Energy Management—Upgrade Your Plumbing and Wiring
Excerpt—Chapter 5
Energy Management—The ability to sustain a consistent and ready energy supply
Once you start looking at life through "energy glasses" or "vibration glasses," you consider the energy costs and trade-offs of your choices. Without an adequate high-octane energy reserve you're severely limited in what you can accomplish. You're also at greater risk for abrupt and frequent crashes.
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What are you doing about building up your charge accounts? Making steady deposits with puny withdrawals? Is your balance staying in the black or in the red? Do you always struggle against being overdrawn?
Oh, I'm not talking about your finances—but about your energy accounts. They're far more important to you than money, though they seldom get to compete with money for your attention.
Energy provides you life force, the gas that keeps you chugging along. But you can't get far when you try to run on empty. You can try hard, be very motivated and determined, display resolutely focused willpower, yet still be unable to GO. You don't arrive at your destination. The problem may not be your goal, or your desire or efforts. Pause and check the gauge-you might just need a fill-up.
Fill up with those things which recharge you, that replenish and gladden you. Don't wait until you're on empty again before you fill back up. Refill at each station, each opportunity. It's amazing how much more mileage and smileage you can get on FULL.
Next notice how you're using up your gas. Are your running around on futile fruitless errands and projects, pursuing those things that bring only discharge, but no recharge? Enough! Stop the withdrawals and increase the deposits. That's the principal (along with compounded interest) that enriches you and provides for a rewarded future—yours.
© 2007, Lynella Grant
Attend to Your Energy Requirements
The ebb and flow that characterizing the Spiritual Hangover results from insufficient or erratic energy levels. Falling below the amount needed to carry on hurts you. That also kills momentum—along with your sense of well-being and progress. Running out of mental or physical gas requires you to gear up all over again… And again… And again…
Preserve your energy resources by spending them consciously. As you take energy availability into account consciously, the easier you stay charged up. Don't squander available energy like a teenager who just got their first credit card. Be discriminating about what you really need, and how you spend it.
Consider four energy questions:
- Where and how are you getting your energy supply? Is it adequate?
- How do you use it? Lose it?
- Are you getting both high vibration (4-D) and everyday (3-D) energy?
Can you tell the difference? - How can you avoid energy crashes?
Repairs and Regeneration Under Way
Your body's energy requirements are undergoing a massive ratcheting up (Chapter 6). At the same time, you're receiving as much high-vibration energy as your system can tolerate. One reason the Spiritual Hangover cycle takes so long—to give you time to develop efficient ways to manage your increased energy levels.
You're doing nothing less than remodeling your physical structure, in order to power up the new-fangled abilities coming on line. Think of your body as your house, which lodges your mind, emotions, skills, personality, and all aspects of yourself in the tangible world.
You need enough energy to operate the various systems of your house. For the most part, they can operate with either 3-D energy or 4-D energy. However, some things (like maintaining inner alignment) can only be accomplished with high-vibration energy. That's why you're being flooded with so much of it while those systems are being upgraded.
Spiritual growth requires even more energy than normal life does. Dormant functions (unknown to you) are starting to kick into gear. And they depend on a steady flow of the high-vibrating energy. Lots more. If you want to sustain progress, you must be able to find reliable resources, while reducing its leaking away.
Until you learn how to handle the extra bursts of energy efficiently, you gain little advantage. Energy surges, followed by a slow fade or crash, are hard on the body. Emotional mood swings often get stirred into the mix as well. Noticing how you use and replenish your energy as the day goes along evens out the supply somewhat.
Increasing your energy level involves two questions:
- How to get more energy?
That requires upgrading your "electrical system." - How to keep the energy you get from leaking away?
That requires upgrading your "plumbing system."
Unless you resolve both issues, it's tough to sustain enough energy to sustain your progress.
Your Body is the Construction Zone
Like remodeling a house, your worn, cracked, and broken places need to be repaired, so every part of it functions. While a few changes involve appearance, most of the renovation underway is structural—right down to the foundation. Remodeling will be very disruptive and take a while. While you're at it, you'll want additions—new passageways and windows that bring in more light.
You must reside in this house the whole time the re-construction is going on. Inconvenient? You bet! But what choice do you have? You're faced with inevitable hassles and work-arounds. No sooner do you upgrade one part of yourself, then you notice how related areas must be adapted as well. Some areas even shut down completely while the most significant work happens. But in the end, you'll occupy the ideal structure for "who you are."
You could also look at this repair and remodeling process through the healing model. Healing is not just to repair the body. It involves all aspects of your mind and emotions as well. Nor does healing stop at becoming free of disease. Becoming really healthy results from stepping into your whole, integrated, high-energy self. Exactly where the New Energy is pushing you.
Rewire Your Body’s Electrical System
How much electricity (energy) can your present wiring (like your nerves) handle? How much high-intensity energy can you sustain on a steady basis? Your re-engineered body will be carrying higher-vibrating energy than before. If you fail to up-grade every part of the house, whatever part is missed is likely to short out.
Energy flows. But wherever it's blocked, it stops flowing. Or where there are no wires in place, it doesn't flow at all. Even though ample energy may be available in the main areas, sometimes it doesn't reach to dead-end (what an accurate term) nooks and crannies. You probably have more such disconnected areas than you realize due to unhealed trauma.
Visualize a structure with gaps in the electrical wiring. Certain areas (rooms, functions) never got connected to the rest of the building. Or the original wires are already burned out. When you want to go there, you must drag out an extension cord and plug it in. Pfft… Overloaded—it won't work now. Once that happens, you're even less inclined to go back to the dark shadowy places.
You haven't visited most of those disconnected areas for a long time. They're the places you've forgotten about-that operate outside of your conscious awareness. You discover they're still around precisely because they short out. That's the tangible indicator that repairs need to be made. And you need to give them attention right away.
“Shorting Out” Your Electrical Circuits
- Blow up, throw a fit
- Snap, go ballistic-using massive amounts of voltage with minimal benefit
- Collapse into a "pile of mush" or tears
- Run amuck—irrationality coupled with emotional blasts
- Vent anger and hostility toward some convenient cause or scapegoat
- Withdraw from responsibilities or from those around you
- Shut down completely
Notice, each of them have an emotional component (Chapters 6 and 7). Be alert for your visible, negative reactions that are entirely out of proportion to whatever caused them. Your blow-out might be directed outward, toward others; or inward, against yourself. Whichever form it takes is influenced by your history, amount of risk or safety you feel at the moment, and your coping skills. Either way, it's an electrical "short."
The aftermath is emotionally costly to you and scary to those around you. No one can afford that happening very often. It's the opposite of a coping strategy. If you do blow out, don't make it worse by beating up on yourself afterward. Treat that out-of-control behavior like a blown fuse—that prevents an even greater shorting out. Besides, holding your reactions in (repression) leads to the problem showing up elsewhere.
The blow-up reveals where the next work (growth) needs to occur, and what hurt within yourself is crying out for healing. Shorting out shows exactly where new wiring (repairs and clear thinking) must be installed. Except for the blown fuse, the festering problem wouldn't have come to light. Urgent necessary repairs would remain undone.
- Touches an already-tender place where there's unresolved old pain
- You've been there before (déjà vu); didn't solve it then, and feel helpless to deal with the situation now, either. But that reasoning no longer applies because now your emerging self has access to additional New Energy solutions
- As one area of issues gets resolved, your confidence grows; so you find yourself able to handle the next repairs easier
- Rather than feeling embarrassed or justifying past failings, you're grateful for the clarity you're gaining about yourself
Bringing in More Light
You're bringing more light (as in not denseness) into your awareness. That pushes back the shadows and confusion, which prepares you to experience even more light. Not incidentally, you're physically embodying more light energy within your cells as well as part of the ascension process (Chapter 6).
Lightening Up
- Shedding light in dark, hidden, or scared and scarred places brings healing—which reduces fear
- More light accompanies a higher vibration
- Leads to more light
- Leads to less heavy and dense energies, or the negativity it brings
- Leads to enlightened or delight
Repair Your Plumbing System
What becomes of all of the energy that comes your way? How do you use it? Where does every day's fresh supply go? And are you getting a decent pay-back from the activities where you spend it?
Leaks are the cracks in the pipes where water (energy) can seep out. Big cracks require immediate action. If energy leaks away faster than you can restore it (even occasionally) you'll feel drained and discouraged. How long would you keep pouring water into a cracked bucket before you stop? If the water soaks into the ground as fast as it goes in, you stop immediately.
When cracks are so small that water leaks away slowly, you might not catch on as quickly. While each leak is hardly a problem by itself, lots of them add up, and use significant energy. Those drip-drip-drips can be the early-warning signs of serious problems ahead.
You cannot afford to burn through too much of your energy allotment on trivial activities. Or to drain yourself dry on a routine basis. It's too difficult and slow to restore massive losses. So much waste starts a long downward curve, that undermines both your self-confidence and ability to do what needs doing.
You may search fruitlessly for a medical cause or diagnosis, when the problem is primarily an energy-management issue. If depletion continues too long without relief (repairs), however, it can easily become a medical condition as well. (See Chapter 6 regarding medical factors.)
Monitor Your Energy Requirements
Constantly losing energy in the same situations or with the same people shows that something is amiss. Before starting repairs, figure out what specific front-burner issues you're dealing with. How significant are the energy leaks, and where do they show up? What are your options?
If you hired a plumber, you'd insist on a diagnosis and estimate of costs out front. Same with your energy leaks. Become a careful observer of your own behavior and energy levels. Determine which repairs are most pressing or feasible.
Reduce Your Energy Wasters
- Negative emotions—worry, stress, and anger
- Spinning your wheels with indecision
- Repetitious and unproductive activities—habits and rituals
- Relationships with users or takers that are a constant flow out
- Doing something, then turning around and doing the opposite—net effect, a waste of effort
- Ambivalence—marching in place
- Trivial or shallow pursuits that consume all your time or energy
- Blowing up or shorting out
Pay particular attention to your boundaries with people around you during the Hangover. Protect yourself from those who put their needs ahead of yours. Who suck your energy away, without restraint. In a variety of ways, your inner structures are being dismantled. Those around you might interpret those change as though you've relinquished some territory they'd like to have. Send clear boundary signals to avoid misunderstandings.
Also, you're becoming ever-more sensitive to misalignments or lower-energy experiences. Watch that you don't inadvertently take on toxic stuff from those around you.
Install New Pipes to Redirect Saved Energy
The New Energy alters your energy requirements, along with the physical flow patterns. Make sure your energy flows freely throughout your entire body.
Don't just repair leaks, but add more pipes—maybe bigger ones. A narrow (or blocked) pipe can only carry so much water (energy). Since you're increasing the energy demands on your body, be prepared to replace high-use areas with heavy-duty or wider pipe.
Use the New Energy to:
- Pursue your creative challenges or interests
- Engage in inner exploration to learn more about "who you really are"
- Gain access to your wisdom through your direct hands-on experience
- Create the kind of world you desire to live in
- Liberate yourself from limiting beliefs and activities
- Find your core truths-being true to yourself
- Discover the vastness of your new reality and opportunities
- Develop relationships in healthy new ways
The Spiritual Hangover brings more energy, but it's not initially apparent what else the high-grade stuff can bring about. For a while it might feel like you're not accomplishing as much as you did before. It's too early to recognize what added results are actually being produced.
Recognize that it gets harder to muster sufficient energy to deal with energy- draining tasks you used to perform with ease. In moving toward greater simplicity, one loses interest in dealing with many complications. There's little stomach for side issues that divert you from what's most important for you. So you can't bear to invest any more life force in them than necessary. Let that be your signal to ease yourself out of those activities.
Power Up Your Power
It is an disease of modern life that so many people seem to lack the ability to tell what's important from what's non-important. Almost anything compels us to scramble harder, harder, faster, faster-with no chance of ever catching up.
That compulsive drive to push oneself is fading a bit due to the Spiritual Hangover influence. It's a relief because it wasn't possible to stay sane and maintain such a frantic pace. You'll find it easier to tell what matters to you (not across the board yet, but it's apparent here and there). No longer on a runaway train, you sense a more responsible hand at the wheel. Don't get spooked now. It's your True You (Chapter 7) taking charge.
What really deserves your time and attention? What priorities are you willing to throw yourself into? Once one accepts that you can't do all you've attempted to do, what gets thrown overboard? On what basis do you decide? Do you let others dictate those choices to you? Or do you just let go and see what crashes down (hoping it's not something that mattered too much)?
Trim Back Expectations about Secondary Matters
After a long-term illness, I needed to assess every activity according to how much of my life force it required. Many of them went away because there was so little payback for the amount of effort it required. In almost every case when I intentionally dropped the ball, no one noticed or cared.
An illness or major life change super-sensitizes you to how much effort even a minor activity takes. A person thinks twice about whether something is worth it (or worth foregoing something else, where that energy would otherwise be used). You simply can't push yourself for trivialities. Not even tempted. However, doing little things that make you happy (like smelling the flowers)—that's a different story.
Give yourself permission to be equally gentle with yourself during this period of transition. Act like a convalescent—treat yourself like one. Your body and emotions require more rest than ever. Reserve your precious life force for what's most important for you. Do only what brings you binkles and joy—since they deliver an energy recharge. And in the process, you've healed some of your energy leaks without making a big deal of it.
Reclaim Your Latent Power
Just being alive restores a person's energy somewhat every day. Adequate sleep, physical activity, and happy times maintain at least an average energy level. Some of your energy is easily wasted by stress or worry. Lots more of it is fruitlessly invested in old habits and relationships (Chapters 8 and 11). So the remaining amount of energy runs down much too quickly. Unless you're willing to limp along near "empty," you must reclaim power that was already handed away (some intentionally, some not).
A large percentage of your energy gets used up without your choice or notice—to relationships and experiences from long ago. You didn't realize they're not over, since you thought you closed the door on them. But on an energy level some of them are very much plugged in. They hum along, as they consume today's energy to keep the memory of them either buried (repressed) or intact. These must be disengaged so their energy can be available for more important purposes.
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