Personal Development: Managing Your Energy
July 9, 2010 by selfimprove
Our universe, our world and our everyday lives operate like a huge energy-exchange machine. So says quantum physics – everything is simply energy and the basic building blocks are what are known as superstrings of energy. You have trillions of superstrings of energy that combine into particles, molecules, cells which, all together, make up the physical you. To quote the physicist Brian Greene, your superstrings are something like violin strings and, when they are all in tune, life’s just like a beautiful symphony. But how often does that happen? More often than not your strings are out of tune and your daily life sounds more like a third-rate crappy brass band!
Never mind the jargon of Personal Development, we even have expressions that describe how it feels to be ‘out of tune’ and, strangely enough, these generally refer to the main centres in our body which ancient mysticism describes as the key energy centres or ‘chakras’. Some examples will explain all! If you’re nervous, you’ll feel like you have butterflies in your stomach – the physical manifestation of your state of mind. If you’ve something upsetting or unpalatable to say, you might have a lump in your throat. If you’re feeling disenchanted you might have that sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach – a key energy centre often referred to by successful people when they mention gut instinct or gut feel. And how come that tension and nervousness can result in a ‘tense nervous headache’?
The simple fact is that, whether you’re aware of the scientific explanation or not, you somehow feel that your state of mind produces physical knock-on effects. What’s the point of all this? Well, the normal state of mind, which psychology confirms tends towards the negative, is the cause of all manner of ills and, crucially, is the source of unease in our everyday lives. The normal subconscious mind turns our energy in on ourselves – and, as a consequence – so that we end up sabotaging ourselves. Sometimes we are all too well aware of the results of a negative state of mind: low self esteem, no self confidence, an unease in certain circumstances, stress, anxiety (all the way up to panic) and depression. But these are the obvious examples of a more subtle and deeply-rooted problem.
This inward focus of our energy means that we don’t have a sufficient amount of energy available to put into what we’re supposed to be doing right now and it is this ‘disability’ that keeps normal people imprisoned in a not-too-bad, normal existence. And as our world and your life operates so that you get a return on the energy that you put into the act of living, with little concrete investment comes little or no return. It’s no big surprise then that people lack fulfilment.
You must break this cycle of self destruction. You’ve got to start investing more energy in your life, by putting more of you into living in the present moment. You can start, right now, by taking five minutes, sitting somewhere where you won’t be disturbed, closing your eyes and simply listening to the sounds that you hear. This turns off the constant noise in your head and tears your subconscious mind’s attention away from its negative, self-sabotaging obsession and enables you turn that inward energy out into a world that is simply waiting to respond to presence in the here and now.
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