'll happen or it won't, and, frankly, nobody, including your Essence, cares. If it did, it would find ways of making it happen.
What I really mean by this is becoming more aware of my behaviour in an effort to change and grow. I'm not so worried about the soul age manifestion, per se, as I want to know how to grow.
There are lots of reasons to dislike someone. This is where photographing can come in: note what kind of reaction you have and what kind of situation it occurs in. Then try to map out the overleaves involved and see which ones abrade. Once you've narrowed it down to "when she does X, then I do Y, and she does Z, and it spirals out of control," you're in a position to work on doing something else.
You may never actually like that person, but having a non-confrontational relationship can sometimes be a vast improvement.
Actually, you are right on spot with this one. I was referring to a situation that I had previously, and which I de-escalated using techniques similar to what you suggested here. We are now at the non-confrontational stage, where we can actually talk and laugh with each other. An interesting sidenote is that it took a couple of years because of my stubbornness: I was resisting the idea that I was obviously going to have to be the one to initiate the de-escalation. Once I acknowledged that, I found the other person was waiting for me to make the first move.
Your third suggestion, about divination techniques and such, will require a lot more thought and attention. But it's encouraging.
Peace,
Betty
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