Firecat,

I agree with Annamill, about being empathic. For about 40 years - until a few years ago - I also used to have very vivid and graphic, and very real dreams of a place like that. I don't know if it was a past life or whether I was being visited by souls from those places, but it has intensified my empathic abilities. Amergin, the way you said it is very much the same with me.

For myself, I would have seriously considered not going. I don't need to see those places to feel the emotions and the sorrow about what humans do to each other. Some people do need emotional and ethical triggers, others don't. As an empathic person, I risk being totally incapacitated by horror and then feeling incapable of taking any action at all, or feeling that action is not going to make any difference. I prefer to maintain a healthy balance so that I can still take action.

But, I do believe that facing my fears is the best thing I have ever done to move forward in my life. So going there could have been a viable choice for me. In situations like that I look deep inside of myself and go with what feels right for me. What other people think or decide can only be used as useful information for making your own choices. Whether everyone else judged or misjudged you for your choices is really beside the point if you believe you are making the right choices for yourself.

[Obviously, making our own choices allows us to make mistakes as well, but it is all part of the path of life. One thing to remember about the path of life is that there are very few paths that we can't turn back on if we make a choice and then change our minds. Sometimes the path we take which seems to be a mistake is the right path for having essential experiences, but sometimes it is a chance to be big enough to admit to having made a mistake.]

What you do need to be aware of is that some of those lost souls at Sachsenhausen may have recognised that you were aware of them, and may have attached their awareness to you. Give them love and visualise the light and send them on their way. Don't hang on to them, don't feel obliged to fix their hurts, there is everything they need in the light.

Bless them, give them love, and send them towards the light. Some of them just need to be shown the light and will be ready to go. Some of them may still hang on to the hurt, but they cannot be helped until they are ready to move on. Don't take on responsibility for them. Just act as a guide to usher them forwards. Or bless them and send them on the way that they choose to go. One day they may be ready and they may come back to you and ask for your help.

Love and hugs Helen