X-men includes people with autism, OCD, ADHD, ADD and also those of us that have not been labeled.  

 I would like to talk a little bit about X-men and how their capacity with communication is both a challenge and a gift.

 There are many X-men who will be about to have a conversation with someone and they already know what is about to be said and where the conversation is going and where it will finish. We can walk into a room and boom we get all that information in one go, that’s an X-man capacity for communication that goes beyond what most people have considered. X-men’s first language is energy!

 There are many different parts to it (X-men and communication)…there are the words, there is the energy of the bodies involved and energy of the words, there is the language, there are the pictures. X-men do not function from separation, they are aware of everything else going on for other people and in the world… there is a whole lot of added information. This is something that Gary Douglas came across that led to the development of the X-men materials.  Gary would get called out to parents that were having trouble communicating with their children who were labeled with autism, ADHD, ADD, OCD. He would ask them questions and they (the children) would deliver universes of information. Gary asked the kids if they would give him the information in a way that was easier for him to receive it.

 

What if communication can be received differently?

This can seem like one of the most intense things for me, especially if I am being aware of a whole lot more than my reality… if I am aware of a whole lot of other peoples’ realities as well. What I do in those moments is I lower my walls and barriers and be whatever energy is required for me to be present. This wasn’t easy and I am continually expanding on it with less barriers and resistance and allowing more information in the form of energy in. Us being present is actually the invitation to others to be present and if we are willing to be present with our bodies we also invite bodies around us to be present.

 If we desire to create something greater, communication is one of the ways that is going to increase our ability to create greater in the world.

  

Expanding out to become more present:

This is an exercise that I use to practice expanding out, including more and becoming more present. Right here, right now get a sense of your butt on the seat and get a connection with everywhere your body is touching anything around you. Allow yourself to relax back into it so that it is comfortable and your body feels supported and at ease. You will notice that as you focus on the computer and screen, you might start to hear more, you might start to see things that you didn’t see before…you might think oh I should go and clean that later…OK now I would like you to expand out even more and include even more, as you expand out include more.  

 This can be quite easy now as we are doing this exercise, what if this could also be done when having a conversation with someone? Notice when you are conversing with someone, play with expanding out so you are also being present with the whole room, the whole restaurant or café or the land (even the entire planet) and out beyond that. This is one of the ways that we can get ourselves more present in any situation and you will notice as you do this more and more you will be able to do it quickly. When you notice that you haven’t been totally present, expand out and include more and you will find that you get that presence back. The funny thing is that there is this idea that we have been taught that to be present with someone or something we have to exclude everything else but it is actually when we include everything that true presence becomes available.  

 I use this exercise to become more present with communication and in areas of my life where I am not present. It can be uncomfortable and I may sense discomfort in my body or become aware of something I would like to avoid. This also becomes a place where if I keep being present with no barriers, different choices that I haven’t before been aware of become available to me.

How many people do you know that desire to be totally present (including you)?  

Here are some other questions that you can use if you find yourself checking out and not being present.

If I was being totally present here, what would I choose?

None of this is to give yourself a hard time (or go into wrongness) it is to recognize the places you are choosing not to be present and then looking for what else is available   that you could have that could create something greater.

If I was totally committed to me and to living, what would I choose?

One of the easier ways of creating presence is committing to you and committing to living. Every time you choose to commit to your living in an area you are actually closing multiple back doors. If you look at any area of your life that you have committed to in the last year, how much more ease do you have in that area right now than you did a year ago?

 

With respect to X-men and communicating with bodies:

A lot of people will not actually be present with their bodies while they are talking, they will talk only from the head and what an X-man will perceive with them is a disconnect from the body. As an X-man we pickup everything that the bodies are perceiving around us and also everything that people are trying not to be aware of with their bodies talking to them.  

How many of you (highly functioning, unlabelled X-men) when you are around a lot of people do you notice more tension or activity with your body? How many of you when you are by yourself have much more ease with your body? How many of you like being around lots of bodies and how many of you would rather not be around lots of bodies? If you would like to have more ease with all of it, one of the things that helps me dynamically with bodies is that similar exercise that we did before of touching  something and getting present with you and your body and then expanding out. When you expand out you include your body in that and then you are no longer at the effect of the density that most people function from with their bodies.

Including and being present with your own body while communicating or even just being can give you a real sense of ease as you are finally acknowledging your body.   

X-men are also simultaneously aware of present, past and future and this will come up during communication. X-men have an ability to communicate beyond a specific time or linearity and if they are not functioning from the past, present or future they have access to all realities simultaneously in all forms of communication (which includes communication with bodies and the planet).  This can be far easier to navigate and create greater with if we are committed to our life and living and committed to being present.