Causalworks Articles by Emily Baumbach

Geography and the Michael Teachings
(Excerpts from article in Expansion newsletter, February 2008)

As you travel around the globe, you'll see how different places attract specific energies. You can feel the energy most sharply when you travel by plane and land somewhere all of a sudden. The new location has a personality of its own, along with its look, its temperature, its scents and frequency (high or low).

Places have "overleaves" (in the Michael system) just as people do. The collective consciousness thereabouts will color and flavor the mindset of the place. For instance, the Goal of Relaxation is almost palpable in the Hawaiian Islands and the rest of Polynesia. People who have that Goal are happy to live there. People with Goal of Growth, however, get bored eventually with the easiness. They cope by traveling to the mainland a lot, or by immersing themselves in local politics, or by having an active social or professional life. Meanwhile the people in Relaxation just flow around from surfboard to luau to natural foods store, hanging out and relishing their resting lifetimes.

Whatever your overleaves are, you'll fit in most happily with a place that also has those overleaves. If your overleaves are active (Growth, Passion Mode, Idealist Attitude, Impatience) chances are you'll enjoy being stimulated by a visit to a large city. If you're a Young or Mature Soul as well, you might want to actually live there; but if you're an Old Soul with those overleaves, you'll be happier in the 'burbs with a once-a-year foray into the urban frenzy.

If you have softer overleaves (Reevaluation, Relaxation, Caution, Stoic, Spiritualist), you might find a small town more predictable, safe, quiet, and probably resonant with your own energy.

There is no hard and fast rule, of course. Some buzzy folks will be happy in tiny towns; some quiet folks in big cities. It all depends on where your friends are.

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Here, then, is a rough guide - and a list of vast, gross and unfair generalizations - describing various places around the world with their overleaves and soul ages. The idea here is to educate ourselves about the general "feel" of a place; and of course, there are always exceptions. The rule of thumb is, if you're looking for energetic support, go to the places with your own overleaves. If you're looking for valuable, uncomfortable mirroring, go to places where the overleaves or soul age are different from yours. Know, however, that
you'll be drawn to a place because of pre-lifetime agreements and karmas (and your friends), whether or not the place is in harmony with what's comfortable. All places
are valid.

OVERLEAVES AND LOCALE

In North America, much of the East Coast has a rich Repression Mode, having come out of 400 years of Perseverance Mode. Much of Virginia and North Carolina are Early Young Souled, with pockets of Mature and Old Souls in the university areas and up in the mountains. Washington, D.C. has Young Soul energy, Power Mode and Goal of Dominance. New York City historically has had a focus on Young and Mature Souls, with a reputation for Dominance, Aggression Mode (with sprinklings of Repression Mode), Cynic Attitude and Chief Feature of Arrogance; although, of course, exceptions are everywhere. The rest of the Northeast is notable for its Pragmatist Attitude (especially in Vermont and New Hampshire) and its Intellectual Centering (Harvard, Yale). Moving down to the Southern States, Repression Mode combines with Goals of Acceptance, Discrimination and Submission to make for nice people with social graces, but who still suffer in some areas from racial inequality. Texas carries a Goal of Dominance and Ag-gression Mode energy (big oil, big ranches, biggest state in the union); while New Mexico has a Higher Intellectual / Old Soul energy from the high desert air and the spiritual people who live there.

The Western States are mixed: Mature and Young Souls in Arrogance in the ski areas (Aspen, Vail, Park City) and big cities (Hollywood and Malibu); with Baby Souls in Submission in many of the suburbs and rural areas; and a sprinkling of Old Soul enclaves. The West also has the Needs for Adventure and Freedom, and Chief Feature of Impatience. The exception is around the gambling areas (Reno, Las Vegas, Indian gaming casinos in most states) where the Chief Feature of Self-Destruction is a magnet for people struggling with addictions.

The Midwest is mostly Baby and Young, with Perseverance Mode, Goal of Submission, Skeptic Attitude, and Chief Feature of Stubbornness; with pockets of Mature and Old Souls around Minneapolis, Madison, Montana and Fayetteville. The Northwest has a lot of Mature Scholar energy, with Goal of Growth (environmentalism, high tech industry), Observation Mode and Stoic Attitude (OK with grayness and rain). Hawaii is mostly Old Soul, Relaxation and Acceptance energy, overridden by the Young Souls in Growth and Impatience who have come to build condos and restaurants. Alaska has Growth (oil, exploration) and Reevaluation (hard, dark winters), along with Stoic Attitude and Perseverance Mode.

Areas of natural beauty (beaches, mountains, etc.) carry the Higher Moving Center for escape and bliss. Areas of violence and genocide (slums, the deep jungle, volcanoes, storm areas, war zones, Rwanda) carry the Instinctive Center, Self-Destruction, and Dominance / Submission energy. Areas of Scholarly, Intellectually Centered mental activity are university towns, publishing centers, and countries like Sweden, Norway, England, Japan and historic China. Moving Centered places are earthquake zones (Ring of Fire), farming areas (which tend to have Stubbornness and Submission), industrial areas (Germany, modern China), refugee / immigration zones, and large cities where everybody walks and takes public transportation. (Note: Most cities are complex enough to carry all the seven Centerings and a wide array of various overleaves.)

Emotionally Centered areas tend to be more colorful, tropical or subtropical, Sage-like and Passion Mode-y: the Caribbean, Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, Italy. Higher Emotionally Centered areas are where people go to be healed and to connect with the compassion of the gods - pilgrimage spots like Machu Picchu, the Taj Mahal, Rishikesh, Mt. Shasta, Lourdes, the Pyrenees. Interestingly, the Holy Land in Israel is normally a Higher Emotionally Centered place from its connections with the Messianic Plane; however the cur-rent bloodshed makes the Instinctive Center and the Moving Center override its former compassion and love. Higher Intellectually Centered places help heal the psychic mind and provide support for intuitive connections (Tibet, the Taos pueblo, Stonehenge, Glaston-bury, the Andes, Yosemite Valley, the Canadian Rockies, the parks of New Zealand).

Finally, in general, Priests and Servers resonate best with places where they can serve and relieve suffering; and are often drawn to Instinctive Center places so they can heal others. Artisans and Sages like places where they can laugh and have fun. Kings and Warriors like places where life is challenging; and Scholars like places where they can be alone in nature, as long as it's not too far from a bookstore.

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