Darkworkers
November 10, 2009 by akemi
I really wish there are no such thing like darkworkers. I really wish everyone, I mean EVERYONE, is evolving toward Light and I can hug (literally and energetically) everyone wholeheartedly with zero concern of my energetic flow. I dream of such beautiful world.
We are not there yet.
It’s true all souls came from the same one Source, as I described in this article about Light. At some point, however, some souls used their free will to go against (or away from) the Source.
I received some interesting comments to my recent article about Lightworkers and would like to clarify some points further. (Photo Credit)
The degree of light and darkness
So all souls are either evolving toward Light or de-evolving. I call all evolving souls Lightworkers.
Now when you think of a vehicle on the road, the direction it’s moving is critical, but its speed also matters. A Lightworker soul may be moving fast toward Light or they may be so troubled that they are hardly moving. Or anywhere in between.
Likewise, I consider all de-evolving souls to be darkworkers, but there can be a terminology issue here. There are souls that are moving away from the Source big time and there are souls that are slowly going backwards. Some people may choose to call the first kind “darkworker” and not the latter. As long as we are clear about the definition, both views are valid. (I’m a linguist by training — definition is the foundation of any argument.)
So in my definition, darkworker or negative souls don’t always mean someone like Hitler. My spirit guides tell me about 13% of the population is currently going against the natural energy flow, so they are everywhere. Some lightworker souls are more prone to their attention and attack, but I don’t think anyone is free from them.
Which means it’s important to discern energy hackers in our lives. (And toward the end of this article, you will learn why the tough love approach of detachment helps not only you but the darkworkers themselves.)
The best way to tell a darkworker
The best and only true way to tell if someone is a darkworker or not is to pay attention to your energy flow. Darkworkers don’t receive vital life energy from the Source like Lightworkers do, and so they take the energy from the people around them. (By “around”, I don’t necessarily mean physical proximity. Space doesn’t matter energetically.)
So you would feel drained after talking with them. Again, the degree of drainage depends — some steal big time and some more subtly.
Well, I know this description is vague. You want a clear way to tell a darkworker so you can be sure what you are doing with them, right?
I’ve thought about this a long time, and I really cannot give you a “checklist” you can use to identify a darkworker. You know, the kind of checklist or test that you answer with yes or no, add up the scores, and boom, you know the definitive result!
No, this matter of light / darkworker doesn’t go that way. Because some signs are very subtle and confusing. A troubled lightworker may appear like a darkworker. (Having said this, I can share a few signs to help you . . . in just a moment.)
How the Akashic Records can help
If you are serious about finding the true soul-level identity of someone, please order a Snapshot Reading. Snapshot Reading is the abbreviated reading of my comprehensive Akashic Record Reading that is focused on finding out the soul characteristics of someone, not about clearing the energetic issues for them.
If that someone is going to be a critical part of your life, like if you are considering to marry him or her or going into business with them, I think this is a wise investment.
And please note this is a follow up reading for those who have had the Akashic Record Reading for themselves. I don’t see why anyone would want to dig up someone else’s soul truth before understanding themselves. (Well, negative souls would want to do that . . . but then, I don’t want to help negative souls take advantage of others.)
Signs of a darkworker
If you are the DIY soul, the first and most important thing to do is to pay attention to your energy flow. Don’t be shy to admit you feel drained after spending time with someone.
And then, here are some “signs” that raises a flag. Please keep in mind (I know I’m repeating myself here, but this is important) this is NOT a checklist. A person may exhibit all these signs and may still be a lightworker. I’m sharing these signs to help you be more sensitive to your energy flow, not to make you judgmental to others.
1. He or she present themselves as smaller or bigger than life.
Darkworkers know they cannot present themselves simply as they are. So they present themselves as someone who is (unfairly) victimized and who need help. Or they may present themselves as a great wonderful person to be idolized. (Remember Hitler was an idol for a while?) Most darkworkers I know seem to think they are the most miserable unlucky person they know OR the most wonderful dedicated soul they know.
In both cases, they explain themselves very well. Whereas lightworkers live their life, darkworkers explain and negotiate their life.
Again, just because someone is in trouble or because someone is very negative in their speech or behavior patterns doesn’t mean they are negative souls. Or just because someone is famous or working on a big project doesn’t mean they are negative souls. So here is another sign, or indication, to guide you . . .
2. He or she is constantly in the waves of dramas.
They always have a good explanation, but the bottom line is darkworkers are almost always in some kind of drama. Positive souls don’t like staying in drama — they would try to help others in need, but sooner or later there comes a point that they step back because they are so drained energetically. Negative souls, on the other hand, quietly thrive on dramas.
If someone seems to be just so wonderful at first glance, but somehow seems to be in drama all the time, don’t hesitate to listen to your gut feeling. “Wow, he won an award for the project he worked? And now he works for that prestigious company. . . But wait, then why is he always short on money? He said he got unlucky and got a traffic ticket. . . Hmm. Wasn’t he talking about another trouble before — like his GF stole from him or something. . . I felt so bad for him. . . I don’t know. I just don’t like his company so much, but is it selfish of me to think this way?”
On the other hand, it’s very hard to distinguish negative souls who present themselves as troubled, victimized souls from lightworker souls who are troubled and victimized. In a sense, they are indeed similar — they are stuck and hardly moving.
One of the subtle differences is that, with darkworker souls,
3. You feel the help you offer gets sucked up in a void.
Darkworkers souls are weird. I really don’t think I understand them well. When they come to my Akashic Record Reading, I do what I can do. They often have extremely uncomfortable energetic issues like ongoing soul shifting, which I can clear. And I hope the clearing helps them to return to Light. (Just to be clear — Hitler type don’t come to my practice. They would NOT want their soul truth known even if I pay them.)
Well, the clearing is good, but my challenge comes when they ask how they can improve their lives.
So I point out their drama tendency and suggest they start building their lives with their own power, in a small manageable way. And they say something like, “Oh, I know I give too much of myself to others.” I might try again all over saying what it is to build their life with their own power rather than relying on other people’s power, and they go, “Oh, but that’s so hard. Can you help me?”
I give up. I understand they have a right and free will to stay the way they are. As a lightworker, I must respect free will. My responsibility is to read the Akashic Records and clear the energetic issues.
How to deal with darkworkers
Again, the most important thing is to pay attention to your energy flow, or your gut feeling. It may come as a hesitant pause like, “? That just doesn’t make sense.” or “I don’t know why, but I just don’t like this feeling.”
Let me share another example to illustrate the case. Let’s say you are new to meditation. What would you do? You might read some articles or book and try sitting at home. You might join the local meditation circle or class. You might try listening to guided meditation or meditation music. All these are good approaches and I’m sure you choose the one that is best for your learning style.
A negative soul might sign up a 10 day meditation camp.
I’m not saying intensive meditation or such camps are no good. But do you see how out of sync it is for a beginner to sign up such a course? Sure, it’s impressive (think about the time and money investment!), which relates to the “bigger than life” characteristic of a negative soul. And if they didn’t achieve enlightenment in that camp, then they become the victim in the drama. They may say something like, “That meditation camp was a rip off.”
I don’t know what it’s like to be a negative soul because I’ve never been in their shoes. I guess they have a very lopsided self image that pushes them to do this kind of thing.
I feel for that. And I step back.
Yes, this is how lightworkers deal with darkworkers. Step back. Detach. Don’t try to change them. God gave everyone free will, including the will to go against the Source. Messing up with free will is by itself a dark act.
By stepping back and not offering your energy to them, you are providing them the chance to return to Light. Darkworkers cannot exist without lightworkers offering their energy, knowingly or unknowingly. So it’s more important to raise our awareness than “dealing with” darkworkers. (Needless to say, in the case of crimes, call 911.)
Do you have questions or comments about darkworkers? Please share in the comments. Thank you.
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If I was a darkworker (in your definition), would I be able to know that? To understand it? How can I tell? I think I might be in denial or something.
Vocal lightworkers, such as yourself, mostly make me want to “troll” you. (So far, two out of three have ignored me, Steve Pavlina took the bait. My opinion of him decreased further.])
Would you believe that my INTENTIONS are good?
Getting aggressive (or passive-aggressive) responses is the disappointing goal of trolling the likes of you. Getting ignored is boring and makes me want to go and do something productive instead; from the trolled one it seems kind of weak.
Why do I spend my energy on this? Because I can really afford to send out “negative vibes”, or because I’m a darkworker in denial and have no idea what I’m doing to myself/others? Hmm…
J,
So do you want me to ignore you so that you can do something productive?
I don’t really know if a darkworker can tell it by themselves. It seems unlikely, but I don’t really know because I’m not a darkworker and so don’t really know how a darkworker feels.
Hi Akemi,
I’m a darkworker with a history of six soul shifts and you have done my clearing but I continue having a negative soul and I have a lot of questions about this because I want to change it and become a lightworker:
- How can I notice when I’m sucking the energy of someone else? The truth is that I always prefer being alone maybe because when I’m with another person I want him to have a good impression of me and this tires me.
- How can I discern if I’m going to the right direction of light?
- When darkworkers die, do they return to the source of light? I mean, even if they are negative souls do they return in the ether to this pleasant place?
- Are the spirit guides of a darkworker also negative souls? If on meditation or in dreams I get some message of my guides or my intuition, can I trust them?
- My soul didn’t let you read very much of my akashic records but, if I learn how to do it by myself, do you think I could read them? By the way, what about the manual you were thinking to write about this?
- Can a negative soul ascend? I think I’m having those kind of symptoms like wakening up between 2 and 4 am, wanting to eat less meat, I see those 10:10 -11:11-12:12 everywhere every time, being more interested in spirituality, etc.
- When I die, will I remember all of my six souls involved in the incarnation of my actual physical body or only the history of the one soul I have now?
- How it’s possible to be a negative soul if consciously I want to be a lightworker?
- Why a soul shift happens? Because the original soul isn’t strong enough to prevent it?
Thank you so much for all.
Wow, 13%? Somehow it’s good to hear it stated like that… I don’t know, I’ve often wanted to resist the idea that there are dark people, or I end up thinking that everyone is dark and not wanting to deal with anyone. But 13% does sound kind of right. I was dealing with an energy-draining person today and wondered about this a bit.
I got the idea that there are people who are more or less conscious, but within each level there are people who are “good” and people who are “bad”. I mean, some will suck your energy more or less on purpose, and some are trying to bring light into the world, but are just held back by their fears. It feels like there’s a real difference between the two. I think a person could be a lightworker soul but be really drenched in fear due to all of the lovelessness that he’s experienced in his life. My girlfriend is a bit like that, but when I feel her heart I don’t get any energy-draining vibes – she is a very loving person.
I don’t know, do you get what I’m saying?
Hugs
Andrew
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Hi Y,
I guess the ongoing soul shift issue deserves a bit more explanation.
In my experience, when there is an ongoing soul shift, all the souls involved are negative souls. If there are positive souls, I would definitely choose that one to stay in the body fulltime, but so far, I’ve never seen a positive soul involved in ongoing soul shift. So I ask the spirits which soul is best to stay, and it’s usually the originally intended soul.
Negative souls are like someone who is always looking outside the window rather than living in the house. Because they life depends on the energy of others. Positive souls care about others and surely enjoy looking outside the window sometimes, but they do it only after they tend to their house (metaphorically speaking)
Because their attention is directed to outside, negative souls leave their backdoor open, which leaves them susceptible to problems like ongoing soul shift.
Now to your questions — The fact that you’ve been following my blog indicates you are (ie, your soul is) trying to return to the Light. I hope the following answers help:
I don’t really know how it feels to suck up other people’s energy, just as I don’t consciously receive energy from Light Source. My suggestion is to focus more on yourself rather than worrying what may be going on between you and others.
I wrote a series of articles called Creating the New World, and each comes with action plans. You may want to read and try that.
I don’t know what happens to negative souls when they die, both in general and in your case. Nor if negative souls have positive souls. The latter is because negative souls don’t let me read their Akashic Records any further than repairing the immediate issue (like ongoing soul shift).
Can a negative soul read their own Akashic Records? I guess so. We’ll see when I publish the book.
Regarding your question about ascension, I don’t know. There are so much mystery to it. My gut feeling is no, negative souls don’t ascend — they need to return to Light before that.
A lot of negative souls are into spiritual development. In fact, my spirit guides tell me the percentage of negative souls are higher in the so called spiritual circle. I may add that many negative souls (not all, and I’m not necessarily talking about you, but many) seem to think they are the most wonderful soul they know.
Now I may add, it is entirely possible for a positive soul to go negative. I don’t like this idea at all, of course, but I have seen at least one case. So changing the directions in either way is very possible and achievable.
Blessings,
Akemi
Andrew,
Thinking, talking, and dealing with darkworkers are so challenging. This post was very difficult to write, but I decided to post because I believe it is helpful — to both positive and negative souls.
What you are saying totally makes sense. Like I wrote in the article, there are a lot of troubled lightworkers who are slow moving, or hardly moving at all.
Btw let’s try not to use the word good and bad. You may feel good or bad with a person, but calling a person good or bad can be judgmental. Whether a soul is evolving toward light or not is not judgment call — if it were, I wouldn’t be helping those negative souls. (There are some readers who reject all negative souls. I understand their positions, but I choose to run my practice differently.)
Akemi, well I took a deep breath before reading this one, I knew I would be interested but it might be hard to take in, and that is what it was like for me. It has triggered a lot of thoughts in me, don’t know as I can even get them all down.
I like that you really distinguished between ’speeds’ of dark and light workers. That there are those in each camp who are moving rapidly, and often trying to take others with them, and those that are just kind of treading water. And I love the exchange between you and Y, because it shows that someone can shift themselves in the other direction, which personally is so essential to my own belief system. For example, I know in my own past life history, I dabbled in some dark arts. I got burned, and learned some valuable lessons. I don’t know if that really ever made me a dark worker, but it underscores to me the importance of helping others shift. One of my favorite stories is of a Tibetan Buddhist master names Milerepa, who in his youth dabbled in the dark arts in order to punish some people who had been very cruel to him in childhood. As an adult he renounced all that, and went on to become one of the most revered enlightened teachers in Tibetan history.
I realized reading this that because of this, I tend to think we all dabble in the dark sometimes, i.e. make mistakes, by acting out of ego instead of compassion, although I realize now that this is not really the same as being a darkworker. Because of this view, in the past I have been somewhat reluctant to really view anyone, short of a Hitler, as a true darkworker. I preferred to just think of people as ‘making mistakes’. The problem with that is that it led me to believe I could help people that I really couldn’t help, at least right now.
And that leads me to what this post really means to me personally. As a meditation teacher, I see exactly what you have said. I see a certain percentage of people – I don’t know what percent, but much higher than I would have thought before I started teaching – that are drawn to my classes for the wrong reasons. They try and drain me and/or some of my regular students. And it is a difficult thing to handle when it happens, There is a part of me that wants to help them, but usually that does not work out well. I have made many mistakes in this regard, it is a big part of my learning process. And because of my own karmic history, I do feel that at some point I want to be able to help turn darkworkers towards the light – those that truly want to turn anyway.
Your thoughts are always appreciated. And I didn’t know about the Snapshot Readings, this is very intriguing to me…
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Lisa,
“I preferred to just think of people as ‘making mistakes’. The problem with that is that it led me to believe I could help people that I really couldn’t help”
Exactly. I do think there is a difference between making mistakes and being a darkworker / negative soul. Of course, it’s prettier to say “Oh, we all make mistakes.” and brush it off. It’s probably more politically correct, too
Unfortunately, this approach just doesn’t work with negative souls. It’s exactly what they want to do what they need to do.
In order to truly help negative souls, we need to set up a clear boundary. For me, it means I offer certain reading and clearing, suggest some ways to change their lives, but not more. I don’t oversee their progress (if I do, they will drag me in one way or the other). I don’t do additional readings even if they are willing. (It may sound like a crazy business decision, but I just cannot).
You might want to think what your boundaries are both in your personal life and as a meditation teacher.
Love & Light,
Akemi
Hi Akemi
It is so interesting how you are able to frame such a timeless concept in such a new and fresh way. I think of dark workers as antagonists, and they are found on the pages of classic literature and in the screenplays of modern movies, especially super-hero movies. Their aims are always malevolent, or at the very least misguided. This is our traditional view of story. The question is, can we imagine stories without dark workers, and I think we can. Your advice to ignore or detach from them is one way to do that. Another way is to get past our interest in tragedy. The drama that dark workers create is often tinged with tragedy. We are not there yet, as you say, but getting there is certainly a worthy pursuit.
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Hi, thank you for the answers.
I didn’t know I had a negative soul until your reading and it really shock me and I just want to understand why it happens and know more about this, so please, don’t turn your back on me!
And what about life lessons or life purpose? Do negative souls also have things to learn and to offer to the others? I have absolutely no idea of what I’m doing here (that’s what I ask for your reading and the result obviously confused me more!) It’s very frustrating…
Hi Akemi, this is one of the most clear posts on dark-workers I’ve read. I have a special curiosity about them because an ex-friend of mine was one and though I learnt the hard way to detach and set boundaries, an unanswered question that remained was WHY she was like that. Why she consistently behaved in ways that were so self destructive. I just could not fathom how her mind worked. Your post did not answer that particular question but it does help to know that there are others who find them just as mystifying and that maybe I will not understand and that is fine. Dark workers are incredibly sad, ultimately very lonely souls. I’d probably feel more sympathetic for them if it were safer!
Brenda,
Your definition of darkworkers may be a little different from mine, but I still agree it’s important not to get into their drama — yes, often tragedy. In other words, when we are clear that our purpose here is to enjoy this life, we automatically stay away from darkworkers.
Y,
I have no idea why you think I’m turning my back to you when I write that much of to address to your many questions. Is this another way to get my attention?
I don’t know if negative souls have life purpose. But here is a post about soul’s purpose in general.
Maxine,
I don’t think lightworkers ever really understand darkworkers. We are just on different ground. Wanting to “understand” them may be our ego trying to make sense to justify things.
Hi Akemi
I was so excited to read this post that I know I read it way too fast and will be going back to re-read it soon.
I love how you explained it in such a non-threatening way. I am a little fascinated with this as I am SURE I know a few people who would fall under the “darkworker” category and not because they are evil or anything, but because they drain energy like crazy and feel always the victim, etc, etc.
Now the smart thing to do is get away and detach from such people, I know… And I have done a great job in the last decade making sure that any friends I had did not drain me of my energy and at least seemed to be evolving towards the light. But see here is the dilemma…what if one of the “not so evolving towards the light people” is one of your very close family members, like a parent? What is one to do then? (I know there are numerous answers for this so don’t feel like you have to answer it)
Because of my strength I do feel like I can take on anything, BUT I am also protective of my energy and hence to deal with issues like this yes I have incorporated a distance of sorts. Now mind you I also believe that at any point a person can change and start moving towards the light, so hence the reason why I have not cut off some family members completely – I believe there is hope…
Super neat topic – thanks!
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HI Evita,
Thank you for your kind words. This post took a lot of my courage to write and post, so I really appreciate it.
Regarding your question — I think that is a quite common situation, to have darkworkers as our close friends and family members. My suggestion is the same — boundary and detachment. Detachment doesn’t necessarily mean cutting all contacts. Rather, I think detachment is the highest form of love and respect. It means we let them to be who they are while we live our own lives.
Akemi
Really cool post…
I especially like your advice about “stepping back”. I couldn’t agree more. I think overall Lightworkers do step back to minimize resistance and protect themselves.
Also, Lightworkers know how to be powerful without being physically present in any drama.
It is so important to keep your perspective and energy channel clear. What’s also helpful is a solid understanding of ethics. A lot of problems begin not in the dark, but in those questionable shades of grey. I believe if you need to enter a situation that is energetically grey; it’s smart to have a solid strategy in place that is pointed towards Light.
What also fascinates me is the amount of critical thinking it takes to develop spiritually…
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Durga,
Glad you liked the article. Thank you for your kind words.
Interesting post about darkworker. I simply feel drained whenever I spend time or think of someone who are ‘negative’ whether they may be darkworkers or lightworkers. It’s good to be aware of this as it affects my well-being. Like we pay attention to our health, we could do the same with who is around us. Darkworkers perhap thrive on attentions to draw energy from others by doing things like signing up for 10 days meditation camp.
I tends to see them as ‘blind’, going outwardly rather than inwardly. It’d be nice to be able to distinguish between darkworkers and lightworkers who are victimized or troubled. I wonder, do darkworkers possess extrasensory abilities?
WL,
I guess there are psychics who are darkworkers if that is what you are asking. As I mentioned in one of my comment above, the % of darkworkers are actually higher in the so-called spiritual circle.
Hmm, just a few additional thoughts.
I guess darkworkers really don’t know who they are. It seems some darkworkers think of themselves as the most wonderful lightworkers. Complicated. I know. Again, the best approach to deal with them is to pay attention to your energy, NOT their words.
Conversation with darkworkers tend to go in circles because they try to suck up every bit of your energy by asking basically the same things. They are intelligent, but you can see something is off.
I personally wish to help lightworkers — but somehow I keep getting negative souls in my practice. Maybe helping darkworkers in certain ways helps the whole world. I’d like to believe this.
Wow that is interesting Akemi… so do you tell a darkworker when you say do their Akashic record that they are a darkworker?
How do they respond? I can imagine most would try to deny it or disbelieve it…
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Evita,
Well, that’s my challenge. I don’t use the word “darkworker” but I do tell them they are taking energy from others, not from the Source. I don’t know if this is the best way to address the issue, but it’s the best way I can do at this time.
And of course, they don’t like hearing it. But it’s hard to deny it because they identify with all the other parts of the reading.
I think the important thing is to remedy their energetic issues (such as ongoing soul shifting, etc. — I’m not going into details about this here). I believe this helps them to come back to Light — although this is totally up to them. I don’t condemn darkworkers. It’s not about judgment call. It’s something I find in the Akashic Records, which seem to make total sense, and I’m trying to help them.
Having said this, there have been one or two negative souls who were very unhappy with my work. So I offered my 100% satisfaction option — that I refund all their payment rather than clearing their energetic problems. Guess what they said? They started blaming me for being “so mean not to resolve the problems”. Well, I can work on their problems. But obviously, if they want me to work on them, they are accepting my reading and therefore I should be paid as promised. They can’t have the refund AND the work, right? Well, some darkworkers think they can.
And even though I’m willing to help others, I’m also just a human. I don’t like this kind of situation. In the future, I might change my policy and just reject negative souls. Maybe.
Akemi
Akemi,
perhaps these negative souls ought to know that good readers tend to tell clients what they don’t want to hear instead of what they want to hear.
I find it rather a waste of energy trying to help negative souls unless they help themselves. Yes, they can be so clever in order to lure one into their ‘trap’.
WL,
I hear you. I know some readers who plainly reject all negative souls. I also know many readers who cannot tell the difference between positive and negative souls, therefore taking everyone with no caution, end of getting sick themselves (or worse). I’m trying to take the conscious path of accepting negative souls to the extent I can help them — most negative souls who come to me have severe conditions such as ongoing soul shift. But I admit it’s a tough path. I might change my mind in the future.
Btw I found another indication of a negative soul. If someone knows so many people who “steals energy from them”, well, that might mean this person is the negative soul. Just maybe. Positive souls feel the influence of negative forces, but usually (just usually) not that clear about who in their lives are “negative”. Using myself as an example, I was appalled to find 8 hooks on me when I first checked myself. (Hooks are something negative souls do.) 8?? I could think of possible candidate of 2 or maybe 3, but it took me a long time to figure out the rest.
My negative souls clients, on the other hand, often have very clear account of the negative forces’ influence on them.
Akemi
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