In your mind’s eye, you see images like mental movies. Call upon your Higher Self and Allow your Highest Self essence to come to you; do not force it. Open your heart and connect with that vision. Especially if this is someone you haven’t seen in a while, take the time to take in its energy. Let it affect you emotionally. Be it fear, anger, or grief, embrace those, too. Feel free to make whatever comes to you your own by using words and phrases that are more in line with yourself. Anything to the following effect will work:
Dear, Thank you for coming to me in this way at this time. I am now fully aware that I have been carrying your (pain, illness, fear, anger, grief, stress, etc.) in my (back, shoulder, lungs, life,
I am now aware that I have unconsciously taken this on to get love from you. That worked to some degree— but now no longer does.
Stay connected to your intention to be in the center of your Higher Self and watch for reactions you have towards the first person who comes to mind. Are you concerned about them, have they been angry towards you, or are they negative and pulling you down? They may have something to say in response. Let them have their say, just like you hoped they would give the chance to speak in the past.
Now you must begin the deeper work and ask them for permission to return to them what is theirs. Remember. you are talking with another person’s highest self, not their personality or ego. Remember, some of you have been carrying other people’s energy for decades. But now is the time to stop the pattern. This is theirs, not yours. You are burdened by it, and they are incomplete without it. Trust the process. This may look like a gift, felt as softness in the heart, or the urge to give and receive a warm open hug.
Empathy is Poetry 