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Congratulations Suzanne-Marie! Wow — your name is pretty close to mine, I’m Suzanne Mary!

I have been wondering when there would be some graduates from the Mentoring Program — how very exciting! Best wishes!

Congratulations!! #1!

Suzanne-Marie, what made you decide to study intensively with Rose rather than pursue one of the other gajillion healing modalities out there?

Congratulations, Suzanne-Marie!

If I may ask you a question:

When/how/why did you decide that healing/energy work was your calling?

Thank you!

Many thanks Rose, and thank you to everyone for your good wishes!

Suzanne-Marie

Reply to Sandra’s question, “When/how/why did you decide that healing/energy work was your calling?”

It has always just seemed to be part of me. I was born into and grew up in a (traditional Western) medical family, where various aspects of medicine were discussed and accepted as commonplace.

My father, who was what would now be considered an old-time physician and surgeon, let me accompany him when he saw patients. Even when I was a very small child….

I later worked with him as an assistant and was able to observe firsthand the philosophy and art, as well as the science, of healing. However, I am not a medical doctor.

SUZANNE-MARIE and ROSE, I meant to ask more about what it is to be a molecular empath over the weekend at the Magnetizing Money With Energetic Literacy Workshop, but sadly there simply wasn’t an opportunity.

I think SUZANNE-MARIE’s aura reading is extraordinary. SUZANNE recently did an aura reading of someone very dear to me, “Gladys,” and was not only very clear, and in my opinion right on, but also took the time to offer some suggestions of areas she could see Gladys’ writing expanding.

The depth and compassion of the reading was very helpful, and instructive for me as I work to increase my own aura reading skills. It came at a time that Gladys needed some encouragement and acknowledgement. It’s self-affirming to have someone else see you at such a deep level and acknowledge gifts you’d barely even admitted to yourself.

SUZANNE-MARIE, congratulations on being the first graduate of Rose Rosetree’s Energy Spirituality Mentoring Program and for helping to forge the path for all those who come after you, of whom I am sure there will be many.

Many hugs,

AnnaMariah

Some thoughts I’d like to add about being a molecular empath:

Human beings, as creations of the Divine, have the capability to be positive change-agents in our human lives.

However, not all human beings want to be change-agents or even to experience any change. As is well known in business and psychology, some individuals embrace change, some accept it more slowly, others are resistant to anything new or different.

A molecular empath is a change-agent on the energetic level, i.e., the energy of a molecular empath is inherently transformational.

This transformational energy can open another individual up to new possibilities/opportunities for growth.

(BTW, all the molecular empaths I have met are also inherently change-agents in their human lives.)

Another observation: It is easy and natural for a molecular empath to be able to “hold a space” for very large groups of people.

Best wishes,

Suzanne-Marie

ROSE, I have a question related to molecular empaths.

My understanding is that molecular empaths are essentially change-agents. That just being around them can have an impact on a person. I’ve certainly experienced the benefits of the molecular empath interactions in all my sessions with you!

When I read the descriptions you’ve shared here, at first I was a bit puzzled. I thought that maybe I was a molecular empath based on what you said about the sort of “Ready or not!” impact one can have on people. As in helping people grow if they want to and unwittingly triggering them if they’re the type who wants to stay right where they are. I’ve had experiences like this over the years.

Then you shared that you’d already told all the molecular empaths you had identified — at least the ones you personally knew — so I was a bit confused about why I sometimes had this effect on people.

I later learned in a face reading that my philtrum definition is a 10 on the scale from 1-10 (as explained in your how-to book “Read People Deeper.” And this, in general, is about moving a lot of life force energy. Moving that energy through me and, I guess, impacting others.

Which got me to thinking… What then is the difference between being a molecular empath and having a philtrum definition that scores a 10?

FIONA, such sophisticated questions. Here goes.

Being a molecular empath affects a person’s auric modeling around moving, in consciousness, effortlessly, into Skilled Empath Merges that go deeply enough to include a person’s way of being all the way down to the molecules.

Unskilled molecular empaths suffer more than empaths who have different gifts but not that one, so there’s one reason to feel happy.

About your Comment 18, FIONA, just about anyone who has been in session with me in the last half year has been instructed not to cross arms or legs during that time…

and often I offer the tip that it’s smart not to cross them at other times when you’re awake, if not for a purpose.

Every system of yoga contains a variety of asanas, hand mudras etc., each of which exists for a purpose.

Suzanne-Marie,

I just found this post and want to congratulate you on your graduation from Rose’s Energy Spirituality Mentoring Program!

Sorry I missed this earlier, but, I know you know that I have had a lot going on since we met in July at Rose’s workshop.

You helped me at that workshop and some of the advice you gave me I have not been able to move on yet. But it is still with me, and I will follow up on it as soon as I can. I thank you for that.

You are a truly beautiful, healing presence and I am so happy that you are now practicing the Rose kind of healing modalities. Best wishes to you for a long and prosperous career and life!

Now I understand the difference between those energies…quite fascinating! It gives me insights into some situations that I’ve been a bit surprised by lately with my work.

These are positive, actually. The general trend I’ve noticed is how, in a few cases, people have transformed in ways through our work together that has been actually amazing to me. Unexpected.

Not like I’m sitting there thinking, “Oh, I’m so great!”

It’s more like, “Wow, how did that happen?!” It’s just a different experience from prior situations.

This just popped into my head and I wonder if it makes sense within this explanation of these energies you’ve described.

When we fortunate clients are in session with you, ROSE, we have the benefit of your extensive training, practice and experience in the various skill sets you’ve mastered. I’m thinking about the level of technique, which is so important.

But what I really get now is how we get quite an added OOMPH from your molecular empath vibe. Which is why the healing is so profound.

I’m wondering if I’m experiencing the philtrum version of this. There are skill sets I’ve created and mastered in working with clients. The skills are more at the surface level of life.

But then with certain clients, they’ve leapt ahead in ways that really don’t seem to be directly connected to those techniques. It feels more organic. I’m wondering if it’s been about my directing that energy that I’ve become more aware of lately.

I’m just sort of playing with this new awareness. Does it make sense?

Anyway, not to go on forever about this… I do appreciate your taking the time to answer these questions. It makes sense and is definitely food for thought. I will continue to experiment…

“Fortunate client,” awe!

FIONA, and all you Blog-Buddies, whenever you clear your aura of STUFF, every single gift of your soul is expressed more clearly.

Every skill set you learn personally and socially and professionally and sexually, etc., works that much better.

New skill sets you choose to learn will become that much more effective.

As my former, late guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi used to say, “Knowledge is structured in consciousness.”

Just wanted to make a comment here around the discussion of molecular empaths and philtrums. I am a molecular empath and have been identified as such by Rose and essentially acknowledged as such by another molecular empath, Tantra Maat. I agree with all of Suzanne-Marie’s comments in Comment #15: molecular empaths are change agents on a molecular level and the energy of a molecular empath is inherently transformational; molecular empaths are change agents in their human lives; it is easy and natural for a molecular empath to be able to “hold a space” for large groups of people.

I also used to have a philtrum that was a “10″ on a 1-10 scale. In terms of face reading, having a philtrum like that is about sex appeal. Yes, you get attention, but not because you are deeply transforming others. You get attention because people physically notice you, the way they would notice a movie star who walks into a room.

My deep sense about molecular empaths is that they decided ahead of time to incarnate as powerful change agents. This is part of their life contract. While this sounds like it would make for a fun lifetime of transforming others in deep and powerful ways… Consider the thought that it hasn’t always been easy for all molecular empaths in their human lives to have this effect on others, particularly when they didn’t know they were molecular empaths and couldn’t understand why others responded so powerfully to them.

Tantra once told me that my energy was like tapping on a garbage can and having it fly 10,000 feet into the air. The equivalent energetic effect is that powerful because it reverberates down to the core of another person, touching the very essence of who they are. I personally feel that there is a tremendous responsibility that comes with doing this.

To be around a molecular empath is to receive the message, “Wake up, wake up, wake up.” Not everyone wants to wake up spiritually or is ready to do so. These people often become fearful and frightened, but it often manifests as anger or hatred. Directed at, guess what? The molecular empath.

I find that molecular empaths have other features in their face (using Rose’s system of face reading) that also corroborate the auric signature of being a molecular empath. In my case, I have trendsetter lips, the rare ability to speak on behalf of another group of people (hearkening back to Suzanne-Marie’s earlier remark).

I also have evenly proportioned upper and lower lips, meaning that I am perceptive about people’s inner lives. Consistent with my being a molecular empath. I also have large inner ear circles, which means I direct my focus on the inner life.

The most weathered and wrinkled part of my face are my lips, which speak to my lifelong struggle with trying to give truth to power.

Growing up in the US, which places such a high value on the outer life, on appearances, on the exterior, it hasn’t always been easy to be a molecular empath. How I remember Rose acknowledging some of the struggles I must have faced using face reading and aura reading.

I don’t love or regret being a molecular empath – it is just who I am. I have never known anything else. It is the same as my having brown eyes, something I was born with.

Some of what I think I sense in some of these comments is the desire to be a molecular empath (perhaps similar to the desire to be Enlightened). But all gifts are a treasure – unique and special to that particular individual and incarnation. I am not a plant or animal empath, for example. And I am currently not Enlightened. There are more than enough gifts to go around. And whatever your belief system, religious or spiritual, I truly believe that each of us was/is perfectly created for the lessons we are to learn, the gifts we are to share, and the service we are to provide. The biggest lessons in this lifetime I believe I came here to learn is how to own my power, how to be authentic, and how to transform others in a deep and powerful way but using my energy responsibly. How appropriate, then, that I should be a molecular empath. And how appropriate that I would also have the life lessons and struggles that would help me learn lessons around not feeling heard, around helping others feel heard, around learning how to listen in ways that I did not feel listened to when growing up. It has been a gift to me to be a molecular empath, but not always an easy one. But it is not a gift better or worse than any other gift.

ANONYMOUS, I enjoyed your post.

I was surprised to read that you “used to have a philtrum that was a 10.” I didn’t realize that it could change. A 10 philtrum *and* being a molecular empath would be a bit much!

Also, I’d like to add that there’s a bit more to the description you shared of what that 10 size philtrum entails, mainly based on my own experience. As ROSE shared with me in a recent face reading session (held after my original comments here), it’s more about life force energy in general, about moving energy, though at the surface of life. That makes sense to me. My experience with this trait/gift hasn’t been limited to that attention that’s like movie star attention. I suppose the attention I get occasionally might be for that reason, but it’s not like I feel like I’m walking around like Angelina Jolie or anything!!

I do really get now how I move energy, whether I set out to do that or not, and I understand much better now the reactions of certain people over the years. I think I just connected some dots about reactions in dance classes and with certain female classmates and a teacher that always puzzled me. Now they make me laugh.

It’s actually only in recent months that I’ve been getting what this is about. I’m wondering if you and other molecular empaths out there went through a similar process of taking personally the various extreme reactions of others, often out of the blue, bafflingly so. I sure have, for a lot of my life! Of course, it didn’t help that I was surrounded by those reactions growing up.

I suppose that one way to take back one’s power with these kinds of gifts is to recognize them for what they are, to own them. And, like you said, use the energy responsibly. Once I learned about this particular gift, I felt a bit weird about walking around thinking about the movie star attention part of it. But now it makes me laugh to understand some of the dance class reactions. And I realize that it’s important not to take the reactions personally.

In one dance class, the reactions ranged from snarkiness to coldness, usually from those women who spend the whole class gazing at themselves in the mirror, which they dance in front of the whole time, usually in an outfit from an extensive collection of sexy dance togs. Usually trying very, very hard to look and be very, very sexy. And usually moving in a way that’s stiff, flailing…anything but sexy.

I just sort of do my own thing and enjoy myself. I was baffled by how mean some of these women would be, sometimes when I’d never even spoken to them. Somehow it didn’t feel fair that people would react that way and I had a hard time with it.

But I guess that this is one of the lessons to be learned with a trait like this. To be aware of it, to own it, but to not take personally other people’s reactions.

My pleasure, ROSE. ANONYMOUS’ comment was actually very timely for me. I find myself in the midst of one those shifts of consciousness that has me in the process of saying, “Oh, *that’s* why so-and-so responded that way!” — in a grand scheme of things sort of way. I think I really didn’t get the power of these traits and for many reasons wound up thinking that there was something wrong with me for so many years.

I’ve been reading Elaine Aron’s (she of HSP expert fame!)latest book, The Undervalued Self, which is quite illuminating along these very lines.

Not to dwell on the past, but I would enjoy hearing from the molecular empaths out there who’d be willing to share about this part of it….namely, how did you relate to/cope with this way of being before you had that handy label to help explain it – “molecular empath?”

Did people respond to you in strange ways that led you to thinking it was somehow your fault? So liberating to be letting that go.

Thank you for that opportunity.

Wow, what a story, ROSE! Thanks for sharing it.

There’s something very helpful to me about knowing what others have gone through….the steps along the way. Not feeling so alone with certain types of experiences. And also observing the shift in consciousness as it’s happening. To me, that’s not dwelling, it’s learning a bit from others’ experiences.

A few things popped into my mind…one was a recent conversation with my doctor. She says she thinks it’s pretty cool that I can scare people away like that (when people start getting twitchy about my energy). I suppose it can be viewed as a natural boundary setter of sorts…I wasn’t appreciating it at the time, but it’s getting easier.

Then thinking about the philtrum/life force thing about moving energy, I remembered the running joke my acupuncture guy and I have. A couple of times when I’ve had a needle in the top of my head, I’ve shot it out!

I used to have a joke about it with a friend of mine…cartoon character named “Chi Girl,” who can shoot needles out of her head at bad guys!

Wouldn’t it be great to create an empath/molecular empath/10 philtrum comic book or cartoon??

I just flashed to a scene with Newt Gingrich being locked in a room full of molecular empaths! Remember how he was so scared of that one friend of yours? We could have garbage cans flying all over the place, huh ANONYMOUS….HA!

Anyway, it’s a fascinating way to take back more power, this exploration of the gifts/traits and their effect on people. I can see now what a waste of energy it has been to take reactions personally and also feel compassion for all those times when I just didn’t know any better.

Would love to hear from others!

Guess who else is a molecular empath?

http://www.rose-rosetree.com/blog/2012/01/19/magnetize-money-profile-aura-reading-ratan-tata-chakra-databank-energetic-literacy/#more-5172

Just read him for today’s blog post, funnily enough!

Blog-Buddies, ANONYMOUS had more to say about being a molecular empath. It was so eloquent, I turned it into a guest post, “Being in the presence of a molecular empath, a guest post”

Check it out here:

http://www.rose-rosetree.com/blog/2012/01/30/being-in-the-presence-of-a-molecular-empath-a-guest-post/

Re: Comment #20 above.

This is absolutely true. It is very fun – if you can stay aware that it’s about fun at a surface level. This is true for both the person who has the 10/10 philtrum definition and the appreciator of person with said philtrum.

I saw it’s true for both parties because it’s important for people with that extra-sharp philtrum definition to remember that it’s about the drool factor, like being a Brad Pitt or an Angelina Joie and not taking it too seriously. It’s about having fun – and being aware that most people will invariably notice the drool factor. They can’t help it. It’s not about being noticed for who are in a deep way but rather because it would be fun to pull out the iPhone and take a digital photo if you happen to be in the same room together.

The philtrum appreciator has to remember that on the flip side – having fun at a book signing if the Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie wink at you but remembering that this isn’t going to lead to a first date or wedding proposal. It’s just about having fun in life and appreciating the fun for what it is.

Anonymous,

You referred to the fact that your philtrum definition changed: so it used to be a 10 and now it’s not? I know from one of Rose’s books on face reading that for the most part philtrum definitions stay consistent through one’s life, yet they can change when someone’s relationship to / interest in sex changes. (feel free to correct me if I have this wrong Rose!)So your philtrum diminished, Anonymous? Any comments on that? Also interesting sharing you’ve done about being a Molecular empath. I think being a male empath, I have some of the same ability to elicit strong reactions in people. (Plus other gifts of the soul.) I’ve actually seen the definition of my philtrum fluctuate recently, and some days it seems more defined than others. I also have a very interesting and specific orientation to my philtrum that explains aspects about my past relationship to sex and relationships.

Also, Rose, I couldn’t find any contact information for Suzanne-Marie. Is she doing personal sessions?