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| Old Town Water Fountain Geneva, Switzerland |
After periods of extreme stress, intense work or 'heads-down' focus it is common to experience a sense of Energetic depletion. We have 'put out' more than we have 'pulled in' over time resulting in a net imbalance in the flow of energy, which ultimately drains the Energetic 'tank'. Like a bucket with a hole in bottom - if we're not filling it up faster than it is draining at the bottom then we're going to soon have an empty bucket.
To be clear - our empty Energetic 'bucket' is not like having our car's fuel tank read Empty, an imbalance in blood-sugar, lack of sleep or even a Vitamin D deficiency…this is is something even more fundamental. I'm talking about the the Energy that sustains us, nurtures and propels us forward. Without it we lack the will to engage fully in life. Without it we find ourselves running on 'fumes' and going through the motions just to get to the end of the day…and then start another day all over again on 'auto-pilot' moving forward just for the sake of moving forward. No fun, no smiles and definitely no sense of humor…
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| Weary World Traveler @ any International Airport |
One of the other challenges it that there is no currently known Energetic 'gauge' or indicator light to tell us when we are depleted. This in conjunction with the fact that the stress event or focused mode that got us into this situation does not naturally lend itself to pauses to check the gauge...fight or flight after all was developed to get us away from the danger FAST, no matter what the cost to our reserves. It's the everyday stress and intense focus required for many routine events in our lives that is somewhat unique to our modern world.
When I find myself feeling Energetically depleted one of my methods for checking the 'gauge' is to sit by some moving body of water and focus on the Flow. Whether it be a remote mountain stream, my son's bathtub being filled at home or the water fountain in a old cobble-stoned square, I simply sit and focus my attention on the flow of the water in and the flow of the water out. While doing this I then picture a gauge, a scale or a thermometer of sorts in my mind and look to see what the reading is. If it's low (as I saw on my last trip) then I know it's time to work on filling my tank, either by plugging the 'hole' at the bottom or turning up flow from the 'faucet'.
More on how to accomplish that in future posts but one of my recent personal ideas was to manifest some fresh, new, loving, joyful energy into our family home…and look at just what appeared this weekend!
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| Mo the Puppy 8 Weeks Young |
All the Best,
Whitney
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