Give Your Energy a Boost

One thing leads to another, like the beads of my mala.

A mala is a string of beads similar to the Catholic rosary beads.

Like the rosary, the beads of the mala aid in prayer or meditation.

One prayer, one meditative chant, one meditative thought leads to another until the prayer, chant, or thought becomes a part of you and you become a part of the prayer, chant or thought.

Quantum physicists say that the universe and every thing in it is made up of energy. The keyboard on which I am typing of made up, at its most fundamental, of energy. The fingers that are tapping at the keyboard are made up of energy, as is the hand to which the are attached and the arm to which it is attached and the body to which it is attached. One thing leads to another and all is made up of energy.

Even our thoughts, even our chants, even our prayers. All energy.

Perhaps you, like me, are of an age when it seems like your “get up and go has got up went.” It seems, at times, that energy is at a premium and the “price” just keeps going up, like the price of gas. There are times when it seems like I can barely drag myself through the day. And there are times, when my psychic energy and/or my spiritual energy are so low that I don’t even want to drag myself through the day. I just want to crawl into bed, pull the covers over my head, and make the world go away.

Recently, I left the keys in my car turned to “accessories”. I didn’t need enough energy to move the car forward (or backward), I just needed enough to run the radio for a few more minutes until the program I was listening to ended. The problem was, when the program had ended and I was ready to get out of the car, I forgot to turn the key to the “off” position and take it out of the ignition. Of course, you know what happened – the ignition system continued to drain energy from the battery, which has a finite supply, and the battery went dead.

The same thing happens to me when my psychic and/or spiritual energy gets low and I just want to ignore the world and make it go away. I may think that I’m “off” but really I’m on “accessories” and the energy, of which I have a finite supply, continues to drain away. If that goes on long enough, I end up with a dead battery – a full-blown depression. Then it seems like I can’t go forward or backward or anywhere else. I’m stuck.

I have found, therefore, that it is very important for me to monitor my energy levels and make sure that I don’t get too “low”. When I find myself in a negative mood – when my thoughts all seem to be dark and negative , when my feelings tend toward the blahs or worse – I give myself a “jump” just as I jumped my car with booster cables when the battery died.

I “plug in” to something positive. It could be a joke to lighten the mood, a good book to take my mind off the gloom, a good, cheery movie, a chat with a friend, an intellectual duel with my son, a game of string with my cat, a visit with my grandkids, or a safari through the world-wide web (I have a number of “destinations” that I can always trust to lift my mood and I’m always discovering more). It could even be something so little as taking the time to remember something that made me happy or made me feel good.

Then, when I am re-charged, I am ready to face the world with a soul, heart, mind and body full of positive energy. I’m nicer to be around when my energy levels (spiritual, psychic, emotional and physical) are high. And I discharge some of that positive energy into the world around me.

Each of us is different but we are all the same. We are all made up of energy. You may find that others things energize you. If you are feeling down, if you are depressed, if your positive energy is running dangerously low, take the time to find something that will charge you up again. However hurried and hectic your life may be, it will be time well spent not only for yourself but also for those around you – and the world at large.

One thing leads to another, like beads….