Wendy K. Laidlaw

That's the genie that says this opportunity, I'm going to pour every possible painting through.

And we have to then negotiate and stop it and say, OK, that's enough.

I am still human and I can't take all of this.

So one of the dangers is inflation or overwhelm of the psyche because of the intensity of the spirit and the nature of the spirit.

But it makes me think of one other thing related.

So this inner genius is often related to gold.

And of course, in alchemy, the whole project they had was turning the lead into gold.

which is turning the leaden limitations of the ego and the wounds that we get from early life into gold that becomes something shining and beneficial to everybody.

So that's one way to understand it.

So the word people use for that is talent, which comes from German languages, German roots.

And talent was the name of the weight used to measure gold.

So that gives you a connection between the talent and the weight.

So, like you're talking about, the whole book comes to you, and you've got to figure out, how do I stay in touch with this?

Don't move, don't change anything.

Whatever it's going to be, everybody has their own thing.

But let's say you didn't do that.

Let's say you weren't allowing yourself to do it.

I've got to raise the children, or I'm scared by this.

Whatever it is, then that golden thing turns to a weight on the soul.

And there are a lot of people who are depressed because they haven't been able to let the spirit move through them.