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ciate just a small sliver, which they assume is the entire apple pie. How best to communicate with this kind of a person? Wis- dom Seeker, accept the degree of understanding and respect a 3 has to offer. Avoid expecting more than that person can give. It’s only fair! Scoring 4 on The Sensitivity Scale: Quite sensitive, inwardly you appreciate a lot more than folks do, if they have lower scores on the Sensitivity Scale. Yet youhave fewer prob - lems with inner stability, when compared with those who score higher. What you might envy : Being sensitive but not Highly Sensitive can bring considerable balance in life (at least compared with being an HSP or empath). But don’t envy, please, because these folks pay a price: Due to the amazing nature of Earth School’s illusions, 4s feel as though they’re at least as sensitive as HSPs and empaths, even when they’re not. On one hand, 4s tend to have more innate bal - ance than 5s or 20s. On the other hand, it’s not because those 4s are superior, they only think they are. In short, 4s can make a lot of gaffes and even hurt a lot of feelings during the course of talking to 5s and 20s. Yet 4s seldom get it, because—with all due respect—their sensitivity doesn’t go as far as they think it does. How best to communicate with this kind of a person? Enjoy whatever sensitivity is available. As for the shortcomings, if they arise during conversations, don’t push. If you have great- er sensitivity, there’s no point in pushing. If you have less sensitivi- ty, there’s no point in thinking they’re putting on airs. (Most likely, they’re not.) Instead, appreciate however much sensitivity is avail - able. Basically, don’t take any gaffes as though they’re either per - sonally directed toward you, or intentional. Most likely, they’re not. Scoring 5 on The Sensitivity Scale: Hello! You’re a Highly Sensitive Person, an HSP. Yes, you respond to life with an acuity that’s far greater than anybody with lower num- bers on the Energy Spirituality Sensitivity Scale. Being an HSP is ex - citing, only there’s one huge disadvantage to having that beautiful sensitivity of yours. Being highly sensitive tends to magnify one’s dis - comfort related to however much energetic STUFF (stuck energies) you’ve got in your aura. Although you don’t necessarily have more subconscious energetic STUFF, what you do have could trouble you more. For that reason, you might take the precaution of locating an ex-
Scoring 2 on The Sensitivity Scale: Along with those who score 1, you’re set up to make excel - lent contact with objective reality, and you share an admira- ble ability to adjust to your surroundings. However, you’re a bit more sensitive; this results in your being somewhat more curi- ous about people who are different from you, sensitivity-wise. What you might envy: Ouch, the certainty! How eas - ily they make up their minds and then simply won’t budge. But don’t envy, please, because these folks pay a price: You could call this “limited imaginationwhen it comes toother people’s feel- ings.” Likewise, “limited imagination when it comes to spiritual life.” How best to communicate with this kind of a per- son? Never try to persuade. Don’t even attempt stick up for your point of view, not unless that’s absolutely necessary. Nobody has to become the boss of your brain—no other human being, ex- cept for you. Let that simple fact bring you some consolation. Scoring 3 on The Sensitivity Scale: Being moderately sensitive, you’re the best there is at under - standing people with different sensitivities. Why the best there is, when compared to everyone else on our Sensitivity Scale? Be - cause you’re beautifully positioned in the middle. Many folks are less sensitive than you while others are more sensitive. To put it another way, being moderately sensitive means you have enough stability to appreciate folks with less sensitivity. Likewise, you’ve got enough sensitivity to appreciate those whose sensitivity is greater than your own. You have a knack for balancing what ex- ists in objective reality with the various possible feelings about it. What you might envy: They seem to get along far bet- ter than you with folks anywhere on the Sensitivity Scale. And do you know why they seem that way? Because it’s true! But don’t envy, please, because these folks pay a price: Getting along with everybody might be something they care an aw - ful lot about, even pride themselves on it. And ironically, somebody who scores a 3 can very likely sympathize with the 1s and the 2s, un - derstanding with relative ease and without having to swallow any frustration. However, also likely, 3s don’t much understand 4s or 5s or 20s; at least not nearly as well as they think. Instead, they appre -
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